When your mind betrays you and your future evaporates — one man's unraveling in brutal slow motion.
Fausto faces the frustration of his ruined plans to study photography in Barcelona and the pregnancy of Carmen, he returns to Mexico and is diagnosed with schizophrenia.
Acting
Christian Vazquez commits fully to Fausto's terrifying disintegration.
Cinematography
Mexico City becomes a character — suffocating, indifferent, inescapable.
Director
Julio Berthely
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Berthely filmed in actual psychiatric facilities, using non-professional patients in background roles for unsettling authenticity.
The film exposes Mexico's crumbling mental health infrastructure; Fausto's institutionalization mirrors real systemic failures that sparked protests during production.
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