Emiliano and the train to the underworld is the protrait of the archetypal hero, in this case a child who embarks on a journey in search of his father through throught and the symbolism of death according to the Maya and other pre-Columbian Mesoamerican peoples.
During the journey, the child transforms his vision about the world around him. His ideas about the phenomenon of death, are strongly influenced by his grandfather, an old man with Indian blood, who became his mentor and guide in his journey through the underworld.
It is situated in the contemporary turbulent mongrel rich cultural mixtures and mergers México at all levels.
