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2015 | Color | 75:00

In a desperate attempt to save her husband's life by accessing the medical treatment that he needs to survive, Sonia embarks on a chase against her corrupt and negligent insurance company and its complicit representatives -- leading her son and herself into a vertiginous spiral of violence. A wounded animal doesn't cry, it bites.


Country: México
Direction: Plá; Rodrigo
Script: Santullo; Laura
Production: Saravia Vinay; Sandino, Plá; Rodrigo
Photography: Zabaleta; Odei
Sound: de Icaza; Alejandro, Muñoz; Axel
Music: Heiblum; Leo, Lieberman; Jacobo
Cast:Carriedo; José, Álvarez Rebeil; Fernando, Raluy; Jana, Aguirre Boëda; Sebastián, Bravo; Maru, Cárdenas Ríos; Alejandra, Cazés; Ilya, Cubillos; Daniel, Albores; Hugo, Balderas; Miriam, Centeno; Marisol, Echevarría; Emilio, Barreiro; Francisco
Art direction: García; Alejandro, Enríquez; Bárbara
Participation year at FICM: 2015

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