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)