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‘La Llorona’ Director Jayro Bustamante Embraces Genre Elements To Frame Impact Of Guatemalan Genocide – Contenders International

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In La Llorona, writer-director Jayro Bustamante blends elements of folklore, magical realism and horror to engage audiences, while also bringing attention to the genocide of native Mayans in 1980s Guatemala.Reinterpreting the legend of the titular Weeping Woman, the Shudder title centers on Enrique Monteverde (Julio Diaz), a dictator who evades prosecution for his crimes against humanity and is subsequently haunted by supernatural forces, leading to his death. “In Meso-America, La Llorona is a kind of heroine,” Bustamante says at Deadline’s Contenders International awards-season event. “She’s so famous: It’s like the Guadalupe Virgin and La Llorona.”Commonly understood as a vengeful ghost mourning her husband’s absence and the death of her

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