Synopsis
Maria, a 17 year old Mayan girl, lives and works with her parents on a coffee plantation in the foothills of an active volcano in Guatemala. An arranged marriage awaits her: her parents have promised her to Ignacio, the plantation overseer. But Maria doesn't sit back and accept her destiny. Pepe, a young coffee cutter who plans to migrate to the USA becomes her possible way out. Maria seduces Pepe in order to run away with him, but after promises and clandestine meetings, Pepe takes off, leaving her pregnant, alone and in disgrace. There's no time to lose for Maria’s mother, who thinks abortion is the only solution. Yet despite her mother’s ancestral knowledge, the baby remains, “destined to live”. But destiny has more in store for Maria: a snake bite forces them to leave immediately in search of a hospital. The modern world Maria has so dreamed about will save her life, but at what price…
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Movie Details
| Belgium Releases: |
November 25th, 2015 (Wide) |
| MPAA Rating: |
Not Rated |
| Running Time: |
91 minutes |
| Keywords: |
Country Mouse, City Mouse, Arranged Marriage, Medical and Hospitals, Troubled Pregnancy or Miscarriage, Poverty, Life in a Small Town, Non Professional Actor |
| Source: | Original Screenplay |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Production Method: | Live Action |
| Creative Type: | Contemporary Fiction |
| Production/Financing Companies: |
La Casa de Produccion, Tu Vas Voir |
| Production Countries: |
France, Guatemala |
| Languages: |
Maya, Spanish |
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Because some of our sources provide box office data in their local currency, while we use USD in the graph above and table below, exchange rate fluctuations can have effect on the data causing stronger increases or even decreases of the cumulative box office.
Weekend Box Office Performance
| Date | Rank | Gross | % Change | Screens | Per Screen | Total Gross | Week |
|---|
| 2015/11/27 |
18 |
$8,446 |
|
5 |
$1,689 |
$8,446 |
1 |
| 2015/12/04 |
19 |
$7,171 |
-15% |
5 |
$1,434 |
$22,731 |
2 |
| 2015/12/11 |
23 |
$4,551 |
-37% |
6 |
$759 |
$28,812 |
3 |
| 2015/12/18 |
22 |
$3,684 |
-19% |
7 |
$526 |
$33,799 |
4 |
| 2015/12/25 |
20 |
$4,644 |
+26% |
8 |
$581 |
$40,385 |
5 |
| 2016/01/01 |
22 |
$5,193 |
+12% |
10 |
$519 |
$47,995 |
6 |
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