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2007 | Color | 1h 28

A woman who was separated from her parents during the ?Dirty War? in Mexico goes in search of her brother, who also disappeared.


Country: México
Direction: Burkhard; Christiane
Script: Burkhard; Christiane
Production: Burkhard; Christiane
Photography: Burkhard; Christiane
Sound: Barberis; Matías
Music: González Phillips; Guillermo
Participation year at FICM: 2008

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