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Completed - SPANISH - Social issues - 91 minutes

Log Line

Three stories that intertwine during the patron saint´s celebration in San Mateo, a village of the Mixtec Oaxaca.

Previous markets

  • Cannes 2020 (Debut)
  • Cannes 2021 (Premiere)
Full history

Year of production : 2020

Director(s) : Ángeles CRUZ
Writer(s) : Ángeles CRUZ
Cast : Sonia COUOH, Noé HERNÁNDEZ, Myriam BRAVO

Producer(s) : Lola OVANDO, Lucía CARRERAS

Synopsis

Three stories that intertwine during the patron saint´s celebration in San Mateo, a village of the Mixtec Oaxaca. María buries her mother, her father rejects her and, in uncertainty and pain, she proposes to Piedad, her childhood love, to leave with her. Esteban returns after three years to discover that Chabela, his wife, is living with another man; enraged he calls the village people to prosecute her in an assembly. Toña relives her own pain in the face of the abuse of her daughter when she returns to confront her family to protect her.

Production

Country(ies) : MEXICO

Festivals and Awards

San Sebastian FF 2021 Film Library (not in selection)


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