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2008 | Color | 16 min

María sells necklaces in the public square of a Mexican town. One day a foreigner asks her to take him to the desert. Then, the Mexican desert becomes the setting for an improbable encounter; the journey becomes a sort of ritual where the two beings contemplate and share their solitude and emotions, despite the difference in ages, language and culture.


Country: México, Francia
Direction: Rousseau Ruiz; Jean-Marc
Script: Rousseau Ruiz; Jean-Marc, Founié; Lucie
Production: Roinssard; Séverine, Vargas; Francisco
Photography: Sanchez; Santiago
Sound: Veran; Guy, Jean; Jean
Music: Ferreira; Bruno
Cast:Ferreira; Bruno
Art direction: González Ruiz; Eugenia Guadalupe
Participation year at FICM: 2008

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