Amate Films

Is that what mass graves are like, one body on top of the other and nothing else? Through the rain, Oliver sends signals to his mother to help her unearth the truth.

In 2016 the Mexican District Attorney secretly buried more than 100 murdered bodies during the war against drug trafficking. They kept it hidden until a group of women, mothers, discovered it while searching for their missing children. One of them retrieves the body of her brother. "To See You Again" narrates the participation of Mexican women as they exhume what remains of the corpses and learn about forensic work. They help us discover the crimes committed by the state when burying the bodies.

Through the memories of Mexico City residents, we write this farewell letter to the palm trees of the metropolis. Almost a hundred years after their arrival, more than 75% have died, foretelling the extinction of an entire species. The postcard of a tropical city has been replaced by that of a withered dream that compels us to delve into our memories and question our relationship with the environment.