First Communion

2007 | B/N | 14 min

Young outsider Eleuterio is confronted with the harsh rituals of a rustic Mexican town, that reveal the cruelty that underlies street life and Catholicism alike

Country: México
Direction: Carrera; Daniel Eduvijes
Script: Carrera; Daniel Eduvijes
Production: Ramírez; Javier, Ramírez González; Ozcar
Photography: Morales; Tomás, Galván Cervera; Amir
Cast:Antonio García Benítez; Marco, González; Andrea, González; Adriana, el Pichicuaz Martínez; Gerardo, Bravo; Alfonso
Art direction: Cueva; Roberta
Participation year at FICM: 2007

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