Ixcanul
Guatemala / France,
2015, 100 min
Directed by:
Jayro BustamanteScreenplay:
Jayro BustamanteCinematography:
Luis Armando ArteagaComposer:
Pascual ReyesCast:
María Mercedes Coroy, María Telón, Manuel Manuel Antún, Fernando Martínez, Justo Lorenzo, Marvin CoroyPlots(1)
María, a 17-year-old Kaqchikel Maya, lives with her parents on a coffee plantation at the foot of an active volcano. She is set to be married to the farm's foreman. But María longs to discover the world on the other side of the mountain, a place she cannot even imagine. And so she seduces a coffee-harvester who wants to escape to the USA. When this man leaves her behind, María discovers her own world and culture anew. (Berlinale)
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