2006 | Color | 118 min Frustrations abound in a seedy bordello: a poet who has never published; a revolutionary who arrived late in history; a provocative angel; a bureaucrat who dreams of dancing; a greedy Chinese man and his godfearing wife; Mónica, a whore with low professional esteem; a group of rather unsexy prostitutes; a priest who stinks of sanctity and another one with an instinct for redemption. But a stranger shows up and disturbs the careful equilibrium of the place Country: México Direction: Ripstein; Arturo Script: Valde; Pedro Antonio, Garciadiego; Paz Alicia Production: Necoeche; Miguel Photography: David Sansan; Luis Sound: Cámara; Fernando Music: Mansfield; David Cast:Reyes Spíndola; Patricia, Aura; Marta, Luján; Fernando, Morett; Gina, Camacho; Alejandro, Barranco; María Participation year at FICM: 2006
2006 | Color | 118 min Frustrations abound in a seedy bordello: a poet who has never published; a revolutionary who arrived late in history; a provocative angel; a bureaucrat who dreams of dancing; a greedy Chinese man and his godfearing wife; Mónica, a whore with low professional esteem; a group of rather unsexy prostitutes; a priest who stinks of sanctity and another one with an instinct for redemption. But a stranger shows up and disturbs the careful equilibrium of the place Country: México Direction: Ripstein; Arturo Script: Valde; Pedro Antonio, Garciadiego; Paz Alicia Production: Necoeche; Miguel Photography: David Sansan; Luis Sound: Cámara; Fernando Music: Mansfield; David Cast:Reyes Spíndola; Patricia, Aura; Marta, Luján; Fernando, Morett; Gina, Camacho; Alejandro, Barranco; María Participation year at FICM: 2006
The Cause An interview with Chicano leader César Chávez, leader of the United Farm Workers labor union, who discusses the problems facing the Mexican population in certain states of the US. This is the struggle of a movement confronting social and economic pressure as it seeks to protect its own culture and identity from being uprooted. See More
El diablo entre las piernas Bored, “El Viejo” wanders the house, spying on his wife Beatriz. The fighting takes a toll and the balance is disturbed: Beatriz, knowing she’s under scrutiny, feels both desired and desirable. But she wants proof. One night she leaves home on an aimless walk with a single purpose: sex. Her return unleashes catastrophy. Dinorah, the maid, refuses to allow this audacity and takes a side. See More
El lugar sin límites Manuela, a transvestite who works in a brothel run by her daughter, learns that Pancho, a truck driver who once violently attacked her, is returning to town. Despite her fear, she decides to confront her passion for him. See More
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