Sinopsis: Arcángel padece insomnio; su mujer, Teresa, lo abandona. Él viaja al pueblo natal para ver a su padre que está muy enfermo. La casa está abandonada, sólo está Isabel, una vieja y misteriosa lugareña. Su padre y su hermano han muerto años atrás. Arcángel can't sleep. His wife leaves him. Arcangel gets a message from his brother telling that their father is very sick. Arcangel and his son travel to hometown, the familiy house looks abandoned, only Isabel, a misterious old woman, is there. His father and brother are dead for so many years. "The french came and bruoght the gun and the coyote took away the sleepiness". Tranquilino, the grand grand father looked at the eyes of the coyote, since then the horror of a crime and the hell of being unable to sleep will chase them. Teresa is pregnant. Arcangel knows that a curse is coming. "It's said that only love can save them from disgrace, but that's crap. Love doesn't exist."
Titulo Original: Cuentos de hadas para dormir cocodrilos Dirección: Ignacio Ortiz País(es): México Idioma Original: Español Categoría: Ficción Tipo: Color Duración: 100 min. Año de producción: 2002 Productora: IMCINE, Malayerba Producciones Conaculta, Foprocine Guión: Ignacio Ortiz Producción: Juan Carlos Prieto Fotografía: Patrick Murguía Edición: Ignacio Ortíz, Menahem Peña, Sigfrido Baraju Música: Lucía Álvarez Sonido: Antonio Diego Intérpretes: Arturo Ríos, Luisa Huertas, Mayra Sérbulo, Dagoberto Gama, Miguel Santana