Volcano
– María, a 17-year-old Kaqchikel Maya, lives with her parents on a coffee plantation at the foot of a..
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.
25 Nov 2015
Maya, Spanish
Jayro Bustamante
Jayro Bustamante
María Mercedes Coroy, María Telón, Manuel Antún, Justo Lorenzo
María, a seventeen-year-old Mayan (Kaqchikel) girl, lives on the slopes of an active volcano in Guatemala. An arranged marriage awaits her, but her suitor must first spend months working in the city. It is a world María knows nothing of, but is forced to grapple with when problems arise.
21 wins & 20 nominations.
$292,923
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