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2019 | B/N | 11:11

My mother confesses to me what she remembers about the experience of being raped as a child. By painfully recalling this traumatic event, she reflects on the sexual abuse of children and the scars it leaves on a person’s life.


Country: México, Alemania, Estados Unidos
Direction: Ruiz; Tavo
Script: Ruiz; Tavo
Production: Gonzalez; Gabriela, Borja; Andrés, Ruiz; Tavo, Zurloh; Manuel
Photography: Mariscal; Sergio
Sound: Bedot; Maxime, Gutierrez; Ivette
Music: Palomo; Alberto
Cast:Ruiz; Gabriela, Reyes Mundo; Iván, Luna; María del Rosario
Participation year at FICM: 2019

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