Ícara

2009 | Color | 23 min

Marisol, a sophisticated Guatemalan, is married to Francois who comes from a bourgeois family. They’ve just had a baby and their life seems perfect. However, Marisol fears her baby doesn’t love her. This fear becomes an obsession. Thinking she is cursed, she convinces her husband to get a Guatemalan nanny. The arrival of Icara will disrupt her life.

Country: México, Francia
Direction: Rojo; Alejandra
Script: Quintanilla; Julián, Rojo; Alejandra
Production: Chaumet; Emmanuel, Vargas; Francisco
Photography: Hirsch; Julien
Sound: Gaborieau; Dominique, Brossier; Julien
Cast:López-cruz; Sofía, Ramírez; Arcelia, Reymond; Christophe
Participation year at FICM: 2009

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