Yanco transcended cultural barriers within Mexico by unfolding without depending upon dialogue-but with an almost magical mixture of music and natural sounds. A small Indian boy, considered bewitched because of his hypersensitivity to sound, meets an aging violinist who nurtures his innate affection for music. The child's lively imagination is reflected in poetic images of volcanoes, wind, trees and animals, and in his self-made musical environment. This enchanting and finally tragic tale was the recipient of many international festival awards and then virtually disappeared for two decades before its 1985 revival at Filmex. "A fairy tale, it is at once sweet and tough and sad and unsentimental. González tells this ironic tale as a child might-simply by following the boy about with his camera, which, despite countless temptations, never swoons. Ricardo Ancona, as the boy, is...the spirit of music." (New Yorker)