Lila Downs - Balas y Chocolate

Cinephile deep dive

The take

Diego Álvarez directs. Jesús Ornelas cuts. Dialogue in Spanish.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

• 1Released 11 years ago.
• 2Editor Jesús Ornelas shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
• 3Lila Downs and Paul Cohen and Luis Huerta carry the top of the cast.
• 4Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Editing

Jesús Ornelas

Makeup / hair

Giovanna Salmón

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Status

Released

Original language

ES

Also by

Diego Álvarez

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• 
  Mi Mundo

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• 
  Insidias Diaboli

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• 
  Babasónicos | Trinchera

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• 
  Gustavo Cerati: Fuerza Natural Tour

  2019

Production companies

Who made it

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  Sony Music Entertainment México, S. A. de C. V.

  MX

Key crew

• Executive in Charge of FinanceEduardo Martinez Vertíz
• Sound RecordistAneiro Taño
• Sound RecordistGerardo Inguanzo
• Sound RecordistIgnacio Osorio
• Sound RecordistDiego Osorio
• ProducerIvonne Cruz Orrico
• OtherJosé Antonio M. Chapa
• OtherJorge Soto De la Peña
• OtherJuan Pablo Cruz
• Lighting DirectorMax González
• OtherAndrés Valadez
• OtherIsrael Ochoa
• OtherYuriko Lisjuan
• Set DecorationGala Sánchez
• OtherJuan Carlos Olmedo
• Makeup ArtistGiovanna Salmón
• Makeup ArtistStephanie Rocha
• Co-DirectorGastón Etchechoury
• ProducerSabú Avilés
• OtherNazareno Brancatto
• Production CoordinatorNestor Nuñez
• Unit ManagerYair Martínez
• Production AssistantCarolina González
• Runner Art DepartmentCarlos Palomares

Themes & keywords

What it's about, really

• concert
• mexico
• live performance

Release history · US

When it landed

• Premiere2015-10-20