Moretones / Bruises

Innovative Cinema, DE/MX 2023, DCP, 89 min, OmeU
Program: Innovatives Kino Programm 10

Tonos are ghostly animal creatures on Mexico’s Costa Chica that are symbiotically linked to the region’s inhabitants. Ester, whose tono is a jaguar, recalls the flight of her ancestors and accompanies women during childbirth. Santos tends his cattle and lives as a crocodile in the river. Juli swims in the sea as a fish while she hauls in fishing nets on a boat. But the ghosts also tell of climate change and the historical repercussions of colonialism and slavery.

Director: Ginan Seidl, Daniel Ulacia Balmaseda
Script: Ginan Seidl, Daniel Ulacia Balmaseda
Cast: Juliana Piza Zambrano, Santos Zárate Rodríguez, Ester Cruz Jarquín, Francisco Salinas González
Camera: Ginan Seidl
Editor: Ginan Seidl, Daniel Ulacia Balmaseda
Location Sound: Pamela Casasa
Sounddesign: Steffen Martin
Additional Credits: Producerin: Ayla Güney; Line Producer: Sandra Salgado Granados, Susana Bernal Uribe, Pia Siliceo Trueba; Tonmischung: Markus Böhm (Celluloidtracks); Farbkorrektur: Moritz Peters (Digital Images)
Producers: Stephan Helmut Beier, Ray Peter Maletzki
Production: Rosenpictures Filmproduktion
Co-production: Ginan Seidl (AT), Daniel Ulacia Balmaseda (MX)
Funded by: MDM Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung Pilot Programm
World Premiere: CPH:DOX 2023
Austrian Premiere: Diagonale '24
Production format: digital