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El cielo es muy bonito
2022 | Color | 17:17

A shelter in southern Mexico offers refuge for migrant and refugee women and girls. They experience migration from different perspectives and with different consequences in their lives. 'The Sky Is Very Pretty' explores the contrast between the fear of an uncertain future, the desires of a mother and the joy and dreams of her daughters.


Country: México
Direction: Méndez; Aracely
Script: Méndez; Aracely
Production: Contreras; Daniela, Défossé; Nicolás
Photography: Leal Gómez; Georgina
Sound: Caballero; Magali, Pérez Megchun; Ana Cristina, De Torcy; Martin
Music: De Jesús G.; Osvaldo
Participation year at FICM: 2022

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