Where the Sun is Born

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Where the Sun is Born (2013)

Directed by Elías Jiménez

History · 1h 25m

The story of the Maya People through four stories which allude to important moments in the in its history over the course of the last half millennium. The central protagonist in all these stories is a young woman named Maya who witnesses the invasion of her homeland and must run away to survive. Then living a nomadic existence as a refugee across the centuries she experiences the sufferings of her people resulting from the loss of her ancestral lands and increasingly her cultural traditions.

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Cast

F
Felipe Gómez
C
Candelaria Hernández
W
Walter Paz Joj
A
Ajpú Nicho Juan Pablo Olyslager Conquistador
J
Juanita Puzul
B
Betzabé Simón
P
Priscila Simón Mayan

Crew

Director
Elías Jiménez
Writer
Edgar Sajcabun
Editor
Daniel Caal, Joel Prieto Toropchanin
Producer
Hugo Koper, Inés Nofuentes

Details

Original title
Dónde Nace El Sol
Release date
2013-06-16
Runtime
1h 25m
Genres
History
Original language
EN