J-ok'el
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| Directed by | Benjamin Williams |
| Produced by | Juan Carlos Arizmendi Paola Madrazo del Río Andrés Rodríguez Franco Benjamin Williams |
| Written by | Jeremy Svenson Peter Theis Andy Whitaker |
| Starring |
Dee Wallace-Stone Tom Parker Ana Patricia Rojo Diana Bracho Jesús Ochoa Angelique Boyer |
| Music by | George Shaw |
| Cinematography | Andrew Waruszewski |
| Edited by | Slater Dixon |
| Distributed by | Maverick Entertainment Group |
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Running time
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90 minutes |
| Country | Mexico |
| Language | Spanish |
| Budget | $500,000 USD |
J-ok'el is a Mexican thriller of 2007, directed by Benjamin Williams. The film deviates from the usual stories about spirits showing an ending where the good guy do not always win. This film was William's debut.
An American man travels to a small town in Chiapas, Mexico called San Cristobal de las Casas, to help his mother when he knows that his stepsister has been abducted. Everything indicates that it is a wave of kidnappings attributed to the legendary J-ok'el (Weeping Woman). This woman had drowned her children a long time ago and her spirit has returned to take other children and thus forget her own suffering.
The film won gold medal for best music in the Park City Film Festival in Park City, Utah.
J-ok'el means "weeping woman" in Tzotzil language.
The budget was $500,000 USD.
Music written and conducted by George Shaw
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