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Ixcanul

2015 93 min ★ 6.8 Drama

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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Cast

María Mercedes Coroy

María

María Telón

Juana

Manuel Antún

Manuel

Justo Lorenzo

Ignacio

Marvin Coroy

El Pepe

Fernando Martínez

Policia

Details

Director

Jayro Bustamante

Screenplay

Jayro Bustamante

Status

Released

Original Language

Production

Tu Vas Voir, La Casa de Production, CNC, La Région Île-de-France, Hubert Bals Fund, Visions Sud Est

Reviews

Reno

August 10, 2017

★ 7/10

**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...