Ixcanul
7.4 /10 1 Votes
Director Jayro Bustamante Screenplay Jayro Bustamante Writer Jayro Bustamante Language Spanish | 7.4/10 IMDb Genre Drama Duration Country Guatemala
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Release date 7 February 2015 (2015-02-07) (Berlin) Initial release August 28, 2015 (United Kingdom) Cast María Mercedes Coroy , María Telón , Manuel Manuel Antún , Justo Lorenzo , Marvin Coroy Producers Jayro Bustamante, Pilar Peredo, Edgard Tenembaum, Marina Peralta Similar movies The Pearl Button (2015), The Club (2015), 45 Years (2015), 600 Miles (2015), Under Electric Clouds (2015) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ixcanul (English: Volcano) is a 2015 Guatemalan drama film, a debut written and directed by Jayro Bustamante. It was screened in the main competition section of the 65th Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Alfred Bauer Prize. The film was selected as the Guatemalan entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards but was not nominated. It is the first film produced in the Kaqchikel language of the Mayan family.
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Plot summary
The film is set in a village built on the slopes of a volcano, where Maria and her parents cultivate coffee. She has been promised to a man in an arranged marriage, but wants to emigrate to the United States.
Production
It has a largely non-professional cast. "Shot luminously by Luis Armando Arteaga, each frame holds steady on its subject, inviting the audience to calmly observe the daily routines and customs of its subjects in saturated colors that seem almost to glow."