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Ixcanul

Ixcanul

6,8 /10 (89 Votes)
2015 ES 93 min

Overview

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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Release date

20/01/2015

Votes

89

Popularity

0.2

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Status

Released

Language

ES

Runtime

93 min

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Reno

Reno

2017-08-10

⭐ 7

**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 between adulthood and childhood, and for the lack of the knowledge of the real world, how they are misled was the film's purpose. I liked the film, no question about that. But it did not start like …

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