IXCANUL
IXCANUL - VOLCANO
Guatemala / 2015 / 93 min / Colour
Maria is a girl of seventeen of Mayan ethnicity who lives with her parents in the Kaqchikel area of Guatemala, on a coffee farm on the slopes of an active volcano. Her life is marked by ancestral beliefs and traditions, in the unsettling shadow of this presence. Maria’s future seems decided: soon, an arranged marriage to Ignacio, the plantation supervisor, awaits her. But the girl loves Pepe, a young coffee harvester, with whom she dreams of a future in the United States. Maria seduces him, but after promises and secret encounters, Pepe goes away and leaves her, pregnant, to her destiny.
Credits
Subject Jayro BustamanteScreenplay Jayro BustamanteCinematography Luis Armando ArteagaEditing Luis Armando ArteagaMusic Pascual ReyesMain cast María Mercedes Coroy, María Telón, Manuel Manuel AntúnProduction company La Casa de Production, Tu Vas Voir