The Night Watchman

director: Natalia Almada

original title: El velador

year: 2011

running time: 72 min.

synopsis

FilmCEMETERY prefers the wind in the leaves and the monotonous work of bricklayers over the pompous funerals at the cemetery in the Mexican town of Culiacán, made infamous by the drug trade. This silent meditation on violence focuses on the cemetery caretaker, a witness to the construction of bizarre marble mausoleums and glass-encased crypts for the local drug bosses.

more about film

director:	Natalia Almada
producer:	Natalia Almada, Laurence Ansquer, Tita Productions, Charlotte Uzu, Les Films d'Ici
script:	Natalia Almada
photography:	Natalia Almada
editing:	Natalia Almada, Julien Devaux
sound:	Alejandro de Icaza

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