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Release Date:
October 25, 2023
Original Title:
El Águila y el Gusano
Genres:
Comedy
Production Companies:
Producciones Arte Nuevo
Production Countries:
Mexico
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 149
In Guita Schyfter’s El águila y el gusano, an intricate plot serves to intersect the destinies of several characters: the owner of a beauty salon in love with “all things Chinese”, a politician with a taste for oration who couldn’t care less about the problems of his country, a political adviser whose counsel is never considered and a shady investigator with a name that nobody seems to recall. The script by Schyfter and Hugo Hiriart, her longtime collaborator and author of the 2013 novel on which the film is based, bristles with finely-crafted, hilarious dialogue.
Costume Design:
Annai Ramos
Director:
Guita Schyfter
Director of Photography:
Sebastián Hiriart
Executive Producer:
Yair Ponce
Makeup & Hair:
Pedro Guijarro
Marlenee Balandrano
Music:
Jesus Echevarria
Producer:
Guita Schyfter
Production Design:
Ana J. Bellido
Sound Designer:
Nerio Barberis
Sound Director:
Jonathan Ayala Colon
Writer:
Hugo Hiriart
Guita Schyfter
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