A treasure hunt, a ghost from your past, and sixteen minutes to ruin everything.
Mexico 1926. Durazo is an outlaw and a former revolutionary. He is getting at the end of the quest for a coveted treasure. His mission will be interrupted by an unexpected meeting, which will define his life.
Acting
Lemus carries decades of exhaustion in every silence.
Cinematography
Desert landscapes that swallow hope whole.
Direction
Montellano stretches 16 minutes into an epic.
Director
Martín Montellano
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Emil Holmdahl was a real American mercenary who allegedly looted Pancho Villa's tomb in 1926, though historians dispute whether he actually found the head.
The title refers to a specific mine, but also evokes the 'Cairo' of treasure-hunt mythology — a promised land that destroys those who seek it.
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