1947 | Color | 140:00 Spain, 1518: Pedro de Vargas offends his sadistic neighbor, who just happens to be an officer of the Inquisition. Forced to flee, Pedro and his adoring servant girl join Cortés’s first expedition to Mexico. On reaching this new land, Cortés decides to pivot from exploration to conquest... with a mere five hundred men. Embroiled in continuous adventures and a romantic interlude, Pedro almost forgets he has a deadly enemy. Country: Estados Unidos Direction: King; Henry Script: Trotti; Lamar. Basado en la novela de Samuel Shellabarger Production: Trotti; Lamar Photography: Arling; Arthur E., Clarke; Charles G. Sound: Herman; Roger, Leverett; Winston H. Music: Powell; Edward B. Cast:Power; Tyrone, Peters; Jean, Romero; Cesar, Cobb; Lee J., Sutton; John, Moreno; Antonio, Gomez; Thomas, Mowbray; Alan, Lawrence; Barbara, Zucco; George, Roberts; Roy, Lawrence; Marc Art direction: Basevi; James, Day; Richard Participation year at FICM: 2023
1947 | Color | 140:00 Spain, 1518: Pedro de Vargas offends his sadistic neighbor, who just happens to be an officer of the Inquisition. Forced to flee, Pedro and his adoring servant girl join Cortés’s first expedition to Mexico. On reaching this new land, Cortés decides to pivot from exploration to conquest... with a mere five hundred men. Embroiled in continuous adventures and a romantic interlude, Pedro almost forgets he has a deadly enemy. Country: Estados Unidos Direction: King; Henry Script: Trotti; Lamar. Basado en la novela de Samuel Shellabarger Production: Trotti; Lamar Photography: Arling; Arthur E., Clarke; Charles G. Sound: Herman; Roger, Leverett; Winston H. Music: Powell; Edward B. Cast:Power; Tyrone, Peters; Jean, Romero; Cesar, Cobb; Lee J., Sutton; John, Moreno; Antonio, Gomez; Thomas, Mowbray; Alan, Lawrence; Barbara, Zucco; George, Roberts; Roy, Lawrence; Marc Art direction: Basevi; James, Day; Richard Participation year at FICM: 2023
The Bravados Jim Douglas relentlessly pursues the four men who murdered his wife. When he finally finds them, they are in jail and bound for the gallows the next day. As they await their execution, someone helps the prisoners escape. Douglas won’t rest until he hunts them down. See More
Stella Dallas A powerful indictment of the rigid class barriers emerging in the prosperous postwar United States of the 1920s. Stella marries a banker’s son “above her station,” but is unable to adapt her dress and behavior to the bourgeois standards of her new husband. When her daughter gets engaged to a boy from a “good family,” Stella sees the picture clearly: only by straying from this lifestyle can she ensure her daughter’s happiness. See More
The Gunfighter Jimmy Ringo, a reformed gunfighter, is on his way to a sleepy town in hopes of reuniting with his estranged sweetheart and the young son he has never seen. On arrival, a chance encounter with old friends gives the repentant Jimmy some respite. But his reputation haunts him yet again—this time in the form of three vengeful cowboys and a local gunslinger hoping to use Jimmy to make a name for himself. See More
Sundance Film Festival CDMX 2025: ABEL, HEROD'S LAW and more 05 · 29 · 25 Four 22nd FICM short films presented at the 64th Cannes Critics’ Week got a special screening in Paris 05 · 26 · 25 FICM presented four Mexican short films in a special screening at the 64th Critics' Week at Cannes 05 · 22 · 25 Aurora Clavel (1936-2025) and TARAHUMARA (ALWAYS FURTHER ON) 05 · 22 · 25
Four 22nd FICM short films presented at the 64th Cannes Critics’ Week got a special screening in Paris 05 · 26 · 25
FICM presented four Mexican short films in a special screening at the 64th Critics' Week at Cannes 05 · 22 · 25
