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2021 | B/N | 136:00

Jessica hasn’t been able to sleep since she was startled awake by a loud bang at dawn. While visiting her sister in Bogotá, she befriends Agnès, an archaeologist studying human remains found in a tunnel under construction. Jessica travels to see Agnès at the excavation site. In a small town nearby, she meets a fish scaler, Hernán. They share memories by the river. As the day ends, Jessica is suffused with a sense of clarity.


Country: México, Francia, Colombia, Alemania, China, Reino Unido, Suiza
Direction: Weeresethakul; Apichatpong
Script: Weeresethakul; Apichatpong
Production: Bustamante; Diana, Swinton; Tilda, Chavezmontes; Julio, Weber; Michael, Griffiths; Keith, Field; Simon, De Meaux; Charles, Weerasethakul; Apichatpong
Photography: Mukdeeprom; Sayombhu
Sound: Hocks; Richard, Kalayanamitr; Akritchalerm
Music: López; César
Cast:Díaz; Elkin, Urrego; Juan Pablo, Brekke; Agnes, Barón; Jerónimo, Balibar; Jeanne, Giménez Cacho; Daniel, Swinton; Tilda, Gutiérrez; Constanza
Participation year at FICM: 2021

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