Completed - SPANISH - Drama, Social issues - 75 minutes
When Alexandra disappears before his eyes, Lucas must deal with a corrupt system. His visions decay, just like the monster that imprisons them.
Year of production : 2021 Director(s) : José Pablo ESCAMILLA Cast : Salvador DE LA GARZA, Alexandra CUETO, Francisco BARREIRO Producer(s) : Diandra ARRIAGA (COLECTIVO COLMENA)
A couple of teenage factory workers spend their afternoons consuming chemical substances in a self-constructed shack. The ecstatic trips and the visions they experiment make them forget for a moment about their noisy industrial city life. But when Alexandra disappears right before his eyes, Lucas must deal with a corrupted system. His visions decay, just like the moster that imprisons them.
Country(ies) : MEXICO
Locarno Film Festival 2021 (Concorso Cineasti del presente - Boccalino d'oro for Best Production)Festival Biarritz Amérique Latine 2021 (Official Competition, Fiction)Guadalajara International Film Festival 2021 (Official Competition - Honorific mention, Mezcal Award)Black Canvas Festival de Cine Contemporaneo 2021 (New Horizons)FIC Valdivia 2021 (Selección Oficial Largometraje Juvenil Internacional)Festival Internacional de Cine de Gijón/Xixón 2021 (Terres en Trance)Festival de Málaga 2022 (Zonazine - Silver Biznaga for best Iberoamerican film)