Ixcanul (2015)

Directed by

Jayro Bustamante

Genre

drama film

Country

Guatemala, France

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

12

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 89 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young Mayan woman living on a coffee plantation in Guatemala faces a crisis after becoming pregnant. The film follows her struggle within the confines of tradition and the looming presence of a nearby volcano.

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What happens

Ixcanul ([ʔiʃ.kʰa.nɯɬ], Kaqchikel for "volcano") is a 2015 Guatemalan drama film written and directed by Jayro Bustamante in his directorial debut. It was screened in the main competition section of the 65th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Alfred Bauer Prize. The film was selected as the Guatemalan entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards but was not nominated. It is the first film produced in the Kaqchikel language of the Mayan family. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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