Evento

El sueño del Mara'akame / Mara'akame's Dream

(Opens with the short film "El jardín de las delicias / The Garden of Delights")

El sueño del Mara'akame / Mara'akame's Dream

A film by Federico Cecchetti

Mexico, Drama/Adventure, 2016
90 min, Color
Huichol (wixárika), Spanish with English subtitles

Regional Premiere

Nieri is a young Huichol Indian whose dream is travelling with his band to play a concert in Mexico City. But his father is a Mara'akame (Huichol Shaman) and has different plans for his son. He must find the Blue Deer in his dreams in order to become a Mara'akame and follow in this tradition. Nieri travels to Mexico City where he gets lost but finally finds his vision.

Producer: Masha Kostiurina
Production Companies: CUEC-UNAM, IMCINE
Screenwriter: Federico Cecchetti
Cinematographer: Iván Hernández
Editor: Pierre Saint Martin, Raúl Zendejas
Sound Design: Daniel Rojo, Alicia Segovia
Music: Emiliano Motta, Huichol Musical
Cast: Luciano Bautista Maxa Temai, Antonio Parra Haka Temai, Pascual Hernández, Cruz de la Cruz, Paly Omar Ezequiel, Drako Coronel, Patricio Fernández, Mariana Treviño