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News from Afar
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News from Afar

Mar 19, 2005
2h 0m
★ 8.1

Overview

Under the notion that "you can not change the future, but the past," a young woman who has grown up in a poor village in the highlands, embarks on a spiritual journey to Mexico City seeking to break the cycle of family alienation and find hope. Fate will return to the source to destroy and start over.

Genres

Production Companies

Fondo para la Producción Cinematográfica de Calidad
Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica (CCC)
Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes
Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía

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Cast

David Aarón Estrada

David Aarón Estrada

Mayahuel del Monte

Mayahuel del Monte

Martín Palomares

Martín Palomares

Gina Morett

Gina Morett

Lucía Muñoz

Lucía Muñoz

Fernando Pérez Castro

Fernando Pérez Castro

Jorge Castillo

Jorge Castillo

Raúl Santamaría

Raúl Santamaría

Mónica Melgoza

Mónica Melgoza

José Juan de la O

José Juan de la O

Paco Beverido

Paco Beverido

Adrián Martínez Montes

Adrián Martínez Montes

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