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Chicharras

Chicharras (2024)N/A

None · Mexico · Spanish · 97 min · Oct 20, 2024 (MX) · More  
Directed by:  Luna Marán

Storyline:  Yuli is the topila (auxiliary police) of San Pablo Begu´, a mountain community in the north of Oaxaca where the inhabitants on a rotating basis assume the responsibilities of self-government on a rotating and honorary basis (communality) along with their work and personal activities. Guarding the entrance to the town, she stops a group of machinery that is trying to enter the community to begin construction of a highway. When she notifies the town, no authority is aware of the project and the community goes on alert; they will have to decide whether or not to accept the highway project and its consequences.

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