Sueño en otro idioma / I Dream in Another Language
A film by Ernesto Contreras
This film was screened as a part of the 2017 Cine Las Americas International Film Festival (CLAIFF20)
With actor Eligio Meléndez in Attendance
This film is co-sponsored by the Consulate General of Mexico in Austin
Mexico/Netherlands, Drama/Fantasy, 2017
103 min, Color
Spanish, Zikril with English subtitles
A young linguist travels to the jungle of Mexico to research a language on the verge of disappearing. Once there, he discovers that its last two speakers clashed 50 years ago, and have refused to speak to each other since. Attempting to reunite them, the researcher discovers a secret past.
Regional Premiere
www.thefilmcollaborative.org/films/idreaminanotherlanguage
About the director
Credits
Producer: Mónica Lozano, Luis Albores, Érika Ávila, Eamon O’Farrill, Raymond van der Kaaij, Dijana Olcay-Hot
Production Companies: Revolver Amsterdam, Agencia SHA, Alebrije Cine y Video
Screenwriter: Carlos Contreras
Cinematographer: Tonatiuh Martínez
Editor: Jorge Macaya
Sound Design: Pablo Tamez, Enrique Greiner
Music: Andrés Sánchez
Cast: Fernando Álvarez Rebeil, José Manuel Poncelis, Eligio Meléndez, Fátima Molina, Norma Angélica, Mónica Miguel, Juan Pablo de Santiago, Hoze Meléndez, Nicolasa Ortiz Monasterio
Print Source: Jeffrey Winter – TFC, festivals@thefilmcollaborative.org
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