Lost for Words

2025 | Color | 18:31

Benito is the physics teacher at a small high school. Neither the students nor the other teachers pay him much attention. His solitude is interrupted when he meets Lola, the new substitute biology teacher, and Benito falls madly in love with her.

Country: México
Direction: Daniel Carrera Pasternac
Script: María del Cueto, Daniel Carrera Pasternac
Production: Ximena Mondragón
Photography: Erik Aguilera
Sound: Sebastián Díaz Barriga
Music: Cosme Álvarez
Cast:Armando Espitia, José Sefami, María Tlapanco
Art direction: Perseo Gálvez
Participation year at FICM: 2025

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