Bustamante found that horror is what Guatemalans really watch, so he used it to confront the genocide in his own country and won awards at Venice and San Sebastián. A young Mayan woman starts work in an acquitted general’s house, and this ghost story is nothing like the one you’re expecting.
Thirty years after the massacres, General Enrique Monteverde goes on trial in Guatemala for the killing of the Maya and walks free. A crowd gathers outside his house and hurls stones at the windows, while his wife, daughter and granddaughter shut themselves in with him. That’s when a new maid turns up for work, and her name is Alma.
Venice Film Festival
Best Director - Giornate degli Autori
2019
Venice Film Festival
Fedeora Award
2019
San Sebastián International Film Festival
EFADs-CAACI Award
2018
London Film Festival
Official Selection
2019
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