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2021 | Color | 90:00

Hatzín, a teenager from Mexico City, sets out for northern Mexico to collect his father’s remains, which have been found in a mass grave. A chance encounter with a man who bears a physical resemblance to his father fills him with doubt and hope about the man’s true whereabouts.


Country: México, Estados Unidos
Direction: Vigas; Lorenzo
Script: Vigas; Lorenzo, Markovitch; Paula
Production: Hernández Aldana; Jorge, Hogan; Michael, Kerwin; Kilian, Penotti; John, Vigas; Lorenzo, Franco; Michel
Photography: Armstrong; Sergio
Sound: Baksht; Jaime, Couttolenc; Michelle, Locatelli; Raúl
Cast:Mendoza; Hernán, Navarrete; Hatzín
Participation year at FICM: 2021

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