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2016 | B/N | 85:00

Carmen, Lety, Raquel and Esther, who range from 50 to 80 years old, work the streets of La Merced in Mexico City, where life revolves around a town plaza. Age means nothing to these women, who still dance and seduce with the same energy they did in their youth. But with time comes a desire to seek out companionship and security, whether in the form of their fellow co-workers, older men, or their own deeply ingrained sense of self-reliance.


Direction: Goded; Maya
Script: Goded; Maya
Production: O'Farril; Eamon, Lozano; Mónica, Sosa; Martha
Photography: Goded; Maya
Sound: Hernández; Miguel, Esquenazi; Lena
Music: Heiblum; Leonardo, Lieberman; Jacobo
Cast:Carlos; Carlos, Letty, Raquel, Esther, Ángeles, Carmen; Carmen, Lupe y Fermín.
Participation year at FICM: 2016

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