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2003 | Color | 68 min

A submissive and solitary sïkuame (witch) is forced to perform witchcraft for a Uarhicha (a being from the underworld) with the condition that he frees her husband from the clutches of death.


Country: México
Direction: Cerano Bautista; Dante
Script: Escritores en lenguas indígenas;, Fomento Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes (FONCA);, Cerano Bautista; Dante
Production: Muñoz; Angélica, Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes (FONCA), Muño; Angélica, Espinoza Ricalde; Mario
Photography: Soto; Rodolfo
Sound: Martínez; Maraelena
Music: Cuauhtémoc; Rafael, Márquez; Lázaro, Gómez; Jaime
Cast:Arias; Arcelia Yolanda, Antonio;, Santos; Mireya, López; Erikson, Arias; Dante, Morales; Jesús, Cerano; Dante, Madrigal; Salvador, Escamilla; Abelino, Santos; Abraham, Wilber;, Tomás;, Payo;, Maximino;, Rodríguez; Rosa Lilia, Santos; Gabriela Carmen, Alonso;, Miguel Ángel;, Santos; José Ángel, Adolfo;, Eduviges; Eduviges, Pulido; Roberto, Márquez; Ignacio, Rivera; Isabel, Méndez; Mireya, Santos; Luis, Baltazar; Crisanta
Participation year at FICM: 2009

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