J-ok'el
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Directed byBenjamin Williams
Written byJeremy Svenson
Peter Theis
Andy Whitaker
Peter Theis
Andy Whitaker
Produced byJuan Carlos Arizmendi
Paola Madrazo del Río
Andrés Rodríguez Franco
Benjamin Williams
Paola Madrazo del Río
Andrés Rodríguez Franco
Benjamin Williams
| J-ok'el | |
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| Directed by | Benjamin Williams |
| Written by | Jeremy Svenson Peter Theis Andy Whitaker |
| Produced by | Juan Carlos Arizmendi Paola Madrazo del Río Andrés Rodríguez Franco Benjamin Williams |
| Starring | Dee Wallace-Stone Tom Parker Ana Patricia Rojo Diana Bracho Jesús Ochoa Angelique Boyer |
| Cinematography | Andrew Waruszewski |
| Edited by | Slater Dixon |
| Music by | George Shaw |
| Distributed by | Maverick Entertainment Group |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | Mexico |
| Languages | Spanish English |
| Budget | $500,000 USD |
J-ok'el is a 2007 Mexican supernatural horror film directed by Benjamin Williams. This film was Williams' debut.[1]
An American man travels to a small town in Chiapas, Mexico called San Cristobal de las Casas, to help his mother when he knows that his stepsister has been abducted. Everything indicates that it is a wave of kidnappings attributed to the legendary J-ok'el (Weeping Woman). This woman had drowned her children a long time ago and her spirit has returned to take other children and thus forget her own suffering.[2]
Awards
The film won gold medal for best music in the Park City Film Festival in Park City, Utah.[3]
Trivia
J-ok'el means "weeping woman" in Tzotzil language.
The budget was $500,000 USD.
