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2013 | Color | 84:00

The Dead reveals the lives of Mexico’s most privileged youth, sketching out how money can be a force that can imprison and blind one to surrounding social and political realities. It shows the uncomfortable friction between a Mexico where nothing happens and another Mexico in which many things happen. In the midst of all this, an unexpected accident symbolizes the emergence of Mexico from the horror of its void.


Country: México
Direction: Mohar Volkow; Santiago
Script: Mohar Volkow; Santiago
Production: Galaz Dávila; Regina
Photography: Sols; Lluis
Sound: Carvallo; Pablo, Ratto; Loretta
Music: Lozano; Diego
Cast:Beteta; Ignacio, Ríos; Florencia, Corcuera; Santiago, Larrea; Elena, Caballero; Jorge
Art direction: Narbona; Sebastián
Participation year at FICM: 2014

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