Ixcanul
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| Directed by | Jayro Bustamante |
| Written by | Jayro Bustamante |
| Starring | Maria Mercedes Coroy Maria Telon |
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100 minutes |
| Country | Guatemala France |
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Kaqchikel Spanish |
Ixcanul (English: Volcano) is a 2015 Guatemalan drama film, a debut written and directed by Jayro Bustamante. 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.
The film is set in a village built on the slopes of a volcano, where Maria and her parents cultivate coffee. She has been promised to a man in an arranged marriage, but wants to emigrate to the United States.
It has a largely non-professional cast. "Shot luminously by Luis Armando Arteaga, each frame holds steady on its subject, inviting the audience to calmly observe the daily routines and customs of its subjects in saturated colors that seem almost to glow."
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