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2015 | B/N | 99:00

Two old prostitutes return to their modest homes. One has problems with her teenage daughter and her cross-dressing husband. The other lives completely alone and unattached. That night, however, they have a plan to celebrate the in-ring victory of two midget wrestlers. The film is based on the true story of two wrestlers found dead in a Mexico City hotel, supposedly poisoned by the two women.


Country: México, España
Direction: Ripstein; Arturo
Script: Garciadiego; Paz Alicia
Production: Ripstein; Arturo, Navas; Walter
Photography: Cantú; Alejandro
Sound: Diego; Antonio
Cast:Velázquez; Nora, Pasquel; Sylvia, Estrella; Alberto, Suárez; Alejandro, Reyes Spíndola; Patricia, Ramírez; Arcelia
Art direction: Pecanins; Marisa
Participation year at FICM: 2015

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The Cause

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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.

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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.

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