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Winner of the Caméra d'Or at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, Guatemalan filmmaker César Díaz's startling feature debut weaves a tale that takes us from Guatemala's traumatic past to a contemporary personal search for truth and justice. In 2018, just as the country is gripped by the trial of military officers accused of committing war crimes during the country's 36-year civil war, we meet Ernesto (Armando Espitia, HELI, I CARRY YOU WITH ME), a young forensic anthropologist tasked with identifying missing victims of the war, which saw the genocide of more than 200,000 indigenous people. As the trials continue, the testimonies of those who survived pour into Ernesto's organization. While documenting the account of a Mayan woman searching for the remains of her husband, Ernesto believes he might have found a lead that will guide him to his own father, a guerrillero who went missing during the war. As his work becomes increasingly personal, Ernesto flings himself, body and soul, into the case. Winner, Caméra d'Or and SACD Award, 2019 Cannes Film Festival; Winner, Silver Hugo, New Directors Competition, 2019 Chicago Film Festival; Winner, Best First Feature, 2020 Magritte Awards. Official Selection, 2019 Cannes, San Sebastián, Busan, Glasgow, Miami and Chicago film festivals. DIR/SCR César Díaz; PROD Delphine Schmit, Géraldine Sprimont. Belgium/Guatemala/France, 2019, color, 78 min. In Spanish with English subtitles. NOT RATED


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  • Year
    2019
  • Runtime
    78 minutes
  • Language
    Spanish
  • Country
    Guatemala, Belgium and France
  • Rating
    NOT RATED
  • Note
    With English subtitles.
  • Director
    César Díaz
  • Screenwriter
    César Díaz
  • Producer
    Delphine Schmit, Géraldine Sprimont
  • Cast
    Armando Espitia, Emma Dib, Aurelia Caal, Julio Serrano Echeverría, Victor Moreira.