Santa Teresa & Other Stories

Santa Teresa & Other Stories

2015•1h 5m•5.4/10

Documentary

Ratings

🎬TMDb

5.4/10(9)

In the fictional city of Santa Teresa, located on the border between Mexico and USA, the researcher Juan de Dios Martínez straddles the line between journalism and detective work. Based on an unfinished book by Roberto Bolaño, his character investigates a handful of crimes and abuses perpetrated on women and workers of the zone.

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Production

TITUA FILMS

Language

ES

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Priscilla Lazaro

Narrator of Juan de Dios Martínez

Marie A. Montalembert

Tale of Santa Teresa

Judit Gómez

Polly Crak

Cristina Kahlo

Church Profaner

Megan Cuevas

Girl who reads

Mystique

Muxe

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