THE DEVIL SMOKES
A film by Ernesto Martínez Bucio
The fears of five stoic young siblings abandoned by their parents mix with those of their schizophrenic grandmother who now looks after them, blurring and gradually dissolving the boundary between reality and imagination.
Status: Completed
Year: 2025
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Language: Mexican
Available subtitles: English
Runtime: 97 min.
Original title: El diablo fuma (y guarda las cabezas de los cerillos quemados en la misma caja)
His mother says the doctors had to use forceps when he was born back in 1983 in Uruapan, Mexico. He is a film director, screenwriter, and editor who holds a BA in Communication Sciences from ITESO, a BA in Filmmaking from CCC, and an MA in Filmmaking from EQZE/UPV. After spending so much time studying filmmaking, one might think he learns slowly—or perhaps he just enjoys being in school. His short films have premiered at prestigious festivals, including Cannes’ Cinéfondation, Cairo, San Sebastián, and Rotterdam. He has received two grants from the National Fund for Culture and the Arts and is an alumnus of Berlinale Talents. He loves road cycling and hamburgers.
FILMOGRAPHY
2025 The Devil Smokes
2019 El futuro (short)
2016 Las razones del mundo (short)
2012 La madre (short)
2011 Cenizas (short)
CAST
Mariapau Bravo Aviña
Rafael Nieto Martínez
Regina Alejandra
Donovan Said
Laura Uribe Rojas
Carmen Ramos
CREW
Director: Ernesto Martínez Bucio
Screenplay: Karen Plata, Ernesto Martínez Bucio
Cinematography: Odei Zabaleta
Editing: Ernesto Martínez Bucio, Odei Zabaleta, Karen Plata
Sound: Isabel Muñoz Cota, Jorge Leal, José Miguel Enríquez
Producers: Carlos Hernández Vázquez, Gabriela Gavica Mafurro, Alejandro Durán
Co-Producers: Karen Plata, Odei Zabaleta, Ernesto Martínez Bucio
Production Companies: Mandarina Cine
2024
Berlinale Perspectives
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