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2008 | Color | 1h 30 min

From a very young age, children begin to work in the Mexican countryside. The Inheritors is a journey through their lives and their daily struggle for survival. These children´s realities echo those of their ancestors. One generation after another remains caught up in a perpetual cycle of inherited poverty.


Country: México
Direction: Polgovsky; Eugenio
Script: Polgovsky; Eugenio
Production: Polgovsky; Eugenio
Photography: Polgovsky; Eugenio
Sound: Manzutto; Cristian, Tauss; Camille
Music: Mixe De Oaxaca; Banda
Participation year at FICM: 2008

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