Desierto adentro (2008)

Director:

Rodrigo Plá

Writers:

Rodrigo Plá (screenplay)
Laura Santullo (screenplay)

Release Date:

13 March 2009 (Mexico)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

To redeem himself from a great sin, a man dedicates himself to building a church. |

Plot Keywords:

Sin | Church | Cross | Desert | Hanged Child

Awards:

21 wins & 5 nominations

Cast

Mario Zaragoza	...	Elías
Diego Cataño	...	Aureliano 16 years old
Guillermo Dorantes	...	Aureliano 8 years old (as Memo Dorantes)
Eileen Yañez	...	Micaela 18 years old
Katia Xanat Espino	...	Micaela 10 years old
Luis Fernando Peña	...	Genaro 21 y 29 years old
Ximena Ayala	...	Celia 19 y 27 years old (as Jimena Ayala)
Angelina Peláez	...	Abuela Elvira
Dolores Heredia	...	Maria Dolores
Martín Zapata	...	Padre Trinidad
Alan Chávez	...	Aureliano el mayor
Iván Rafael González	...	Marcos 17 years old (as Iván González)
Luis Pérez Abea	...	Bartolomé 15 years old
Zuri Ricardo Vargas	...	Saul 14 years old
Erando González	...	General
Deysi Elizabeth Castillo	...	Celia 11 years old
Cristian Jonatan Rojas	...	Genaro 13 years old
Amairani Rojas	...	Micaela 2 years old
Oscar Rojas	...	Marcos 9 years old
José Juan Ortiz	...	Bartolomé 7 years old
Javier Rojas	...	Saul 6 years old
Erasto Silva	...	Oficial

Directed by
Rodrigo Plá

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Rodrigo Plá		screenplay
Laura Santullo		screenplay

Produced by
Hubert Barrero	....	associate producer
Tony Cabral	....	associate producer
Germán Méndez	....	producer
Rodrigo Plá	....	producer
Elisa Salinas	....	producer

Original Music by
Leonardo Heiblum		(co-composer)
Jacobo Lieberman

Cinematography by
Serguei Saldívar Tanaka

Film Editing by
Ana Garcia
Rodrigo Plá

Costume Design by
Adela Cortázar

Makeup Department
Ruth Bermudo	....	special makeup effects artist
Jorge Siller	....	makeup department head
Jorge Siller	....	special makeup effects artist

Production Management
Alejandra Gonzalez-Reygadas	....	post-production manager
Ricardo Morales	....	production manager
Diego Ros	....	post-production supervisor
Ana Isabel Vallejo	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Cecilia Ulrich	....	first assistant director

Sound Department
Matías Barberis	....	sound editor
Antonio Diego	....	sound
Miguel Hernández	....	sound re-recording mixer
Rodolfo Juarez	....	sound editor
Mario Martínez	....	sound designer
Erick Ruiz Arellano	....	sound editor
Eduardo Vaisman	....	foley recordist

Visual Effects by
Natalia de la Garza	....	digital compositor: Ollin Studio
Manuel Roberto Garcia	....	visual effects supervisor
Mauricio Monroy	....	digital compositor
Raul Prado	....	CG supervisor
Diego Ros	....	visual effects supervisor
Mevlana Rumi	....	digital compositor: Ollin Studio

Camera and Electrical Department
Iwao Kawasaki	....	assistant camera and 2nd Unit DP

Animation Department
Rita Basulto	....	animation director
Juan José Medina	....	animation director

Transportation Department
Ignacio Revelo	....	transportation

Other crew
Cecilia Miva	....	production coordinator
Walter Schroeder	....	production assistant

Production Companies

• Instituto Cinematografico Lumiere
• Fondo para la Producción Cinematográfica de Calidad (FOPROCINE)
• Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía (IMCINE)
• Universidad de Guadalajara

Distributors

• Films sans Frontières (2010) (France) (theatrical)
• Mitropoulos Films (2009) (USA) (all media)

Other Companies

• Cuatro Catorce Films  sound re-recording

Also Known As:

"The Desert Within" - Europe (English title) (festival title)
"Vnitrní poust" - Czech Republic

Runtime:

110 min

Country:

Mexico

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Color

Certification:

Hong Kong:III (Hong Kong International Film Festival) | Mexico:B15

Filming Locations:

Mexico

Company:

Instituto Cinematografico Lumiere