The Food of Fear

5.0 (2 votes)• 1994• 92m•Released

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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.

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Languages: Spanish

Director: Juan López Moctezuma

Starring Cast: Isaura Espinoza, Jorge Victoria, Salvador Sánchez, Juan López Moctezuma, Alan Fernández, Andaluz Russell

Cast

Isaura Espinoza

Petra

Jorge Victoria

Chicalada

Salvador Sánchez

Jefe

Juan López Moctezuma

Don Ramón

Alan Fernández

Andaluz Russell

Marta Zamora

Pedro Infante Jr.

Pedro Infante Jr

Montserrat Suero Cortez

Sergio Sánchez

Matilde Kalfon

Paulina de Labra

(uncredited)

Jorge Russek

(uncredited)

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