World Premiere
From the upper branches of a tree, a land defender on hunger strike is visited by people from his village.
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Community Partner
Priscilla Uvalle, Eduardo Morales, Andrés Delgado, Iazua Larios Emiliano Formia, José Antonio Arenas Romero
Mexico
2023
In Spanish with English subtitles
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Credits & Director
Producer
Léa Soler
Screenwriter
Léa Soler
Cinematography
Mariano Rentería
Editor
Léa Soler
Production Design
Úrsula Schneider, Eva Nájera
Original Music
Ihcuac Tlaneci
Léa Soler
Léa Soler is an independent French filmmaker. After studying arts and philosophy in France, she moved to Mexico where she has been learning filmmaking on several Mexican productions and in the acquisitions area at Mantarraya Productions. Her previous short films, Lactea (2019) and Corpuscle (2021), have been selected by several international film festivals.
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