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Bacalar

Patricia Arriaga-Jordán

12-year-olds Santiago and Mariana discover a dangerous group of animal traffickers operating in their area and set out to save the wolves in this children’s film festival favorite.

DIRECTOR
Patricia Arriaga-Jordán
YEAR
2011
COUNTRY
Mexico
RUNTIME
96 minutes
LANGUAGE
Spanish with English subtitles
FORMAT
Blu-ray

Santiago, who recently lost his mother, and his best friend Mariana, who is deaf, inadvertently videotape a group of dangerous animal traffickers while out playing detective. They realize what they have discovered when the news reports endangered wolf cubs stolen from a reserve. With the aid of animal spirit talismans that Santiago’s mom left him, and Mariana’s lip reading ability, they set out to save the wolves. A favorite on the children’s film festival circuit! Rated G (Ages 10+) with scene of animal death, use of tranquilizer gun, brief violence.

Bacalar
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