Morningside Movies, Inc.
Best Opera Prima
New England Festival of Latin American Cinema
Special Jury Award
Barritz Film Festival, France
Special Mention
Federation of International Cinema Critics
International Film Festival, Puerto Rico
"For the Maturity of its cinematic language in a first film and for
the clarity with which it communicates its vision of Guatemalan history"
El Quijote
International Federation of Film Societies
Huelva Film Festival, Spain
"For its formal simplicity replete, at the same time, with emotional expressiveness, and its good taste; for demonstrating the need to face the future constructively in a spirit of hope and optimism; and for being a pioneer in Guatemalan cinematographic creativity through its introduction of new avenues of artistic expression for the incorporation of new ideas"
"When you have something to say, you must say it."
"This silence is bad for a person, Neto. It is ingrained in us from the time we are born, but it's up to each of us to fight to tear it out from inside...Not until then, will we be able to breathe."
-Uncle Ernesto
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