The Compass is Carried by the Dead Man (La Brújula la lleva el Muerto) Trailer (2012)
A darkly humorous odyssey through the sun-soaked Mexican borderlands, Arturo Pons’ poetic and satirical ode to the immigrant follows 13-year-old Chencho on a treacherous trek to reach the United States and the promised land of Chicago. Lost and alone in a desolate landscape, he is rescued by a cryptic old man who perishes shortly thereafter, titular compass clenched in his hand. Holding the reins of a rickety cart alongside a dead man to guide him, Chencho finds himself joined by a surreal collection of characters with nowhere to go but no reason to stay, all looking for the road to salvation.