2008 | Color | 86 min During the 1950s, Mexico suffers in the transition to modernity. Bonfilio leaves his family with his father to go north in search of better luck. The conflicts between them resolve when Bonfilio comes back to say his last goodbye. Lucía, a prostitute, and Demetrio, a gravedigger, find each other on a night where love can only be complete when Demetrio buries her. Don Julio, an old landowner, is consumed with remorse after the departure of Cleotilde, whom he married out of convenience. Country: México Direction: Rochín; Roberto Script: Rochín; Roberto, Pérez Turrent; Tomás, Nahmías; Elías Production: Rochín; Roberto, Castañeda; Gabriela Photography: Aguilar; Alfonso, de La Rosa; Arturo Sound: Vaisman; Eduardo, Hernández; Miguel Music: Dudin; Dmitri, Taméz; Gerardo Cast:Armendáriz Jr; Pedro, Claudia Talancón; Ana, Hank; Alex, Heredia; Dolores, Martínez; Justo, Rodarte; Miguel, Zerda; Fidel, Von; Eduardo Participation year at FICM: 2008
2008 | Color | 86 min During the 1950s, Mexico suffers in the transition to modernity. Bonfilio leaves his family with his father to go north in search of better luck. The conflicts between them resolve when Bonfilio comes back to say his last goodbye. Lucía, a prostitute, and Demetrio, a gravedigger, find each other on a night where love can only be complete when Demetrio buries her. Don Julio, an old landowner, is consumed with remorse after the departure of Cleotilde, whom he married out of convenience. Country: México Direction: Rochín; Roberto Script: Rochín; Roberto, Pérez Turrent; Tomás, Nahmías; Elías Production: Rochín; Roberto, Castañeda; Gabriela Photography: Aguilar; Alfonso, de La Rosa; Arturo Sound: Vaisman; Eduardo, Hernández; Miguel Music: Dudin; Dmitri, Taméz; Gerardo Cast:Armendáriz Jr; Pedro, Claudia Talancón; Ana, Hank; Alex, Heredia; Dolores, Martínez; Justo, Rodarte; Miguel, Zerda; Fidel, Von; Eduardo Participation year at FICM: 2008
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