Copal Dreams

June. 05,2019      
Rating:
5.5
Trailer Synopsis Cast

The communities of San Martin Tilcajete and San Antonio Arrazola in Oaxaca, Mexico are best known for being the main source of the "Alebrijes" (wood carving) in the state; a relatively new but powerful tradition in mexican folklore. In both communities, there is a family that claims they're father started this tradition in all the state of Oaxaca.

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Reviews

Hadrina
2019/06/05

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

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Roy Hart
2019/06/06

If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.

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Keeley Coleman
2019/06/07

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

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Kien Navarro
2019/06/08

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

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