Marimbas From Hell

Name: Marimbas From Hell
Director: Julio Hernández Cordón
Released: April 10, 2021, midnight
Rating: 9.0

9 10
2010
74min

Spanish

English French Catalan

Country: France Mexico Guatemala

Original Title: Las marimbas del infierno

What happens when a traditional musician and a heavy-metal rocker come together to create something unique? In this docu-fiction, the Caribbean "marimba" and the guitar tell a Guatemalan tragicomedy.

Spanish
English French Catalan
Country: France Mexico Guatemala
Original Title: Las marimbas del infierno

AWARDS: Special Mention. Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema/ Talent Tape Award. Fribourg International Film Festival

OFFICIAL SELECTIONS: Torino Film Festival/ Miami Film Festival

Marimbas From Hell. A hybrid tragicomedy about tradition and modernity

Don Alfonso plays the marimba for a living. When he meets an old underground heavy-metal legend, they decide to do something radical and fuse both sounds.

A fresh and hilarious documentary-fiction hybrid about the fusion between tradition and modernity that conveys a moving and authentic sense of Guatemalan life.

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