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Dead When I Got Here

Synopsis

This film is about a man finding purpose for his life in the most unlikely place after years of self-destruction. Infested with gangrene, unable to walk, Josué was cast out of the traumatised streets of Juárez, México into the desert and dumped in a mental asylum run by its own patients. Assisted by people employing empathy as the only means of survival, Josué transcended near death - discovering compassion in his darkest hours. Six years later, Josué manages the asylum. He dreams of his estranged daughter in California - last seen 22 years ago. Trawling the Internet, Vanessa encounters her father in the trailer for this film. The reunion offers Josué possibility to repair his shattered past and start life afresh.
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Details

Year
2015
Type of project
Features
Running time
72 min
Director
Mark Aitken
Producer
Mark Aitken
Executive Producer
Chuck Bowden
Editor
Sibila Estruch
Screenwriter
Mark Aitken
Director of Photography
Mark Aitken
Composer
Mark Pilkington
Principal cast
Josué Rosales

Genre

Drama

Categories

Documentary

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

UK, Mexico, US coproduction

Tacit Films (UK)

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