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Director :
Jayro BUSTAMANTE
Fiction /
91 min /
2014
Maria, a 17 year old Mayan girl, lives with her parents in a coffee plantation at the foot of an active volcano in Guatemala. She wants to escape from her destiny: an arranged marriage. Her big-city dreams could save her, but at what cost?
Artistic team
Cast :
Maria Mercedes Coroy, Maria Telon, Manuel Antun and Justo Lorenzo
Director :
Jayro Bustamante
Photography :
Luis Armando Arteaga
Sound :
Eduardo Caceres
Set design :
Pilar Peredo
Costumes :
Sofia Lantan
Editing :
César Diaz
Mixing :
Julien Cloquet
Colour grading :
Caïque de Souza
Original music :
Pascual Reyes
Production :
Jayro Bustamante and César Díaz
Production
Kepler22 ProductionsLa Casa de Producción
Tu Vas Voir Production
Partners
Aide aux Cinémas du MondeInstitut Français
CNC - Centre National du Cinéma et de l'Image Animée
French Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Île-de-France region
Blast Production
Mr. Films y Mr. Music
Hubert Bals Fund
DDC - Direction du Développement et de la Coopération Suisse
Cinergia
FLICC
Marché audiovisuel Amérique Latine
Work In Progress 2014
INGUAT
Hubert Bals Fund
Distribution & diffusion
Karlos FilmverleihCinéart
Ost for Paradis
Shin Nipon Films
Distribution Arp & International Sales Film Factory
Festivals and awards
Competition Selection, International Film Festival of Belgrade (Serbia) 2016
Selection Press junket cinéma, Rendez-vous d'Unifrance Paris (France) 2016
Selection Cinema of the World, International Film Festival of Dubai 2015
Selection New Auteurs AFI Fest (USA) 2015
Selection Panorama, International Film Festival of Mar Del Plata (Argentina) 2015
International competition selection, Film Festival of Mumbai (India) 2015
Competition Selection, International Film Festival Molodist Kiyv (Ukraine) 2015
Official Competition Selection, Film Festival of Ghent (Belgium) 2015
Official selection, BFI Film Festival of London (UK) 2015
International Competition Selection, Festival du Nouveau Cinéma of Montreal (Canada) 2015
Selection Horizontes Latinos, SSIFF San Sebastián (Spain) 2015
Selection Discovery, International Film Festival of Toronto (Canada) 2015
Official Selection, Telluride Film Festival (USA) 2015
Selection Horizons, International Film Festival of Karlovy Vary (Czech Republic) 2015
Selection Panorama Future Lights, Film Festival of Taipei (Taiwan) 2015
Selection Global Vision, International Film Festival of Hong-Kong (China) 2015
Official Competition Selection, Berlinale (Germany) 2015
Silver Bear Award « Alfred Bauer » New Perspectives, Berlinale (Germany) 2015
Special Mention - Cinema in Construction Award, SSIFF San Sebastián (Spain) 2014
Public Award and French Critics Discovery Award, Festival Cinélatino Toulouse (France) 2015
Best Director and Best Photography Guadalajara Film Festival 2015
Best Photography Cartagena International Film Festival
