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2011 | Color | 90 min

Agent Jesus Juarez has always played the Devil in his neighborhood´s Nativity play. Nevertheless, this Christmas, things are about to change when he fails to attend the gathering in which the new priest, Father Edmundo Posadas, assigns the parts in the play. Chucho fights a fierce battle to recover his traditional role.


Country: México
Direction: Portes; Emilio
Script: Portes Castro; Emilio
Production: Herranz Fanjul; Rodrigo
Photography: García; Damián
Sound: Muñoz Cota Callejas; Isabel, Martínez; Mario
Music: Max Rodriguez; Aldo
Cast:Cosío; Joaquín, Cobos; Carlos, Yánez; Ernesto, Jiménez; Héctor, Serradilla; Ana, Aura; María, Crisitiany; Rubén, Manzano”; Eduardo "el Polivoz", Palacios; Silverio, Gama; Dagoberto, España; Eduardo
Art direction: García; Alejandro
Participation year at FICM: 2011

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