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2008 | Color | 40 min

The adventures of a group of Zapotecan kids who live in a remote orphanage in the mountains of Oaxaca.


Country: México
Direction: Arellano; Bernardo
Script: Arellano; Bernardo
Production: Arellano; Bernardo
Photography: Aguilar; Damián
Sound: Arellano; Bernardo
Music: Del Internado Del Centro De Integración Social No 8; Banda
Cast:Gonzáles; Domingo, Adrián Morales; Aciel, ángel Gerónimo; Luis
Participation year at FICM: 2008

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