Huasteca Casa Cinematográfica

In the late 80s Mexico, a family made up of seven women from different generations and ideologies fights to save the house in which they live and which they are about to lose due to an outstanding debt. We see the story through the eyes of the youngest, Roberta (8), as she embarks on a journey of self-discovery, which impacts the rest of the family.

Celso, a dancer and accordion player among the Soldiers of the Virgin, dreams of being a musician despite a bleak future. Desperate, he sells his soul to a cumbia-loving hitman, the Devil. As long as Celso lives, he will be a musician, but his music will be born from horror. This deal grants him power but also fear of losing it, as he sings of pain and betrayal. The horror becomes his fate, while cumbia resonates in the neighbourhood, and God and the Devil dance with him.

As Tania leaves her hometown, she must confront what her absence will mean in the search for her disappeared father.

Bruno, a misunderstood teenager, has developed an obsession with burning objects, recording them, and uploading videos to the internet to deal with his father’s death. When his lonely mother starts dating another man, Bruno escapes from home. He goes to another town to live with Daniela, a young pyromaniac he met online and with whom he has an epistolary relationship. During the painful separation from his mother and his best friend Ian, he begins to question his sexuality and capacity to overcome his father’s loss.