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Director

Tatiana Huezo

Mexican-Salvadoran filmmaker Tatiana Huezo has a degree from the Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica in Mexico City and a master’s in creative documentary from the Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona. Her debut feature film El lugar más pequeño already garnered international attention. Tempestad premiered in the Berlinale Forum in 2016 and won the Ariel film award in Mexico for Best Documentary and Best Director while her feature film Noche de fuego received a Special Mention from the jury at Cannes. Both films were also entered for the Oscars and the Goya Awards.

THE ECHO(2023)

(2023)

Feature Documentary Competition, Mexico, Germany, Spanish - 102 min

Director

Tatiana Huezo

Mexico, Germany | 2023 | 102 min | Spanish

Producer Dalia Reyes Campos, Tatiana Huezo
Production Company Radiola Films, The Match Factory, ZDF/Arte La Lucarne Mainz
Screenplay Tatiana Huezo
Cinematography Ernesto Pardo
Editing Lucrecia Gutiérrez, Tatiana Huezo
Sound Lena Esquenazi
Cast Montserrat Hernández Hernández, Luz María Vázquez González, Sarahí Rojas Hernández, María de los Ángeles Pacheco Tapia
Contacts
International Sales: The Match Factory, info@matchfactory.de

About the Film

In a secluded hamlet in rural Mexico, The Echo unfolds as an intricate portrait of daily life, tenderly brought to the screen by acclaimed director Tatiana Huezo. Returning to her documentary roots, Huezo paints an intimate tapestry of three family stories weaved together in a place where age-old traditions resonate alongside emerging aspirations and realities.

The focus rests significantly on the vibrant young hearts of the village, primarily through the observant eyes of Luz Ma and the diligent Sarahí, offering us windows to a world imbued with rustic traditions and pure, unadorned truths. Through Ernesto Pardo's remarkable camerawork, we are ushered into a community founded on deep matrilineal bonds, a place where life and death exist in a delicate yet inseparable balance.

Huezo delves deep into the heart of the hamlet of El Echo, exploring themes of female strength, resilience, and courage amidst a backdrop of lush landscapes and multigenerational narratives. We witness a communal act of caring as the hamlet's children sit in vigil beside an ailing grandmother, a testament to the nurturing spirit of this community.

The Echo offers a poignant reflection on the complexities of rural life, gracefully portraying the oscillation between tradition and modernity. Huezo and her team have crafted a warmhearted chronicle, characterized by sensitive editing that beautifully reflects the visual richness of this unique locale and the people who make their life there.

The film invites viewers into a varied humanistic panorama where work is love embodied, laying bare the natural discord of a place caught between time-honored norms and contemporary dreams. It is a profound achievement that speaks to the spirit of community and pure, heartfelt humanity.

Nicole Guillemet

THE ECHO (2023)

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