Edition 23: 2–10 August, 2024

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The Battle of the Volcano

La batalla del volcán

Mexico, El Salvador
2018 — 42' / Color

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Synopsis

A group former guerrilla men and soldiers are confronted with the hatred of the past and the pain of the present time, when return, 25 years later, to the San Salvador neighborhoods where they fought the definitive battle of the Salvadoran civil war.

Official Trailer

Director Biography

Julio López (Mexico) founded the Mexican production house Cine Murciélago with Pamela Guinea. He has made feature films such as El cuarto de los huesos (2015), Los ofendidos (2016) and Comandos (2016), directed by Marcela Zamora; El Remolino (2016), by Laura Herrero, Heredera del viento (2017), by Gloria Carrión and Ausencias (2015), by Tatiana Huezo. He is the producer of the project Se va la vida, compañera , by the director Mariana Rivera, winner of the DOCTV Latin America fund, 2018. The battle of the volcano (2018) is his first feature as a director.

Director

Julio López Fernández

Producer

Francisco Morales

Julio López Fernández

Cinematographer

Álvaro Rodríguez

Editor

David Gallardo

Sound

Carlos Francisco Flores

Official Film Website

http://tripodeaudiovisual.com/