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Blessed Market

2017 · 100 min

A patient, humane look at daily life in a crowded market, quietly moving as it finds warmth and dignity in hard work.

Directed by
César García
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Hilaria Reza Sámano, Elvira Estrada Morales, Alberto Villalobos
Overview
The Adolfo López Mateos Marketlocated in Cuernavaca Morelos, Mexico, is a place that will never leave you without food and without a roof, where real families are born and the only space where many find the closest thing to a home.

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Directed by
César García
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Hilaria Reza Sámano, Elvira Estrada Morales, Alberto Villalobos
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • work
  • family
  • survival
  • class
  • found family
Places
  • workplace
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism10
Romance1
Tension2
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

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Genres
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Directed by
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Starring
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Runtime
100 min
Country
Mexico

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