Juan y la Borrega

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Juan y la Borrega
"John and the Ram"
Directed byJ. Xavier Velasco
Written byJ. Xavier Velasco
Produced bySan Juan Edgar
Starring Manuel Domínguez
Carlos Aragón
Edgar Vivar
CinematographyFelipe Perez-Burchard
Edited byJ. Xavier Velasco
Music byAlejandro Bonilla
Production
company
Distributed by Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía (IMCINE)
Release date
Running time
11 minutes
CountryMexico
LanguageSpanish

Juan y la Borrega (or Juan and la Borrega) is a 2011 Mexican short drama/thriller by Mexican director J. Xavier Velasco. [1] [2]

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Background

Inspired by his observations of public criticism of violence in real life situations, director J. Xavier Velasco took about a year to complete this project. [1] The film debuted at the Guadalajara International Film Festival in March 2010, [3] and had its world premiere at Cannes Film Festival Court Métrage in 2011. [4]

Plot

Juan (Manuel Domínguez) is an employee of a uniform store was comfortable in his routine, uninspired, and mundane life until he meets "La Borrega" (The Lamb) (Carlos Aragón), a cruel man who tortures Juan.

Cast

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References

  1. 1 2 Ilse Martinez (April 2, 2011). "Juan & la Borrega, un invitación a reflexionar de Xavier Velasco (Spanish)". El Informador. Retrieved June 8, 2011.
  2. ↑ "Juan y la Borrega (Spaniish)". Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes . Retrieved June 11, 2011.
  3. ↑ "Juan y la borrega (Spanish)". Guadalajara International Film Festival . Retrieved June 11, 2011.
  4. ↑ "Court Métrage , Festival De Cannes (French)". Festival De Cannes . shortfilmcorner.com. Archived from the original on July 26, 2011. Retrieved June 11, 2011.


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