Aguirre debuted on the short-films '' ¡ Volar ! '' and '' La Canción de los Niños Muertos '' in 2008 . The latter film , about five teenagers who lose their mother , was directed by Mexican filmmaker David Pablos , and won for Best Fiction Short Film at the Morelia International Film Festival and was screened during the International Critics ' Week of the 2009 Cannes Film Festival . This work , earned Pablos the Ariel Award for Best Live Action Short and also the SIGNIS Award during the 4th International Short Film Festival ( FICMEX ) , being the SIGNIS jury 's verdict that " the film narrative takes us into the complexity of disparate feelings as violence and tenderness , anger and forgiveness , rebellion and reconciliation . " At age 12 , he auditioned for the role of Julián " Sacramento " Santos , a child sexually abused by a priest , on the film '' Obediencia Perfecta '' directed by Luis Urquiza . He filmed two years later , and along with the other 30 child actors involved in the film , Aguirre was accompanied at all times by his parents , psychologists , lawyers and a coach ( Margarita Mandoki ) who worked with the actors many months before filming . Aguirre agreed to participate in the movie , since there was a message to give , and after seeing the completed film stated : " I thought it would be morbid , but every scene was carefully made . What I liked about the film is that you only see what you have to see " . Since the screenplay was partially based on the Sexual scandal of Marcial Maciel , the founding leader and general director of the Legion of Christ , Aguirre was asked about his religious orientation by the Mexican newspaper '' El Universal '' , and declared himself as atheist . Aguirre 's performance was met with positive reviews , including Ronnie Scheib of '' Variety '' magazine , who stated that the actor " succeeds admirably in casting his beatific good looks in a postcard-perfect saintly light "
2009 Cannes Film Festival
2009 Cannes Film Festival
Sebastián Aguirre (actor)