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Sin Dejar Huella

About the Film
Year Released: 
2000
Running Time: 
110
Documentary/Fiction: 
Fiction
Synopsis: 

Ana is a Spanish dealer in ersatz Mayan relics. Crossing the border between Texas and Mexico, she is taken in for questioning by Mendizabel, a sleazy border officer with a major jones for his captive. Eventually Ana is freed but she's destitute and soon hitching her way through Mexico. She's picked up by Aurelia, a young mother who has run away from her drug dealer boyfriend Saul hoping to build a better life for her two children. Although Ana and Aurelia have little common ground -- Ana is aloof and sophisticated, while Aurelia is uneducated and practical -- the two women ultimately form a bond of solidarity and camaraderie that is put to the test when both Saul and Mendizabel catch up with them. 

-Ana is a Spanish dealer in ersatz Mayan relics. Crossing the border between Texas and Mexico, she is taken in for questioning by Mendizabel, a sleazy border officer with a major jones for his captive. Eventually Ana is freed but she's destitute and soon hitching her way through Mexico. She's picked up by Aurelia, a young mother who has run away from her drug dealer boyfriend Saul hoping to build a better life for her two children. Although Ana and Aurelia have little common ground -- Ana is aloof and sophisticated, while Aurelia is uneducated and practical -- the two women ultimately form a bond of solidarity and camaraderie that is put to the test when both Saul and Mendizabel catch up with them.

Ana is a Spanish dealer in ersatz Mayan relics. Crossing the border between Texas and Mexico, she is taken in for questioning by Mendizabel, a sleazy border officer with a major jones for his captive. Eventually Ana is freed but she's destitute and soon hitching her way through Mexico. She's picked up by Aurelia, a young mother who has run away from her drug dealer boyfriend Saul hoping to build a better life for her two children. Although Ana and Aurelia have little common ground -- Ana is aloof and sophisticated, while Aurelia is uneducated and practical -- the two women ultimately form a bond of solidarity and camaraderie that is put to the test when both Saul and Mendizabel catch up with them.

 -http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/227102/Sin-Dejar-Huella/overview Rebecca Flint Marx, Rovi, New York Times

 

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Production Info
Reported or Estimated Budget: 
N/A
Location: 
Mexico
Categories About the Film
Genre: 
action
adventure
comedy
drama
Keywords: 
family
immigration
state violence and security
Racial/Ethnic Affiliation: 
Latino/a
Mexican
Filmmaking Team
Writer's Name: 
Maria Novaro
Producer: 
Dulce Kuri
Cinematographer: 
Sergei Saldivar Tanaka
Primary Cast: 
Aitana Sanchez-Gijon, Tiare Scanda, Martin Altomaro, Jesús Ochoa
Exhibition/Distribution Info
Distributor: 
Tequila Gang - Foreign Distribution Sales; 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment - Domestic Video Distributor; Warner Bros. Pictures International - Theatrical Distributor
Where to find it/How to get it: 
DVD widely available
Festivals/Awards: 
  • Jury Prize in Latin American Cinema - 2000 Sundance Film Festival
  • 2000 San Sebastian Film Festival (world premiere)
  • Silver Ariel Award
  • Guadalajara Mexican Film Festival
  • OCIC Award
Analysis
Personal Film Review and Cultural Context: 

Aurelia and Ana, two unlikely characters cross paths and engage on an action packed road trip across Mexico as they both flee from separate pursuers. Aurelia flees from her drug dealing boyfriend, with her two sons, seeking to provide a better life for them. While Ana, an artifact smuggler, is on the run from a corrupt cop seeking to bring her to justice. As the two women on the run from their pursuers, journey through the beautiful desert Mexican landscape they fight to the very end to find their own personal safe havens and themselves.
-Iliana Dominguez-Franco