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Completed - SPANISH - Drama, Social issues - 75 minutes

Log Line

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)

Synopsis

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.

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Country(ies) : MEXICO

Festivals and Awards

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)


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