The Food of Fear

Overview

In an underclass neighborhood of Mexico City, a place where a unique troupe features a circus act, led by Don Ramón, he and his wife Petra have to take care of the daughter of a neighbor who has been jailed for drug trafficking. Petra decides that the girl must earn a living, entrusting her several domestic tasks; while befriending Pepito, who works as a clown on the street. Things get complicated when someone with satanic tendencies arrives to Ramon's house, and the visitor develops an interest on Petra. A fight between the three adults causes that the little girl suffers a fatal accident, so the solution will be to use her meat for the tamales sold by Petra.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 1, 1994

Original language

Spanish

Spoken languages

Spanish

Countries

Mexico

Production

Jorge Victoria Producciones

Cast

Salvador Sánchez,Isaura Espinoza,Montserrat Suero Cortez,Sergio Sánchez,Juan López Moctezuma,Andaluz Russell,Jorge Russek,Paulina de Labra,Alan Fernández,Matilde Kalfonand 3 more

Director

Juan López Moctezuma

Writer

Jorge Victoria,Juan López Moctezuma

Producer

Jorge Victoria

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0896690