María, a 17-year-old Kaqchikel Maya, lives with her parents on a coffee plantation at the foot of an active volcano. She is set to be married to the farm's foreman. But María longs to discover the world on the other side of the mountain, a place she cannot even imagine. And so she seduces a coffee-harvester who wants to escape to the USA. When this man leaves her behind, María discovers her own world and culture anew.
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María Mercedes Coroy
María
María Telón
Juana
Manuel Antún
Manuel
Justo Lorenzo
Ignacio
Marvin Coroy
El Pepe
Fernando Martínez
Policia
Director
Jayro Bustamante
Screenplay
Jayro Bustamante
Status
Released
Original Language
ES
Production
Tu Vas Voir, La Casa de Production, CNC, La Région Île-de-France, Hubert Bals Fund, Visions Sud Est
Reno
August 10, 2017
**Between the childhood and adulthood.** The director's feature film debut. From Guatemala, selected to represent the Oscars in the previous year (2016), but did not make. The film was based on the real about a small Mayan family living closer to the active volcano slope working in the coffee plantation. A perfect depiction of hardship of life, but from the perspective of a teenager. The life b...
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