My Skin, Luminous (2019)

Enigmatic and deceptively playful in tone, this film from Gabino Rodríguez, in collaboration with Nicolás Pereda, boldly transforms mundane, realist observations at a rural Mexican schoolhouse into fantasy and a sly comment on childhood, rituals, and race.

Released Aug. 9, 2019 40 min None+

Genres: Fantasy, Short

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