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2017 | B/N | 20:00

Twenty-one-year-old Juan gets some terrible news from his doctor: he has aggressive lung cancer. His whole life turns upside down as the disease evolves. After chemotherapy and radiation, he realizes that there isn’t much left to do, so he asks his older brother Guillermo to help him end his pain in a very unorthodox way. Guillermo agonizes over what to do.


Direction: Arriaga; Santiago, Arriaga; Mariana
Script: Arriaga; Guillermo
Production: Arriaga; Santiago, Fábregas; Federico, García; Santiago
Photography: Montero; Leslie
Sound: Cámara; Fernando
Music: Virgilio Mendoza; Carlos
Cast:Marañón; Montserrat, Cataño; Diego, Évoli; María, Guadalupe; Nacho, Ferrer; Kristyan
Art direction: Martínez; Nancy
Participation year at FICM: 2017

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