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El violín / The violín

Francisco Vargas
MEXICO      98 m.
Synopsis

(Mexico, 2005), Francisco Vargas.

The double life of Don Plutarco, his son Genaro and grandson Lucio, poor rural musicians who support the peasant rebel movement to overthrow the tyrannical government. Originally presented as a short in Films in Progress 7 (Toulouse, 2005) and completed as a feature film for the 8th edition (San Sebastian 2005), where it won the Casa de America, CICAE and Signis awards. It went on to participate in the “Un Certain Regard” section at Cannes Festival and in the “Horizontes Latinos” section at the 54th San Sebastian Festival (2006), where it landed a jury mention.

Director
Francisco Vargas
Screenplay
Francisco Vargas
Production
Camara Carnal Films S.A.de C.V.
Photography
Martín Boege
Edition
Francisco Vargas, Ricardo Garfias
Music
Cuauhtémoc Tavira, Armando Rosas, Don Ángel Tavira
Cast
Ángel Tavira, Dagoberto Gama, Fermín Martínez, Gerardo Taracena, Mario Garibaldi
Running Time
98 m.
Country
MEXICO
Year
2012
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