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El Eco

El Eco

2023Movie⏱️ 1h 42m
Documentary
7.4
IMDB Rating
510 votes

In the remote Mexican village of El Eco, life is rich in privation, work and children. Here, granddaughters movingly take care of grandmothers until they die.

Director
Tatiana Huezo
Writers
N/A
Stars
Montserrat Hernandez, María de los Ángeles Pacheco Tapia, Luz María Vázquez González
Release Date
August 29, 2024
Language
Spanish
Country
Mexico, Germany
🏆 14
Wins
🎯 19
Nominations
💬 3
Reviews
📋 1.3K
Watchlists
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🎭 Top Cast

👤
Montserrat Hernandez
as Self
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María de los Ángeles Pacheco Tapia
as Self
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Luz María Vázquez González
as Self
👤
Sarahí Rojas Hernández
as Self
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William Antonio Vázquez González
as Self
👤
Uriel Hernández Hernández
as Self
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Ramiro Hernández Hernández
as Self
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Berenice Cortés Muñoz
as Self
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Andrea González Lima
as Self

🎬 Technical Specs

Color
Color
Production
Radiola Films, The Match Factory, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF)

🏷️ Keywords

rural lifefamily portraitfemale gazechildhood innocencevillage

🎯 Categories

SpanishDocumentary

⭐ Featured Review

A Tender Resonance of the Everyday
by advertslyf2025-08-08
6/10

"The Echo is a quietly immersive experience that lingers not so much through plot mechanics but through mood, texture, and feeling. At its core, it feels less a traditional narrative and more a delicate series of interconnected reveries. From the very first frame, the cinematography enchants. Deep, sumptuous colors animate the countryside, transforming ordinary rural scenes into painterly visions. You can practically feel the cold seeping through a cozy jumper, sense the stubborn grit under a fingernail after tedious housework, and ache alongside the characters through long, unrelenting days. ..."

📖 Synopsis

In the remote Mexican village of El Eco, life is rich in privation, work and children. Here, granddaughters movingly take care of grandmothers until they die.