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Completed - KAQCHIKEL - Drama - 90 minutes

Log Line

First-timer director Jayro Bustamante proves himself a true global up-and-comer with Silver-Bear Awarded IXCANUL (VOLCANO). As touching as it is visually beautiful and impressively well performed, this Guatemala-France coproduction includes the producers Edgard Tenembaum (The Motorcycle Diairies).

Year of production : 2015

Director(s) : Jayro BUSTAMANTE
Writer(s) : Jayro BUSTAMANTE
Cast : María Mercedes COROY, María TELÓN, Justo LORENZO

Producer(s) : Marina PERALTA (La Casa de Producción), Pilar PEREDO (La Casa de Producción), Edgard TENEMBAUM (Tu Vas Voir), Jayro BUSTAMANTE (La Casa de Producción)

Synopsis

Maria is a 17-year-old living and working on the slopes of an active volcano in Guatemala. A snakebite forces her into the modern world, about which she has dreamt so much. It saves her life, but at too high a cost.

Production

Country(ies) : GUATEMALA, FRANCE

BELGIUM Nov 25, 2015 CINÉART BELGIUM
COSTA RICA PACIFICA GREY
CZECH REPU Feb 20, 2020 ARTCAM FILMS
DENMARK OST FOR PARADIS
FRANCE ARP SÉLECTION
GERMANY Mar 31, 2016 KAIROS FILMVERL
GREECE SPENTZOS FILM S
HONG KONG ENCORE INFLIGHT
ITALY Jun 11, 2015 PARTHENOS S.R.L
JAPAN GAGA CORPORATIO
LEBANON MOVING TURTLE
MEXICO CINETECA NACION
NETHERLAND Oct 15, 2015 CINÉART NETHERL
NEW ZEALAN VENDETTA FILMS
NORWAY Aug 26, 2016 TOUR DE FORCE A
USA PRAGDA
USA KINO LORBER MED


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Festivals and Awards

Berlinale - Berlin IFF 2015 - Competition (Silver Bear Alfred Bauer Prize, International Jury)
Guadalajara FICG 2015 (Best Latin American Film, Best Director)
FICCI Cartagena 2015 (Best Picture Award)
Toronto - TIFF 2015 Discovery
San Sebastian FF 2015 Horizontes Latinos
Mumbai FF 2015 - Int'l Competition (Golden Gateway)
Ventana Sur 2015 Video Library
Toulouse (ARCALT) 2015 (Audience and Critics Award)
Karlovy Vary 2015 (Horizons)
Jerusalem FF 2015 (Official Section)
Latin Beat 2015
BFI London FF 2015 (Journey)
Busan - BIFF/APM 2015 (Flash Forward)
Telluride FF 2015
Mar Del Plata FF 2015 (Panorama de cine latinoamericano)


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