Following in the footsteps of directors such as Carlos Reygadas, the cinematographer Daniela Schneider works with non-professional actors for her first work, which narrates the struggle of a family in leading a normal life after experiencing the father’s serious sickness. The connotations offered in the film are recurrent in Mexican cinema: relations between different social classes and identity. A while back, Juan suffered a brain stroke; today he dependson everybody, including the employees. While, he finds amusement and comfort in horror movies,his wife Alicia tries to fight pain with memories of her glory days as a model. Matias, their only son, struggles to find a place in the midst of this situation.
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Cast
26 people
Carmen Vicarte
Alicia
Also in
Fantastic Voyage in a Baloon
Devil's Mountain
Daniela Schneider
Jorge Bartolucci
Juan
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Martín Escalante
Arturo Arroyo
Maria Fernanda Galindo
Julian Gonzalez de Leon
Matias
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Paola Herrera
Tania Marquina
Paulina
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Gerardo Morán
Also in
My Best Friend's Wedding
Luis Lince
Arnulfo
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Enrique Rivero
Daniela Schneider Director · Martín Escalante Screenplay Juan Hernández Cinematographer
First release January 31, 2011
Production
Una Comunion
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Original language
English
Release dates
Mexico · January 31, 2011
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Poland
July 20, 2012 · New Horizons Film Festival
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