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Ixcanul

2015

On a coffee plantation at the foot of an active volcano, a seventeen-year-old Kaqchikel Maya girl promised in marriage to the foreman longs instead for the wider world beyond the mountains, and a reckless choice puts her family's fragile life at risk. A quietly powerful drama.

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Part of 6 Essential Films from Guatemala

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