Techiq

2025 | B/N | 30:36

Margarita and Evaristo, a peasant couple, live alone in their cabin at the foot of the Malintzin volcano. Every day they wait for the bird called Techiq to announce them the return of their son, who migrated long ago in search of work and has not returned. One morning, Margarita gets sick, and a forest creature appears to Evaristo. Is it death, or something more?

Country: México
Direction: Missael Sánchez Arce
Script: Missael Sánchez Arce
Production: Missael Sánchez Arce
Photography: Feliciano Sánchez Flores, María Manuela Reyes Zepeda, Karla Mariel Sánchez Reyes, Josué Sánchez Reyes
Sound: Luis Alberto Zamora Pérez
Music: Víctor M. Morales
Cast:Maurilio Sánchez Flores, María Cristina Arce Arce, Edith Angélica Pérez Pérez, Rosa María Arce Gachupín, Bruno Álvarez Arce
Art direction: Feliciano Sánchez Flores
Participation year at FICM: 2025

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