Mexico / Belgium / France / Germany / Netherlands,
2005, 98 min
(Director's cut: 126 min)
Directed by:
Carlos ReygadasScreenplay:
Carlos ReygadasCinematography:
Diego Martínez VignattiComposer:
John TavenerCast:
Marcos Hernández, Bertha Ruiz, Anapola Mushkadiz, El Abuelo, Brenda Angulo, Diego Martínez Vignatti, Carlos ReygadasPlots(1)
Marcos (Marcos Hernandez) is the middle-aged chauffeur of Ana (Anapola Mushkadiz), daughter of a Mexican general who amuses herself by working as a prostitute in a high-end brothel. Marcos and his wife (Berta Ruiz) have kidnapped a baby for ransom but it went tragically wrong when the infant died. When he confesses his guilt to Ana, a bond of secrecy consecrated by the flesh unites them. As the police draw closer, she urges him to turn himself in but instead he seeks redemption from a higher power. (official distributor synopsis)
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