Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs in Arabic Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.A bold and heady Mexican documentary made with the panache of fiction, The Echo’s title actually refers to a place name: El Eco is a village three hours east of Mexico City and 3,000 metres above sea level. The landscape is lush and waterlogged, though the seasons change as director Tatiana Huezo follows the children of three local families. It also has an eerie, mythical quality. Hereabouts, prickly pears are recommended to deter witches.One of the rosier clichés about rural childhoods is that they offer the opportunity for boundless play. But this film captures the responsibility sometimes heaped on young shoulders. These kids look after younger siblings and elderly relatives, though amid the chores they seem entirely at ease before the camera, a tribute to their trust in Huezo. Made without voiceover, her film feels like the purest naturalism, but it has a twist. Her crew are veterans of dramatic projects such as Monos and Sound of Metal. Here, they give both people and place the sense that they’re starring in a miniature epic.★★★★☆In UK cinemas from July 26
