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Released
2023 · FILM

Totem

Directed by
Lila Aviles
Written by
Lila Aviles
Runtime
95 min
Language
ES
Drama

Synopsis

In a Mexican household, seven‑year‑old Sol becomes involved in preparations for her father Tona’s birthday party, organized by her mother, aunts and other relatives. As the day progresses toward an event that is both anticipated and dreaded, Sol comes to understand the significance of this year’s celebration and observes her family doing the same.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 19

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Omar Guzman CastroShot by Diego TenorioScored by Thomas BeckaDesigned by Nohemi Gonzalez

Box Office

2023 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 363× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$163K

Budget$450
Worldwide gross$163K
break-even (2.5×)

Also known as

  • Totem - Il mio soleit

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