''J-ok'el'' is a 2007
Mexican
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** People
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*** Mexica, ancient indigenous people ...
supernatural horror film
Supernatural horror film is a film genre that combines aspects of horror film and supernatural film. Supernatural occurrences in such films often include ghosts and demons, and many supernatural horror films have elements of religion. Common them ...
directed by Benjamin Williams. This film was Williams' debut.
Plot
An American man travels to a small town in
Chiapas
Chiapas (; Tzotzil and Tzeltal: ''Chyapas'' ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Chiapas ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Chiapas), is one of the states that make up the 32 federal entities of Mexico. It comprises 124 municipalities ...
, 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.
Awards
The film won gold medal for best music in the Park City Film Festival in Park City, Utah.
Trivia
J-ok'el means "weeping woman" in
Tzotzil
The Tzotzil are an indigenous Maya people of the central Chiapas highlands in southern Mexico. As cited by Alfredo López Austin (1997), p. 133, 148 and following. As of 2000, they numbered about 298,000. The municipalities with the largest Tzot ...
language.
The budget was $500,000 USD.
Soundtrack listing
Music written and conducted by
George Shaw
# "The Legend of La Llorona" - 2:21
# "Journey to Mexico" - 2:32
# "Carolina Apparition" - 0:48
# "Nocturnal Abduction" - 1:16
# "Missing Child" - 0:46
# "The Weeping Woman" - 1:48
# "Prayers for the Missing" - 3:24
# "Scaredy Dog" - 0:16
# "Market Chase" - 3:25
# "Siblings Snatched" - 1:30
# "He Left Me" - 1:42
# "Kids in the Dark" - 1:06
# "Flashlight Clue" - 0:57
# "Now You Will See" - 0:43
# "Mistaken Identity" - 1:57
# "Fernando Taken" - 1:28
# "It's J-ok'el" - 1:42
# "The Search" - 4:03
# "Cavern Confrontation" - 4:28
# "Cemetery" - 3:19
# "J-ok'el" - 2:57
References
External links
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2007 films
2007 horror films
Films based on folklore
Folk horror films
2000s horror thriller films
Mexican horror thriller films
2000s Spanish-language films
La Llorona
2000s Mexican films
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