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2012 | B/N | 90 min 0 seg

The Diablo Castillo goes illegally to the United States, and shortly after, his wife, Rosa leaves their two children in the care of relatives, to go and find him. When she arrives in LA, she finds him living with another woman. They both start new lives separately in the US. Twenty years later, Sandra decides to search for her parents to close a circle in her life.


Country: México
Direction: Castillo; Sandra
Script: Roberto Levy; José, Castillo; Sandra
Production: Roberto Levy; José
Photography: Roberto Levy; José
Sound: Roberto Levy; José
Music: Cobián; Saúl
Participation year at FICM: 2012

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