10.0
An Intervention
2021
The Echo (2024)
February 20, 20241h 42mES
7.2
15 votes
Overview
In the remote village of El Echo that exists outside of time, the children care for the sheep and their elders. While the frost and drought punish the land, they learn to understand death, illness and love with each act, word and silence of their parents. A story about the echo of what clings to the soul, about the certainty of shelter provided by those around us, about rebellion and vertigo in the face of life. About growing up.
Director
Tatiana HuezoWriter
Top Billed Cast
Status
Released
Original Language
Spanish
Budget
N/A
Revenue
N/A
Production Companies
Radiola FilmsChulada FilmsThe Match FactoryZDF
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7.0There is something of the time capsule to this documentary of a small village in Mexico. Nothing here has changed for centuries as the younger generations tend the sheep flocks and the elderly whilst nature presents them with some challenges that test not just their faith in themselves but their desires to stay and live this subsistence life. Some don’t, and move to the big city where electricity, running water, food and jobs are far more plentiful. There is a scene with an elderly lady walking up a steep hill carrying two buckets of water on a pole across her shoulders that did make me hope t…
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