El Velador
From dusk to dawn El Velador accompanies Martin, the guardian angel who, night after night, watches over the extravagant mausoleums of Mexico’s most notorious Drug Lords. In the labyrinth of the narco-cemetery, this film about violence without violence reminds us how, in the turmoil of Mexico’s bloodiest conflict since the Revolution, ordinary life persists and quietly defies the dead.
Natalia Almada has poised her camera to film the cemetery where the mausoleums of the deceased heads of the drug cartels tower over the tombs of their victims. Consciously avoiding shocking images, the director handles the theme of daily violence in Mexico in this very polished and personal film.
Javier Martin, selection commitee
Artistic & technical sheet
Image
Natalia Almada
Sound
Alejandro De Icaza
Editing
Natalia Almada
Production
Altamura Films
Plaza Luis Cabrera 5, #501
Colonia Roma?
06700 Mexico – Mexique?
Tél : +52 55 5207 4401
Productions associées / Associate producers
Tita Production (France)?
Les Films d'ici (France)
Coproduction
POV (États-Unis)
Ventes à l'étranger / Foreign sales
Doc & Film International
13 rue Portefoin
75003 Paris – France
Tél: +33 1 42 77 89 65
Cell: +33 6 82 54 66 85
d.elstner@docandfilm.com
www.docandfilms.com
Presse / press
Isabelle Buron
cell: +33 6 12 62 49 23
isabelle.buron@wanadoo.fr
www.isabelleburon.com