Cochochi
Film Title (Spanish): Cochochi
Film Title (Original): Cochochi
Country of Origin: Mexico
Year of Completition: 2006
Running Time: 105 minutes
Format/Color/BW: 35mm, Color
Language: Rarámuri (Tarahumaran dialect)
Spanish subtitles
 Directors: Laura Amelia Guzmán, Israel Cárdenas | Biographies | Watch Trailer
Film Synopsis - Short:
Evaristo and Tony, indigenous brothers from northwest Mexico, have just graduated from elementary school when they receive an assignment from their grandfather: to deliver some medicine at the other extreme of the Sierra Tarahumara. Tony and Evaristo, dreading the long road ahead, decide to take their grandfather’s horse and set off into a journey that becomes longer than they expected.
Film Synopsis - Long:
Evaristo and Luis Antonio —indigenous brothers from the Sierra Tarahumara in northwest Mexico— have just graduated from boarding elementary school. Evaristo desires to continue his education, leading a bicultural life, where the Tarahumara, or Raramuri as they call themselves, have the opportunity to keep learning to speak, read and write in Spanish, the Mexican official language. Meanwhile Luis Antonio “ Tony” is very happy to be done with school. Even though he is a smart kid and has won a grant to move on to high school, he prefers to live life in the ranch, where the kids grow up at a very young age.
One morning the brothers are sent to deliver some medicine to a far away community. Tony asks their grandfather for permission to take his horse but the answer is no.
Nevertheless, Tony decides to take it, even if Evaristo is not convinced. They take a wrong path that leads them to a narrow and deep canyon. The horse cannot go on so the boys tie it around a tree. When they come back for it the horse is no longer
there. Both, angry and worried, they walk in the forest looking for it; Tony thinks the horse was stolen while Evaristo is worried about the assignment. Arguing about this they
suddenly loose each other. Now each on their own they continue the journey. The trip becomes longer than expected. But in the end it helps each brother to confront his dreams and limitations.
Film Credits
Director: Laura Amelia Guzmán, Israel Cárdenas
Producers: Pablo Cruz & Donald K. Ranvaud
Executive Producers: Kyzza Terrazas , Robert Bevan, Amina Dasmal, Robin Fox,
Parviz Yazdani, Gael Garcia Bernal, Diego Luna, Cyril Megret
Writer: Laura Amelia Guzmán, Israel Cárdenas
Cinematographers: Laura Amelia Guzmán , Israel Cárdenas
Editors: Israel Cárdenas & Yibran Asuad
Sound Designer: Alejandro De Icaza
Cast: Luis Antonio Lerma Torres, Evaristo Corpus Lerma Torres, Jose
Ignacio Torres Rodríguez, Jose Angel Torres Rodríguez, Luis Alfredo
Villalobos Nevares, Cristóbal Nevares
Film History/Prizes:
Venice Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival |
