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
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
Profundo carmesí Mexico, 1949. Coral Fabre, a nurse for terminally ill patients who struggles to support her two children, dreams of the popular French actor Charles Boyer. In the love advice section of a magazine she reads, she finds an ad from one Nicolás Estrella, who boasts about his resemblance to Boyer and presents himself as a Spanish gentleman seeking a romantic relationship. Coral decides to write to him... See More
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
54 years after the Halconazo 06 · 12 · 25 Salón Los Ángeles on Screen 06 · 05 · 25 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
Four 22nd FICM short films presented at the 64th Cannes Critics’ Week got a special screening in Paris 05 · 26 · 25
