IXCANUL

IXCANUL VOLCANO

By Jayro BUSTAMANTE

TOUR DE FORCE AS - as DISTR Theatrical, TV, DVD-video, NORWAY

Family - Completed 2015

María, a young 17 year old mayan girl, lives and works with her parents on a coffee plantation on the foothills of an active volcano in Guatemala. An arranged marriage awaits her.

Festivals
& Awards

Berlinale - EFM 2015
Toronto - TIFF 2015
Discovery
Telluride FF 2015
    • Year of production
    • 2015
    • Genres
    • Family, Social issues, Drama
    • Countries
    • GUATEMALA, FRANCE
    • Languages
    • SPANISH
    • Duration
    • 93 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Jayro BUSTAMANTE
    • Writer(s)
    • Jayro BUSTAMANTE
    • Producer(s)
    • Jayro BUSTAMANTE , Marina PERALTA, Pilar PEREDO, Edgard TENEMBAUM
    • Synopsis
    • María, a young 17 year old mayan girl, lives and works with her parents on a coffee plantation on the foothills of an active volcano in Guatemala. An arranged marriage awaits her. Although Maria dreams of going to the “big city”, her condition as an indigenous woman does not permit her to change her destiny. Later on, a snake bite forces her to go out into the modern world where her life is saved, but at what price...