Rito terminal
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Cast & Crew
Oscar Urrutia Lazo
Guillermo Larrea
Soledad Ruiz
Angeles Cruz
Rafael Velasco
Guillermo Rios
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Photographer Mateo, visiting a celebration of the patron saint of a small village community, loses his shadow. Then, during a traditional funeral ceremony, a spiritual exchange causes him to lose his sense of the convictions that bind him to the "real" world. What ensues is a quintessential hero's journey in which he is forced to confront the question of what is left behind when you submit, unconditionally, to progress. He becomes, essentially, a trespasser into realms spiritual and sacred, where reality is denied by the senses. The local inhabitants both inform and challenge this unknown path: It is not until he accepts the loss of his shadow, and is able to face the woman who took it, that he will finally be able to recover it.
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Oscar Urrutia Lazo
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Released in United States 2000
Released in United States February 2000
Released in United States October 2000
Released in United States on Video July 27, 2004
Released in United States September 2000
Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (European Film Market) February 9-20, 2000
Shown at San Sebastian International Film Festival (Made in Spanish) September 21-30, 2000.
Shown at the Mill Valley Film Festival in Mill Valley, California October 5-15, 2000.
Feature directorial debut for Oscar Urrutia Lazo.
Released in United States 2000
Released in United States February 2000 (Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (European Film Market) February 9-20, 2000)
Released in United States on Video July 27, 2004
Released in United States September 2000 (Shown at San Sebastian International Film Festival (Made in Spanish) September 21-30, 2000.)
Released in United States October 2000 (Shown at AFI/Los Angeles International Film Festival (Latin Cinema Series) October 19-26, 2000.)
Released in United States October 2000 (Shown at the Mill Valley Film Festival in Mill Valley, California October 5-15, 2000.)
