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2010 | Color | 73 min

Don Alfonso is a courier and also plays the marimba. Accustomed to presenting his folkloric show at the fanciest hotels in Guatemala City, he begins to see people losing interest in the marimba which they consider an old-fashioned instrument. He meets Black, a doctor and pioneer of Heavy Metal underground, and the two decide to combine their talents and create “Las Marimbas del Infierno” that provokes diverse reactions among the people.


Country: México, Francia, Guatemala
Direction: Hernández Cordón; Julio
Script: Hernández Cordón; Julio
Production: Auriol; Cyriac, Guinea; Pamela, Bárcenas Sánchez; Julio Guillermo, Lipkes; Michel
Photography: Secco; María
Sound: Brochu; Antoine, Peria; Olivier
Music: Guerreros del Metal;, Bacteria Sound System;
Cast:Tunche; Alfonso, González Arévalo; Roberto, Monterroso; Víctor Hugo
Participation year at FICM: 2010

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