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2007 | Color | 100 min

In a colonial town in provincial Mexico, Sebastián and Helena live with their dying mother. Trapped in a huge decaying house, the only thing that sustains them is their symbiotic relationship. The death of their mother and the arrival of Juan, a lower class teenager from the seashore, triggers a painful confrontation between the siblings which forces them to define their attitudes toward love, sex, friendship, power, betrayal, and life itself


Country: México
Direction: Alba; Francisco Franco
Script: Alba; Francisco Franco, Reneé Prudenci; María
Production: Novaro; María, Imperiale; Laura, Alba; Francisco Franco
Photography: Licea; Erika
Sound: Tamez; Pablo, Barberis; Matías
Music: Rangel; Joselo, Giacomán; Alejandro
Cast:Estrella; Alberto, Onésimo Nevares; Ángel, Valdés; Ramón, Maillé; Claudette, Segura; Jéssica, Azuela; Irene, Bracho; Diana, López; Aida, Carlos Barreto; Juan
Art direction: Ponce; Lizette
Participation year at FICM: 2007

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