Ixcanul

IMDb link: 4135844
IMDb rating: 7.1 (3,447 votes)
Genres: Drama
Director: Jayro Bustamante
Cast: Maria Mercedes Coroy, Maria Telon, Manuel Antun, Maria Telon, Justo Lorenzo and others

Release date: 25 Nov 2015
Release year: 2015
Runtime: 93 minutes
Country: Guatemala, France
Keywords: arranged marriage, snake, pregnant woman, language barrier, pregnant teenager, sex scene, teenage girl, pig, poverty, indigenous

Plot:

Maria, a seventeen-year-old Mayan (Kaqchikel) girl, lives on the slopes of an active volcano in Guatemala. An arranged marriage awaits her, but her suitor must first spend months working in the city. It is a world Maria knows nothing of, but is forced to grapple with when problems arise.

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