The Pool of the Nobodies (Spanish: La alberca de los nadies) is a 2022 Mexican drama film written and directed by José Luis Solís Olivares. Starring María Mercedes Coroy & Alex Bautista. It won Best Feature Film, Best Feature Director, Best Feature Actress for María Mercedes Coroy and Best Feature Actor for Alex Bautista at the 2023 Caracas Ibero-American Film Festival.
Synopsis
An indigenous migrant named Alex is put to the ultimate test, forced into the criminal underworld just to live another day. Anayeli, another indigenous migrant, fights to save the life of her unborn child, as well as her own. Both will do unthinkable things to survive.
Cast
The actors participating in this film are:
María Mercedes Coroy as Anayeli
Alex Bautista as Alex
Manuel Domínguez
Antonio Trejo Sánchez
Katzir Meza
Carlos Gueta
David Colorado
Bety Mancia
Verónica Andrés Jesús
Production
Principal photography began in November 2021 in Garcia, Nuevo León, Mexico amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Release
The Pool of the Nobodies had its international premiere on December 4, 2022, at the 25th Ícaro Festival, Guatemala.