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2009 | Color | 85 min

With an old taxi cab converted into a raft and posing as a Cuban, Silverio sails to Miami. He decides to do what no one in his family or none of his friends have been able to do: enter the United States and live there “legally.” But between the bad weather and his broken compass, Silverio doesn’t reach his planned destiny. Instead he finds himself in Cuba where he discovers many surprises.


Country: México
Direction: Curiel de Icaza; Álvaro
Script: Curiel de Icaza; Álvaro
Production: Uruchurtu; Juan, Solares; Sandra
Photography: Lammers; German
Sound: Franco; Andrés, Cámara; Fernando
Music: Martín; Ricardo
Cast:Palacios; Silverio, de La Uz; Laura, Sánchez Santiago Alfonso; Salvador, Angélica; Norma, Molina Azalia Ortiz; Enrique, Alberto García; Luis, Holiday; Terry, Colombo; Juan Carlos
Participation year at FICM: 2010

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