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2017 | Color | 83:00

Ten-year-old Estrella has three wishes. The first is for her missing mother to come home. And her wish comes true—but her mother is dead and follows Estrella everywhere. Terrified, Estrella tries to escape by joining a gang of children orphaned by violence. She soon realizes that the dead are never left behind, and that only warriors survive in a brutal world.


Direction: López; Issa
Script: Lopez; Issa
Production: Constandse; Marco Polo
Photography: Saravia; Juan José
Sound: Hernández; Martín
Music: Pope; Vince
Cast:Huerta; Tenoch, Arredondo; Nery, López; Juan Ramón, Casillas; Hanssel, Lara; Paola, Guerrero; Ianis, Cortés; Rodrigo
Art direction: Solares; Ana
Participation year at FICM: 2019

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