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2013 | Color | 120 min

These are the hours prior to Rafael’s long-awaited day of retirement as a janitor in a factory. Lidia, on the other hand, finds out that after 30 years of work as a maid in a mansion, the old lady has left the inheritance to the dog. Their past is connected by a love story, their future by an unexpected turn of events.


Country: México, Alemania
Direction: Valle; José Luis
Script: Valle; José Luis
Production: Valle; José Luis
Photography: Gutiérrez; César
Sound: Fernández; Pablo, Tamez; Pablo, Enriquez; José Miguel
Cast:Padilla; Jesús, Salazar; Susana
Art direction: Santos del Olmo; Gabriela
Participation year at FICM: 2013

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