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FAUSTO
NAME OF FILM: FAUSTO
DIRECTOR(S): Andrea Bussmann
STARRING: Victor Pueyo, Fernando Renjifo, Ziad Chakaroun
GENRE: Documentary Film
SYNOPSIS: Filmed on Mexico’s Oaxacan coast, Bussmann’s film introduces a host of Faustian characters whose interactions effectively exhume a history of colonization marked by magic and oppression alike.
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