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2011 | Color | 120 min

Seven-year-old Ceci must keep a big secret, but she doesn´t completely understand what the secret is about. The life of her family depends on her silence. But what exactly must she keep silent about? Ceci asks herself: what should she say? What should she really believe and do in order to deserve the love of her mother and others?


Country: México, Francia, Polonia
Direction: Markovitch; Paula
Script: Markovitch; Paula
Production: Markovitch; Pablo Boneu; Paula, Moreno; Izrael
Photography: Staron; Wojciech
Sound: Stavropolus; Alexis, Muñoz Cota Callejas; Isabel
Music: Gurrola; Sergio
Cast:Galinelli Hertzog; Paula, Herrera; Sharon, Agorreca; Laura, Suraniti; Viviana, Lasillo; Uriel
Art direction: Tello; Óscar, Enríquez; Bárbara
Participation year at FICM: 2011

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