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Tight 40-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
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The Song of the Dead Children
2008 0h 40m EN
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10.0
MASTERPIECE
★10.0TMDB · 2
Drama
Synopsis
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Five children are isolated with their father on a lonely beach after the death of their mother. As the days go by, the children start torturing their father.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Sebastián Aguirre
Rodrigo Azuela
Daniel Corkidi
Ana Elena Kelly
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- David Pablos
- Writers
- David Pablos
- Languages
- Spanish
- Countries
- Mexico
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The take
David Pablos directs. Hatuey Viveros Lavielle behind the camera. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Mexico. Dialogue in Spanish.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 40-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 2Released 18 years ago.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Directed by David Pablos, shot by Hatuey Viveros Lavielle. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 5Sebastián Aguirre and Rodrigo Azuela and Daniel Corkidi carry the top of the cast.
- 6IMDB entry: tt1326745 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 7Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Hatuey Viveros Lavielle
- Runtime
- 40 min · 0h 40m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
Also by
David Pablos
Production companies
Who made it
Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica (CCC)
MX
Key crew
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical2008-10-03
