1948 | B/N | 115 min Two urban bus companies are in dispute over control of the Zócalo-Xochicalco- Anexas route in Mexico City, using all sorts of tricks to achieve their goal. Gregorio del Prado, the boastful driver who is in love with Cholita, decides in his own way how to resolve the situation. The motorized events of the protagonists are Alejandro Galindo’s pretext to orchestrate an invaluable filmic portrayal of Mexico City in accelerated expansion. Country: México Direction: Galindo; Alejandro Script: Galindo; Alejandro Production: Bielsa; Álvaro Photography: Ortiz Ramos; José Sound: González Gancy; Jesús, Mateos; Javier Music: Lavista; Raúl Cast:Silva; David, Galindo; Eugenia, Parra; Víctor, Magaña; Delia, Soto Mantequilla; Fernando, Jiménez; Olga, Quiroz; Salvador, Manzano; Miguel Participation year at FICM: 2010
1948 | B/N | 115 min Two urban bus companies are in dispute over control of the Zócalo-Xochicalco- Anexas route in Mexico City, using all sorts of tricks to achieve their goal. Gregorio del Prado, the boastful driver who is in love with Cholita, decides in his own way how to resolve the situation. The motorized events of the protagonists are Alejandro Galindo’s pretext to orchestrate an invaluable filmic portrayal of Mexico City in accelerated expansion. Country: México Direction: Galindo; Alejandro Script: Galindo; Alejandro Production: Bielsa; Álvaro Photography: Ortiz Ramos; José Sound: González Gancy; Jesús, Mateos; Javier Music: Lavista; Raúl Cast:Silva; David, Galindo; Eugenia, Parra; Víctor, Magaña; Delia, Soto Mantequilla; Fernando, Jiménez; Olga, Quiroz; Salvador, Manzano; Miguel Participation year at FICM: 2010
Hay lugar para dos Gregorio, a bus driver and amateur baseball player, meets Kitty at a party and leaves his pregnant wife Cholita. When Cholita moves in with Constantino Reyes Regalito and his wife La Bicha, they start a taco stand together. Later, Kitty and Gregorio get into an accident that lands him in jail and leaves her disfigured. Once released, a remorseful Gregorio reconciles with Cholita, who has managed to survive and prosper. See More
Wetbacks Fleeing the law, Mexican worker Rafael Améndola crosses into the US with the help of Frank Mendoza, the partner of an American named Mr. Sterling, who gives work to illegal migrants. Once settled on the other side, Rafael struggles to adapt to his new life. See More
Doña Perfecta In the village of Santa Fe, in 19th-century Mexico, the arrival of young liberal agronomist Pepe Rey sparks hostilities among the conservative townspeople. Pepe stays with his aunt Perfecta, a puritanical lady who doesn’t share her nephew’s liberal views. When romance blossoms between him and his cousin Rosario, Doña Perfecta will be forced to take drastic measures. See More
The 22nd FICM Awarded the Best of its Official Selection and Impulso Morelia 10 10 · 25 · 24 Alfonso Cuarón Presents a Film that Shaped Him at the 22nd FICM: JONÁS WHO WILL BE 25 IN THE YEAR 2000 10 · 25 · 24 The Vindication of a Great Artist: Interview with Eva Aridjis Fuentes, Director of ADIÓS CABALLOS: THE MANY LIVES OF Q LAZZARUS (2024) 10 · 25 · 24 The Documentary LAS AMAZONAS DE YAXUNAH Premieres at the 22nd FICM 10 · 25 · 24
Alfonso Cuarón Presents a Film that Shaped Him at the 22nd FICM: JONÁS WHO WILL BE 25 IN THE YEAR 2000 10 · 25 · 24
The Vindication of a Great Artist: Interview with Eva Aridjis Fuentes, Director of ADIÓS CABALLOS: THE MANY LIVES OF Q LAZZARUS (2024) 10 · 25 · 24
