A group of migrants remain captive in a drug farm in northern Mexico. Alex, an indigenous migrant, is put to the ultimate test, forced to enter the criminal underworld just to live another day. Anayeli, another indigenous migrant, struggles to save the life of her unborn son, as well as her own. They will both do unthinkable things to survive The Pool of the Nobodies.
Un grupo de migrantes permanecen cautivos en una narcofinca en el norte de México. Alex, un migrante indígena, es puesto a prueba y tendrá que adentrarse en el inframundo de la violencia para no morir. Anayeli, una migrante indígena embarazada busca sobrevivir y no perder a su hijo. Ambos, harán hasta lo impensable para sobrevivir a la Alberca de los Nadies.
Director: José Luis Solis Olivares
Genre: Drama
Duration: 82 Minutes
Country/YOR: Mexico, 2023
Cast: María Mercedes Coroy, Manuel Domínguez
Theatrical/Festivals: Festivals:
2023:
Venezuela- 4Th Caracas Iberoamerican Film Festival- Winner- Best Iberoamerican Feature Film, Winner- Best Director, Winner- Best Actress (María Mercedes Coroy), Winner- Best Actor (Alex Bautista). Mexico- 7mo Festival Internacional de Cine de Tequila- Winner- Best Feature Film, Winner- Best Director, Winner- Best Photography; 4Th Festival Internacional de Cine MICMX4- Honorable Mention; One Location Film Festival- Winner -Best Feature Film; 1st Cinema Nahualli Festival de Cine y Video en Mérida; 3er Muestra Internacional de Cine de Hueyotiplan; Muestra Internacional de Cine en Ensenada. USA- Los Angeles Cineverse Film Festival- Winner- Best Feature Film; 7Th Houston Latino Film Festival ; 5Th Orlando Human Trafficking Awareness Film Festival ; 13Th Philadelphia Latino Film Festival; 4Th Des Moines Iowa Latino Film Festival ; El Paso Film Festival; San Antonio Film Festival; Kansas City Underground Film Festival. Canada- 21st Latin American Studies Association Film Festival- LASA Award of Merit in Film; 3rd International Migration & Environmental Film Festival. India- 6Th New Delhi Film Festival- Award of Merit in Film. Colombia- 6Th SANFICI - Santander Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente. Spain- Erronka Munduan Zinemaldia/Reto por el mundo, Festival sobre derechos humanos en San Sebastián. Argentina- FIC.UBA Festival Internacional de Cine Universidad de Buenos Aires. Uganda- 10Th Uganda Film Festival.
2022:
Guatemala- 25Th ÍCARO Festival Internacional de Cine en Centroamérica. Uruguay- 14Th Festival Internacional de Cine Latino de Punta del Este. Ecuador- 30Th Festival Internacional de Cine de Cuenca. Italy- 8Th Fabrique Du Cinéma Awards - Winner Best International Feature Film. Spain- 7Th Barcelona Planet Film Festival – Winner- Best Narrative Feature Film. Mexico- 8Th FICMY Merida & Yucatan Film Festival - Winner Best Actress (María Mercedes Coroy).