Film Craft > Production
MEDIA.MONKS, Mexico City / GIRLS NOT BRIDES / 2023
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Write a short summary of what happens in the film.
A young policeman, a family man, is obsessed with solving a case. The search for a woman who has been missing for months and for whom her husband is very worried. But, with the help of the townspeople, they manage to find her safe and sound... to put her behind bars for the crime she committed.
Background:
In Guerrero, Mexico, more than 300,000 girls have been sold for marriage. Yo Quiero, Yo Puedo is an organization that designs and implements educational and health programs in marginalized communities that asked us to create a film for the World Children’s Day to raise awareness for the cause.
Tell the jury anything relevant about the direction. Do not name the director.
All the craft such as photography, art direction and wardrobe added to the realism and quality of the film. We made sure that the cast was as close to the story as possible and avoided having an "evil looking" villain, or a character that would distract from the story. Everything was meant to build and add up to a bigger image, yet never steal the spotlight so the message would be loud and clear. The goal was to have the spectator empathize with the people in the film and give them the benefit of the doubt; after all we believe they genuinely thought they were doing what was best. The decision of using VHS was also meant to add realism, to remind the spectator that this really happens, not very far from home.
Is there any cultural context that would help the jury understand how this work was perceived by people in the country where it ran?
The story that is told in the film is based on events that occurred on October 18, 2021 in Guerro, Mexico. On that specific day the journalists Raymundo Pérez Arellano and Fernando Guillen, after an burdensome investigation, told the world the heartbreaking story of Angelica, a girl just 13 years old, that was persecuted and arrested by the community police for running away from her husband.
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