Morelia Film Fest

OCTOBER 27 - NOVEMBER 1st
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Summer of Goliath

Verano de Goliat

2010 | Canada, Mexico, Netherlands | Color | 76 min.

A fusion of fiction and documentary, this film weaves together different stories of the inhabitants of Huilopec, a small rural area of Mexico. Teresa suspects that her husband has left her for another woman. Amalio, Nico and Óscar don’t have a father and their mother must take care of them on her own. Clementina, a teenage girl, is pregnant. Gabino, a soldier, returns to his hometown for an undetermined amount of time. The transformation of each character is gradually revealed.

Direction: Pereda, Nicolás

Script: Pereda, Nicolás

Country: Canada, Mexico, Netherlands

Production: Pereda, Nicolás

Production Company: En Chinga Films

Photography: Coronado, Alejandro

Edition: Pereda, Nicolás

Sound: de Icaza, Alejandro

Cast: Rodríguez, Gabino | Rodríguez, Juana | Saavedra Miranda, Amalio | Saavedra Miranda, Nico | Saavedra Miranda, Óscar | Sánchez, Teresa | Torres, Harold

Year of participation at FICM:
2010

Films by the same director presented at FICM:

Where are their stories? (2007) Interview with the Earth (2008) Greatest Hits (2012) The Absent (2014) The Palace (2013) My Skin, Luminous () Fauna (2020)