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Post Tenebras Lux

Post Tenebras Lux

Light after darkness

2012•1h 55m•6.2/10
Drama

Ratings

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6.2/10(130)

Juan and his urban family live in the Mexican countryside, where they enjoy and suffer a world apart. And nobody knows if these two worlds are complimentary or if they strive to eliminate one another.

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Production

No Dream Cinema, Mantarraya Producciones, Ticoman, Le Pacte, ARTE France Cinéma, Fondo para la Producción Cinematográfica de Calidad, The Match Factory, Topkapi Films, Servicios Andrómeda Films, Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía, Nederlands Fonds voor de Film

Language

ES

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Adolfo Jimenez Castro

Adolfo Jimenez Castro

Juan

Nathalia Acevedo

Nathalia Acevedo

Natalia

Willebaldo Torres

Siete

Rut Reygadas

Rut

Eleazar Reygadas

Eleazar

Suemi Valderrama

Samantha

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