The Woman of Stars and Mountains (2024)
Rita Patiño, an indigenous woman from Mexico, was found by a human rights organization inside a Kansas psychiatric hospital, where she had been involuntarily confined, for 12 years, despite the fact that the hospital authorities were never able to determine who was this woman, where did she come from, or what language she spoke. After the consequences of confinement and medical negligence, Rita returned to Mexico, where she lives with Juanita, her niece, and primary caregiver, in a context of precarious economic possibilities. A moving portrait of the lives of these two Tarahumara women, questioning the multiple forms of racism and discrimination that indigenous women in Mexico and the United States face.
Director: Santiago Esteinou
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Rita Patiño as Self |
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Juana Osorio as Self |
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Ángeles Cruz as Young Rita |
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Jesús Rentería as Rita's Son |
| Writing | Santiago Esteinou | Writer |
| Writing | Javier Campos | Writer |
| Directing | Santiago Esteinou | Director |
| Camera | Veronique Decroux | Additional Photography |
| Sound | Miguel Hernández | Sound Mixer |
| Editing | Lisa Tillinger | Colorist |
| Production | Javier Campos | Producer |
| Editing | Javier Campos | Editor |
| Camera | Axel Pedraza | Director of Photography |
| Production | Axel Pedraza | Producer |
| Sound | Ulises Santos | Sound Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gabriela Fernández | Costume Designer |
| Sound | Galo Durán | Music |
| Sound | Pérez Aréchiga, Daniel | Foley Recordist |
| Sound | Liliana Villaseñor | Sound |
| Production | José Miguel Díaz Salinas | Producer |
| Sound | Pérez Aréchiga, Daniel | Foley Editor |
| Sound | Milagros Vargas | Sound |
| Production | Santiago Esteinou | Producer |
| Sound | Heidy Carrazana | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Misael Hernández | Sound |
| Sound | Ulises Santos | Foley Editor |
| Sound | Pablo Taméz Sierra | Sound |
| Sound | Pablo Fernández | Sound Designer |