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Completed - SPANISH - Drama - 80 minutes

Log Line

Alone in a house in the outskirts of a beach in Mexico, lives a poor man in his mid-70's. With no deed to the land he survives on, he witnesses with despair the demolition of his house. Little by little he begins to lose his own mind.

Year of production : 2014

Director(s) : Nicolás PEREDA
Cast : Eduard FERNÁNDEZ, Gabino RODRÍGUEZ, Guadalupe CÁRDENAZ

Producer(s) : Edgar SAN JUAN (Film Tank )

Synopsis

Alone in a house on the outskirts of a beach in Mexico, lives a poor man in his mid 70's. With no deed to the land he survives on, he witnesses with despair the demolition of his house. Little by little he begins to lose his very mind. Memories from an untethered past begin to haunt his daily existence. Thus begins a journey into the mountains and the forest in search of faces from his past and echoes of another time, another younger self.

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Country(ies) : MEXICO

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Festivals and Awards

AFI FEST 2014 Features
Ventana Sur 2014 Latam
Locarno 2014
Busan - BIFF/APM 2014
Rio de Janeiro IFF 2014
San Sebastian FF 2015 Film Library (not in selection)


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