The Compass Is Carried by the Dead Man

Overview

A Mexican boy bound for Chicago tries to cross the border, but is the crowded wagon he rides in going the right way? An offbeat, allegorical odyssey that blends absurd humor with pastoral imagery. A young man and a dead man journey north through a subtly surreal desert landscape, picking up a wagonful of odd characters as they go in this darkly humorous satire of contemporary Mexico. Written by TIFF LAFF

Directed by Arturo Pons

Top cast

G

Gael Sánchez Valle

Chencho

P

Pedro Gamez

Paciano

A

Agustín Tapia

F

Francisco Barrios

A

Alex Barceló

E

Eulalio Nava

Wachinton

Horacio García Rojas

Gutiérrez

H

Hansel Ramírez

Joven

Luis Bayardo

Viejo

Eligio Meléndez

Adulto

Marco Pérez

Rogelio

B

Bertha González

Ana Ofelia Murguía

Doña Chelo

V

Vicky de Fuentes

Marina

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