Fauna
Luisa and Gabino visit their parents in a mining town in the north of Mexico. Their father’s only interest in them is sparked by Luisa’s actor boyfriend when he acts out the role of a narco kingpin. To cope with family tensions, Gabino imagines a parallel reality of detectives and organized crime.
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Cast
13 people
Luisa Pardo
Luisa
Also in
Paraísos artificiales
Minotaur
Gabino Rodríguez
Gabino
Known for
Sin Nombre
Nadie te ve: La niña en la piedra
Nicolás Pereda
Also in
Where Are Their Stories?
Julia Arnaut
Mariel Baqueiro
Francisco Barreiro
Paco
Known for
Narcos: Mexico
Here Comes the Devil
Pedro García
Kevin T. Allen
Teresa Sánchez
Luisa's Mother
Known for
The Chambermaid
Tótem
Catalina Pereda
José Rodríguez López
Luisa's Father
Also in
Greatest Hits
What Do You Think?
Mariana Villegas
Also in
Northern Skies Over Empty Space
Noise
Nicolás Pereda Director · Mariel Baqueiro Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $839M · Budget $19M · United States release July 30, 2021
Box office
Budget
$19,000,000
Worldwide gross
$839,000,000
Gross vs. budget
44.2×
Production
Interior13 Cine
Production · Distribution
Canada · Mexico
Produced in
Languages
Original language
Spanish
Spoken on screen
Spanish
Release dates
Canada · September 10, 2020
Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
United States · July 30, 2021
Limited theatrical
United States
September 19, 2020 · Premiere · New York Film Festival
Argentina
November 29, 2020 · Premiere · Mar Del Plata Film Festival
Australia
September 3, 2021 · Theatrical
Austria
October 24, 2020 · Premiere · Viennale Film Festival
Germany
February 27, 2021 · Premiere · Berlin Critics Week
Greece
November 15, 2020 · Premiere · Thessaloniki International Film Festival
Mexico
October 30, 2020 · Premiere · Festival Internacional de Cine de Morelia
March 26, 2021 · Premiere · FICUNAM
South Korea
April 29, 2021 · Premiere · Jeonju International Film Festival
Spain
September 19, 2020 · Premiere · San Sebastián International Film Festival
September 10, 2021 · Theatrical · Vitrine Filmes
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