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In a town devastated by drug violence, a boy has lost his mother. His grandmother has told him that she might come back if he asks for a miracle. 


Direction: Gil; Joshua
Participation year at FICM: 2018

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Sanctorum

In a forgotten Mexican village caught in the crossfire between the military and the cartels, a little boy’s mother disappears. The boy’s grandmother tells him to go to the forest and pray to the gods of nature for her safe return. As the villagers prepare for a final showdown with the military, the boy escapes to the forest to beg for his mother.

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