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Atempa, Dreams at the Side of the River (2013)
Directed by Edson Jair Caballero Trujillo
Overview
Being a child muxe, or Zapotec homosexual, Tino assumes the role of a woman to reach his teens, to resolve his economic situation and his past, despite social deprivation. Tino wants to achieve his dream of becoming a “quinceañera” and Queen Muxe. This is an intimate journey into a magical town of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, lost in the wild heel of Mexico, where femininity, strong women and men dressed as women prevail.
Length 86 minutes
Actors
Faustino Jiménez de la Cruz | Maira Jiménez Desales | Raciel Orozco Ortiz | Ignacia Felipe López | Felipe Rasgado Salud | Tomás Jiménez Osorio | Miguel Ángel Acevedo Luis | Martha de la Cruz Lina | Lukas Avendaño | Eduardo Ordaz Morales | Rosa Jiménez Gutiérrez | César Sánchez Orozco