News from Afar

News from Afar

2005•2h 0m•8.2/10

Drama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

8.2/10(10)

Under the notion that "you can not change the future, but the past," a young woman who has grown up in a poor village in the highlands, embarks on a spiritual journey to Mexico City seeking to break the cycle of family alienation and find hope. Fate will return to the source to destroy and start over.

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Production

Fondo para la Producción Cinematográfica de Calidad, Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica (CCC), Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía

Language

ES

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

David Aarón Estrada

Mayahuel del Monte

Martín Palomares

Gina Morett

Lucía Muñoz

Lucía Muñoz

Fernando Pérez Castro

Jorge Castillo

Jorge Castillo

Raúl Santamaría

Mónica Melgoza

José Juan de la O

Paco Beverido

Adrián Martínez Montes

Raúl Luna

Jorge Zárate

Jorge Zárate

Jorge Zárate

Jorge Zárate

Beto adult

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