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2007 | Color | 122 min

Rosa is a Mexican woman who migrated illegally to Austin, Texas, in 1999 at the age of 17. In January 2003, she was imprisoned on suspicion of murder and then tried in August of 2005. The legal process, the verdict, the separation from her family, her impotence and imprisonment in a foreign country make My Life Inside an example of what life for Mexican migrants can be like


Country: México
Direction: Gajá; Lucía
Script: Gajá; Lucía
Production: Herranz; Rodrigo
Photography: Licea; Erika
Sound: Cortés; Emilio, Fulgueira; Pablo, Barberis; Nerio
Music: Lieberman; Jacobo, Heiblum; Leonardo
Participation year at FICM: 2007

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