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Cast

Crew

Anders Leifer

Anders Leifer

Director

Thomas Mai

Thomas Mai

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Eigil Bryld

Eigil Bryld

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Lars Bo Kimergaard

Lars Bo Kimergaard

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Tore Leifer

Tore Leifer

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Per Nordentoft

Per Nordentoft

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Jais Kringelbach

Jais Kringelbach

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The Faithful Dead

19970.0 / 1046 min
Documentary

Overview

Explores Mexican indigenous views on death and the cycle of life, focusing on the vibrant Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos) celebrations.

For pre-columbian Mexicans, the contrast between life and death was not so definite. Death was not the natural conclusion to life, but a stage in an infinite cycle." (Octavio Paz). THE FAITHFUL DEAD is about the Mexicans' vision of life and death. The film tracks the tradition in a movement from Mexico City to the celebrations of the Day of the Dead, the 2nd of November in Michoacán State.