About the Living

Sep 24, 2001

1h 20m

★ 8.0

Overview

A Mexican upper-class family suffers a great loss. After a while everyone seems to go on with their lives. But after 11 years, everyone will start to remember that tragedy and start the road to depression and self-pity, and possible self-destruction.

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Production Companies

Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica (CCC)

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Cast

Derek

Rafael Sánchez Navarro

Dulce

Clarissa Malherios

Damián

Osvaldo Benavides

Emilia Moreno

Martha Claudia Moreno

Joaquín

Diego Sauregui

Fabiana

Jerildy Bosch

Young Damian

Pedro Guerrero

Dalia

Gisselle Kuri

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