El Eco is a remote little village in Puebla, in the Mexican highlands, where women control the course of life, while men mostly just disappear and reappear in the shadow of the jobs they do for drug cartels. The villagers’ living conditions vary drastically with the seasons, as children herd sheep, raise animals, and care for the elderly. Battling frost and drought, they learn to cope with illness and death, understanding their roles within the family and the community. El Eco is an engaging film about nature, inner reflection, self-discovery and coming of age, and the nurturing power of community. In the words of director Tatiana Huezo, this is a film about “rebelling against life and falling in love with life".
Believe in yourself! Erste already believes in you.
International Competition
Tatiana Huezo
She is an artist of harsh female realities, profound lyricism and heavy silences. Tatiana Huezo was born in San Salvador in 1972 and moved to Mexico with her family when she was four, where she still resides. Her first film, El lugar más pequeño (The Tiniest Place), a documentary about the civil war in El Salvador, won her several international awards. In Tempestad (2016), she tells the story of two women whose lives are defined in one way or another by human trafficking in Mexico. In 2021, her first feature film, Noche de Fuego (Prayer for the Stolen), was released, following the lives of three Mexican teenage girls far from the big cities, who live their daily lives amidst dangers and idyllic moments. El Eco is the latest work by one of the most innovative new voices in contemporary Mexican cinema.
in Spanish
with English and Hungarian subtitles
Berlinale 2023 (Encounters) - Best Documentary, Encounters section Best Director.
Chicago International Film Festival 2023 - Best International Documentary Award
Camerimage 2023 - Best Documentary Cinematography
Palm Springs 2023 - Best Documentary
Jerusalem 2023 - Chantal Akerman Award
Prayers for the Stolen (2021)
Tempestad (2016)
The Tiniest Place (El lugar más pequeño) (2011)
Director: Tatiana Huezo
Cast: Montserrat Hernandez, María de los Ángeles Pacheco Tapia Luz, María Vázquez González, Sarahí Rojas Hernández
Cinematography: Ernesto Pardo
Screenwriter: Tatiana Huezo
Producer: Tatiana Huezo, Dalia Reyes
Editor: Lucrecia Gutiérrez, Tatiana Huezo
Music: Leonardo Heiblum, Jacobo Lieberman
Hungarian Distributor: -
Colour: colour
Run time: 102 min
