1955 | B/N | 89:00 Young Archibaldo de la Cruz believes that a music box can make his wishes come true. After hoping for the death of his governess, the boy witnesses her death by a stray bullet. As an adult, he is overcome by the desire to kill the women he is attracted to—but all of them die before he can consummate his fantasy. Country: México Direction: Buñuel; Luis Script: Ugarte; Eduardo, inspirado en la novela homónima de Rodolfo Usigli, Buñuel; Luis Production: Patiño Gómez; Alfonso Photography: Jiménez; Agustín Sound: Caballero; Ernesto, Rodríguez; Enríque, Benítez; Rodolfo Music: Pérez; Jorge Cast:Ernesto Alonso, Miroslava Stern, Macedo; Rita, María Linares Rivas; José, Palma; Andrea, Welter; Ariadne, Landa; Rodolfo, Rafael Banquells Jr. Art direction: Bracho; Jesús Participation year at FICM: 2019
1955 | B/N | 89:00 Young Archibaldo de la Cruz believes that a music box can make his wishes come true. After hoping for the death of his governess, the boy witnesses her death by a stray bullet. As an adult, he is overcome by the desire to kill the women he is attracted to—but all of them die before he can consummate his fantasy. Country: México Direction: Buñuel; Luis Script: Ugarte; Eduardo, inspirado en la novela homónima de Rodolfo Usigli, Buñuel; Luis Production: Patiño Gómez; Alfonso Photography: Jiménez; Agustín Sound: Caballero; Ernesto, Rodríguez; Enríque, Benítez; Rodolfo Music: Pérez; Jorge Cast:Ernesto Alonso, Miroslava Stern, Macedo; Rita, María Linares Rivas; José, Palma; Andrea, Welter; Ariadne, Landa; Rodolfo, Rafael Banquells Jr. Art direction: Bracho; Jesús Participation year at FICM: 2019
This Strange Passion Quiet-looking Francisco Galván de Montemayor—wealthy, conservative, religious, and a virgin—meets Gloria at the foot-washing ceremony on Holy Thursday. At a party at his mansion, he wins her over and later marries her. Starting on their wedding night, jealousy transforms him into an obsessive and paranoid man who sees only murder and mutilation as a solution to his madness. See More
Nazarín A priest in early twentieth-century rural Mexico embodies what the Gospels say about human goodness and mercy. After defending a prostitute who caused a fire, his once-loyal followers turn against him, backed by the authorities. As he flees, Nazario reconsiders his faith in the light of these events. See More
The Young and the Damned The influence and power exerted by “El Jaibo”, leader of a street gang, leads his followers into immorality, delinquency, and death. Luis Buñuel’s masterpiece is part of UNESCO’s “Memory of the World” Register. *Restored by The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project at L’Immagine Ritrovata in collaboration with Fundación Televisa, Televisa, Cineteca Nacional Mexico, and Filmoteca de la UNAM. Restoration funding provided by The Material World Foundation. See More
"Hungarian Contemporary Cinema": A Conversation Presented by Barnabás Tóth at the 20th FICM 10 · 28 · 22 Luis Mandoki Unveils Commemorative Armchair During the Presentation of PRESENCIAS at the 20th FICM 10 · 28 · 22 The Press Conference for EL PODEROSO VICTORIA, by Raúl Ramón, at the 20th FICM 10 · 28 · 22 IMAGINE by Ali Behrad at the 20th edition of FICM 10 · 28 · 22
"Hungarian Contemporary Cinema": A Conversation Presented by Barnabás Tóth at the 20th FICM 10 · 28 · 22
Luis Mandoki Unveils Commemorative Armchair During the Presentation of PRESENCIAS at the 20th FICM 10 · 28 · 22
