THE ECHO | EL ECO

MEXICO, GERMANY | 2023 | COLOR | DCP | 102’ | SPANISH

On the highlands of Mexico, in one of Puebla’s underdeveloped villages, the life of families, especially children (particularly girls) is a mixture of farm work, will to learn and constant struggle to survive. But Tatiana Huezo (‘Prayers for the Stolen’Golden Athena for best film and Silver Athena for best direction at AIFF 2021) is not an ordinary documentarist. She sees the rendezvous and goodbyes among generations, she watches the harmonious coexistence with nature, places her bet on the human struggle for betterment. And above all she listens to her heroes. Their hopes, questions and fears, the echo of dreams that sometimes crash on walls, while others proliferate in the endless landscape and the innate human rebelliousness. I.D.

DIRECTOR: Tatiana Huezo
SCREENWRITER: Tatiana Huezo
DoP: Ernesto Pardo
MUSIC: Leonardo Heiblum, Jacobo Lieberman
EDITORS: Lucrecia Gutiérrez, Tatiana Huez

TATIANA HUEZO
Director, editor and cinematographer, born in El Salvador in 1972. She grew up in Mexico, where she studied at the Film Training Centre. She got her MA in Barcelona. Awarded at many international festivals. ‘The Echo’ received two awards at Berlinale this year, for Best Documentary and Direction.

FILMOGRAPHY
2023 The Echo
2021 Prayers for the Stolen
2016 Tempestad
2015 The Empty Classroom
2011 El lugar más pequeño