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Fondo para la Producción Cinematográfica de Calidad

News from Afar

2005 120 min Spanish
Wubly rating 6.9 IMDb rating 6.7

Under the notion that "you can not change the future, but the past," a young woman who has grown up in a poor village in the highlands, embarks on a spiritual journey to Mexico City seeking to break the cycle of family alienation and find hope. Fate will return to the source to destroy and start over.

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Ricardo Benet Director · Guillermo Gonzalez Composer

United States release April 22, 2005 · Produced in Mexico · Production Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica (CCC), Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes

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Fondo para la Producción Cinematográfica de Calidad

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Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica (CCC)

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Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes

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Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía

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Mexico

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Original title

Noticias lejanas

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Spanish

Spoken on screen

Spanish

Release dates

Mexico · March 19, 2005

Theatrical

United States · April 22, 2005

Tribeca Film Festival

Argentina

March 15, 2006 · Mar del Plata Film Festival

Poland

June 18, 2006 · Latin America Film Festival

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