Synopse
Mabel, a singer, returns to her home town Juchitan in the South of Mexico, where traditionally many transsexuals, known as muxe, live. She's looking for the murderer of her friend Daniela, a muxe like herself, who was killed by 27 stab wounds in the back. For Mabel, the search becomes a journey into a past full of nostalgia and painful memories. And a trip into a dark world of betrayal and social ostracisation. Carmin Tropical is a poetic transgender drama with the plot of a tense thriller.
Regie
At the start of his career, RIGOBERTO PÉREZCANO (*1975) only made documentary films, including the prize-winning XV in Zaachila (2002). Carmin Tropical is his second feature film after Northless (2009).
Info
Original Title: Carmín Tropical
International Title: Carmín Tropical
Category: Feature
Section: Vitrina
Version & Subtitles: Spanish OV with English subtitles
Director & Screenplay: Rigoberto Pérezcano
Cast/Protagonists: Luis Alberti, Juan Carlos Medellín, José Pescina, Marco Pétriz, Everardo Trejo
Production country: Mexico
Year of Production: 2014
Length: 80 min
Producer: Rigoberto Pérezcano, Jaime B. Ramos, Christian Valdelièvre, Cristina L. Velasco
Production company: Cinepantera, FOPROCINE, Tiburón Filmes
Cinematography: Alejandro Cantú
Editor: Miguel Schverdfinger
Music: Luca Ortega
World Sales: The Open Reel
