A body hunt during soccer fever — Mexico's obsession meets maternal grief in 13 devastating minutes.
A mother and her son look for the possibly dead body of a relative while everyone else seems more interested in a soccer tournament.
Direction
Bucio's unblinking eye refuses to look away.
Acting
Raluy's face tells entire histories without dialogue.
Director
Ernesto Martínez Bucio
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot during actual 2018 World Cup mania, the film weaponizes Mexico's genuine soccer obsession as narrative cruelty.
The mother's limp? Bucio never explains it — a phantom pain shared with the missing body she's chasing.
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