Chac: Dios de la lluvia

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Chac: Dios de la lluvia
Directed by	Rolando Klein
Produced by	Rolando Klein
Written by	Rolando Klein
Starring	Pablo Canche Balam Alonzo Mendez Ton Sebastian Santis Pedro Tiez
Music by	Victor Fozado Elisabeth Waldo
Cinematography	William B. Kaplan Álex Phillips Jr.
Editing by	Harry Keramidas
Distributed by	Libra Films
Release date(s)	1975
Running time	95 min
Country	Mexico/Panama
Language	Mayan Languages/Spanish
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Chac: Dios de la lluvia, also released as Chac: the Rain God and simply Chac, is a 1975 film written and directed by Rolando Klein.

The film involves modern Maya peoples invoking the traditional rain deity Chaac.

The film is in the Maya languages. The majority of the cast speak Tzotzil Maya, but one of the main actors, Pablo Canche Balam who plays the shaman, speaks Yukatek Maya.