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El Diablo fuma (y guarda las cabezas de los cerillos quemados en la misma caja)
2025 | Color | 97:00
Five siblings abandoned by their parents share their fears with their grandmother's and inhabit the barriers between reality and imagination in an attempt to stay together.

Country: México
Direction: Martínez Bucio; Ernesto
Script: Martínez Bucio; Ernesto, Plata; Karen
Production: Hernández Vázquez; Carlos, Gavica Marrufo; Gabriela, Durán; Alejandro
Photography: Zabaleta; Odei
Sound: Muñoz; Isabel, Leal; Jorge, Enríquez; José Miguel, Cortés Navarrete; Carlos
Music: Hinojosa; Emilio
Cast:Regina Alejandra, Donovan Said, Bravo Aviña; Mariapau, Nieto Martínez; Rafael, Uribe Rojas; Laura, Ramos; Carmen, Gramajo; Micaela, Gamboa; Bernardo
Art direction: Bellido; Ana J.
Participation year at FICM: 2025

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