Los ausentes | The Absents | Die Abwesenden
Generation 2019
MEX 2017
by: José Lomas Hervert
Jaime Alfonso Meráz Sánchez, Luis Mario Salazar Zavala, Víctor Hugo Garrocho Hernández
Los ausentes | The Absents | Die Abwesenden
Generation 2019
MEX 2017
by: José Lomas Hervert
Jaime Alfonso Meráz Sánchez, Luis Mario Salazar Zavala
Los ausentes | The Absents | Die Abwesenden
Generation 2019
MEX 2017
by: José Lomas Hervert
Jaime Alfonso Meráz Sánchez, Víctor Hugo Garrocho Hernández, Luis Mario Salazar Zavala
Los ausentes | The Absents | Die Abwesenden
Generation 2019
MEX 2017
by: José Lomas Hervert
Luis Mario Salazar Zavala
With a guitar on his back and a repertoire of exactly three tunes, Rafaelito and his two friends make their way to an indigenous community in Mexico’s Huasteca region, where they are supposed to perform at a funeral. The magical power of the music takes hold quickly and is echoed in the faces of the guests and young musicians. The soulful songs offer solace and make it easier to say goodbye. Then the widow requests a fourth song.
by
José Lomas Hervert
Mexico 2017
Spanish
17’ · Colour
recommendation: 12 years and up
Luis Mario Salazar Zavala (Rafaelito)Jaime Alfonso Meráz Sánchez (Abdón)Víctor Hugo Garrocho Hernández (Ponciano)Rafaela Arcángel (Anciana)Aldo Verástegui (Lanchero)
The Mexican director was born in San Luis Potosí and raised in Arizona and Texas from the age of nine. He studied fine arts at the University of Texas and, in 2011, founded the Bisonte Rojo production company. In 2012, he wrote and produced Potosí, which won the Best First Mexican Feature Award at the Guanajuato International Film Festival and was nominated for three categories in the Ariel Awards in Mexico. Los ausentes (The Absents) won Best Mexican Short at the Monterrey International Film Festival in 2018.
Filmography2015 Gerardo; documentary 2017 Los ausentes (The Absents); short film
Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2019
Hugo Espinosa
Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografia