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El hijo de su padre
2024 | Color | 97:00

Gabriel is a responsible and loving father. When Esther, his mother, announces that she is selling the family home, the emptiness left by Arturo, Gabriel's father, resurfaces. Gabriel is so confused that he refuses to sell the house and questions his own paternity. To try to understand these mixed feelings, Gabriel will have to dig into his past and definitively heal the void left by his father.


Country: México
Direction: Fernández; Aarón
Script: Fernández; Aarón
Production: Reyes; Elsa, Fernández; Aarón
Photography: Correa; Carlos
Sound: Belver; Raquel
Music: Froideval; Camilo
Cast:Damuzi; Daniel, Pérez; Samuel, Ríos; Florencia, Gutiérrez; Zaide Silvia, Gatica; Ana Sofía, de La Vega; Antonio
Art direction: Medal; Sofía
Participation year at FICM: 2024

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