76 minutes / Color
Spanish / English subtitles
Release: 2025
Copyright: 2024
Healer Francisca Hernández comes from a long lineage of midwives, bone setters, and exorcists who have dedicated their lives to healing communities in Veracruz. The film focuses on an annual ritual honoring Death, where spiritual traditions merge and evolve. It explores how different religious and cultural beliefs blend to form new practices, while also examining the transformation that occurs when traditions interact and reshape one another. Through a deep connection to nature and the lingering presence of mysticism, their faith becomes a living, sensory experience.
Núñez Chavarría, Juan Carlos (film director)
Núñez Chavarría, Juan Carlos (film producer)
Núñez Chavarría, Juan Carlos (screenwriter)
Reyes, Dalia (film producer)
Cinematography, Ignacio Chávez Camacho; editing, Arturo Silva, Adolfo Gurrola, Juan Nuñch; music, Concepción Huerta.
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