El Pozo (The Well)
Santiago Manriquez
Mexico, 2020, 27 min.
In Spanish with English subtitles.
This film is family friendly.
Mexico, 1927, in the midst of a civil war, a young girl with the responsibility of helping her sick aunt must recover the bucket that her mother asked her for. After running away from a stranger, she will fall into an enchanted well where a kid demands to play with her and threatens to keep her forever unless she can find a way to escape.
Category: Short.
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