Cracked

(La Falla)
Alana Simões | Documentary

2024 | 80 minutes | Mexico

Celeste, a teacher in a small Mexican town, spends her final days with her students, navigating change, discovery, and classroom intimacy in September.

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Synopsis

Celeste, a second-grade teacher, has been transferred to another school and has a few days to spend with her current primary school students before leaving. Together, they go through the month of September full of movement, changing direction, and uncovering revelations in the endearing intimacy of a classroom in a small town in Mexico.

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"A moving documentary that shines thanks to its authenticity, revealing not only the fractures in the educational system but also in Mexican society." - Rene Sanchez , Cine Sin Fronteras

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Festivals

Morelia International Film Festival - Jury Special Mention; Habana International Film Festival; Panoramica Latin American Fim Festival; Hola Mexico Film Festival; Olympia International Film Festival

DIRECTOR: Alana Simões

NATIONALITY: Mexico

YEAR: 2024

GENRE: Documentary

LANGUAGE: Spanish

COLOR / B&W: Color

GRADE LEVEL: Middle School, High School, College, Adult

SUBTITLE/CC: AVAILABLE

AUDIO DESCRIPTION: NOT AVAILABLE

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