Ixcanul

aka: Volcano
Guatemala 2015, 91 minutes
Dir. Jayro Bustamante
In Spanish, Kaqchikel with English subtitles
Rating: [M]
Genres: Foreign Cinema, Drama

Feat. Maria Mercedes Coroy, Maria Telon

“An absorbing, beautifully-shot drama of cultural ritual and the drive of one young woman to escape a rudimentary social system.”~The Film Stage

Aroview: Rare Guatemalan drama set on the slopes of an active volcano, where a marginalised Mayan community prepare for the arranged marriage of a 17-year old girl to the foreman of the coffee plantation that their lives centre around. A small scale and humanistic ethnography.

NZ International Film Festival 2015