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2018 | Color | 88:00

After he stows away on a cargo ship leaving Turkey, Ramin unexpectedly ends up in Veracruz, Mexico. Having escaped persecution as a young gay man in Iran, his home country, he suddenly finds himself far from everything he knows, experiencing the limbo of exile in a tropical port where his past and future are constantly confronting new relationships and rekindled desires. 


Direction: Khoshnoudi; Bani
Script: Khoshnoudi; Bani
Production: Khoshnoudi; Bani, Tsangari; Athina Rachel, Reyes; Elsa, Cárdenas; Israel, Guzmán; Laura Amelia
Photography: Echazarreta; Benjamín
Sound: Blume; Félix, Umpierrez; Javier
Music: Karimi; Sohrab
Cast:Mata; Ishbel, Mendizábal; Eduardo, Marandi; Arash, Gurrola; Edwarda, Meléndez; Eligio, Alberti; Luis, Ledesma; Uriel
Art direction: Vitse; Florent
Participation year at FICM: 2018

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