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1985 | B/N | 96:00

Luz is in jail, accused of murdering her own children. Her husband and mother-in-law claim that she killed them in cold blood. Doctor Rebollar tries to help Luz, but she doesn’t remember anything and believes that jail is purgatory: a limbo stage before ascending to heaven.


Direction: Cazals; Felipe
Script: Robles; Xavier
Production: Scherer; Hugo
Photography: Goded; Ángel
Sound: Camacho; Roberto
Cast:Villagrán; Carlota, Rojo; Adriana, Cardán; Carlos, García; José Ángel, Zúñiga; Maribel, Ramírez; Moisés, Mujica; Daniel, Murguía; Ana Ofelia, Reyes Spíndola; Patricia, Aura; Marta, de la Loza; Juan, Casanova; Delia, Saldívar; Dunia, Echánove; Alonso, Mart
Participation year at FICM: 2017

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