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El Velador (The Night Watchman) - Trailer

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Aired: 09/27/2012
01:24
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Rating: NR

From dusk to dawn, 'El Velador' accompanies Martin, a guard who watches over the extravagant mausoleums of some of Mexico’s most notorious drug lords. In the labyrinth of the cemetery, this film about violence without violence reminds us that, amid the turmoil of a drug war that has claimed more than 50,000 lives, ordinary existence persists in Mexico and quietly defies the dead.

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El Velador (The Night Watchman) - Trailer

From dusk to dawn, a guard watches over the mausoleums of Mexican drug lords.

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