About this release
A 17-year-old Mayan girl (Mar?a Mercedes Coroy) who works on a coffee plantation in Guatemala is arranged to be married. She dreams of a life outside the farm, and charts a course for modern civilization. Guatemalan native Jayro Bustamante directed this drama.
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Disc 1
DVD
Ixcanul (2015)
93 min
Drama
María, a 17-year-old Kaqchikel Maya, lives with her parents on a coffee plantation at the foot of an active volcano. She is set to be married to the farm's foreman. But María longs to discover the world on the other side of the mountain, a place she cannot even imagine. And so she seduces a coffee-harvester who wants to escape to the USA. When this man leaves her behind, María discovers her own world and culture anew.
Credits
Director
Jayro Bustamante
Writer
Jayro Bustamante
Cast
María Mercedes Coroyas María
María Telónas Juana
Manuel Antúnas Manuel
Justo Lorenzoas Ignacio
Marvin Coroyas El Pepe
Fernando Martínezas Policia
Cinematographer
Luis Armando Arteaga
Composer
Pascual Reyes
Editor
César Díaz
Producer
Marina Peralta
Pilar Peredo
Edgard Tenembaum
Jayro Bustamante
Images
Release Details
- Packaging
- Snapper Case
Catalogue Info
- Added by
- Matthew Simpson
- Date added
- June 8, 2026