Carlos Carrera was already a respected figure in this circle. He had won the Palme d'Or for Best Short Film at Cannes in 1994 for his dark animated short El Héroe . With Un Embrujo , Carrera transitioned back to live-action feature filmmaking, proving his mastery over long-form, atmospheric storytelling just a few years before his massive global breakthrough with El crimen del padre Amaro (2002). Plot and Atmosphere: A Tale of Forbidden Obsession
: The film won multiple awards from the Mexican Academy of Film Arts and Sciences. Un Embrujo 1998 Ok.ru
The story centers around Eliseo, a young boy who becomes deeply infatuated with his schoolteacher, Felisia (played brilliantly by Blanca Guerra). This relationship sets off a chain of emotional and psychological consequences that ripple across decades. Carlos Carrera was already a respected figure in this circle