Magnavoz

2006 | B/N | 25 min

Magnavoz is an experimental adaptation on Xavier Icaza´s speculative rant on the future of postrevolutionary Mexico. Bringing together noisy broadcasts from atop the volcanoes, raucous bacchanalia at popular watering holes and a series of apocalyptic, hypernationalistic pronouncements, the meditation is timely and prescient, though it was written more than eighty years ago

Country: México, Estados Unidos
Direction: Lerner; Jesse
Script: Icaza; Xavier
Production: Lerner; Jesse
Cast:Constantino; José, José Gurrola; Juan, Zenteno; Sergio, Medina; Cuauhtémoc, Cuatlehua; Domingo
Participation year at FICM: 2007

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