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2012 | Color | 120 min 0 seg

Juan and his urban family live in the Mexican countryside, where they enjoy and suffer in a world apart. Nobody knows if these two worlds are complementary or if they are striving to eliminate one another.


Country: Países Bajos, Francia, Alemania
Direction: Reygadas; Carlos
Script: Reygadas; Carlos
Production: Reygadas; Carlos, Romandía; Jaime
Photography: Zabé; Alexis
Sound: Laurent; Gilles
Cast:Acevedo; Nathalia, Jiménez Castro; Adolfo, Torres; Willebaldo, Reygadas; Eleazar, Reygadas; Ruth
Art direction: González; Nohemí
Participation year at FICM: 2012

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