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The Food of Fear

1994 1 hour 32 minutes
41/100

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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.

Released

1st January 1994

32 years ago

Runtime

1 hour 32 minutes

Finishes at 10:05am

Ratings and awards

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    6.2/10

  • TMDb Logo

    50%

  • Trakt Logo

    10%

  • FilmFlow Logo

    41%

Directed by

Juan López Moctezuma

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Written by

Juan López Moctezuma, Jorge Victoria

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