The Compass Is Carried by the Dead Man

Oct 22, 2011

1h 51m

★ 5.5

Overview

A Mexican boy bound for Chicago tries to cross the border, but is the crowded wagon he rides in going the right way? An offbeat, allegorical odyssey that blends absurd humor with pastoral imagery. A young man and a dead man journey north through a subtly surreal desert landscape, picking up a wagonful of odd characters as they go in this darkly humorous satire of contemporary Mexico. Written by TIFF LAFF

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Arte Mecánica

Eficine 226

Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía

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Cast

Chencho

Gael Sánchez Valle

Paciano

Pedro Gamez

Agustín Tapia

Francisco Barrios

Alex Barceló

Wachinton

Eulalio Nava

Gutiérrez

Horacio García Rojas

Joven

Hansel Ramírez

Viejo

Luis Bayardo

Adulto

Eligio Meléndez

Rogelio

Marco Pérez

Bertha González

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