The Blue Eyes

2012

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1 h 34 min
Karen and Paul, an American tourist couple, travel to Chiapas, Mexico, where they have a life-changing encounter with a shape-shifting witch, Yaxte. Stray dogs, hallucinations, fevers, nightmares, and earthly temptations drive a wedge into their relationship and anthropological getaway. Are the sins of their forbears to blame for a Mayan curse? With Zachary Booth (Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist), Allison Case (The Young Pope), and Ariel award-winning Mexican actress and indigenous rights activist Ofelia Medina (Voces Inocentes). Original soundtrack by JG Thirlwell.

Director:

Eva Aridjis

Producers:

Eva Aridjis, Sandra Solares

Actors:

Zachary Booth, Allison Case, Ofelia Medina, Erando González

Awards & Festivals:

Festival Internacional de Cine de Morelia