After the death of his grandmother, a Mexican biologist living in New York returns to his hometown nestled in the majestic monarch butterfly forests of Michoacán. The journey forces him to confront past traumas and reflect on his new hybrid identity, launching him on a personal and spiritual metamorphosis.
Winner of the Alfred P. Sloan Prize at the Sundance Film Festival.
Hijo de Monarcas
2020
12 years
97 min.
Fiction
Mexico, USA
Mexico, USA, international festivals, awarded films, mourning, immigration, come back home, magic realism, nature, animals
Colorido
Alexis Gambis
Alexis Gambis
Alejandro Mejía
Èlia Gasull Balada, Alexis Gambis
Tenoch Huerta Mejía, Alexia Rasmussen, Lázaro Gabino Rodríguez, Noé Hernández, Paulina Gaitán, William Mapother
Abraham Dayan, Maria Altamirano
Imaginal Disc, Labocine
Cristóbal MarYán
Wide Management
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