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Carretera del norte

Carretera del norte

On a desert road in the north of Mexico, a family survives in extreme poverty by selling animals to car drivers passing by. This unbearable situation leads the mother make a decision which will change her life forever.

Year: 2008
Origin: Mexico
Direction: Rubén Rojo Aura
Production: Sara Rubalcava
Script: Tomás Urtusástegui
Photography: Iván Vilchis Ibarra
Music: Daniel Vasallo
Mounting: Carlos Puente
Actors: Humberto Yáñez, Lilia Mendoza, Francisco Preciado, Martín Pedroza
Duración: 10 min.
Contact: IMCINE (Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía)
Phone: 52 55 54 48 53 45
Email: difuinte@imcine.gob.mx
Web: www.imcine.gob.mx