1944 | B/N | 90:00 In his palace, the Pharaoh dreams of naked women and skinny cows. The wise men interpret the dream and decide that Potiphar, a victorious general, must marry the virgin maid Lota. During a battle, an arrow amputates Potiphar’s manhood. Potiphar buys José in the slave-market and gives him to Lota. On their wedding night, Potiphar tries to entertain Lota with stories, but he fails and goes away to war. She tries to seduce José… Direction: Bracho; Julio Script: Beltrán; Neftalí, Perrín; Guillermo, de Palacios; Miguel, Bracho; Julio Production: J. Fink; Agustín Photography: Torres; Ignacio Sound: Randall; Howard Music: Esperón; Manuel, Chaikovski; Chaikovski, Halffter; Rodolfo, Lleó; Vincente Cast:Cortés; Fernando, Guerrero De Luna; Consuelo, Cortés; Mapy, Soto; Roberto Art direction: Fontanals; Manuel Participation year at FICM: 2016
1944 | B/N | 90:00 In his palace, the Pharaoh dreams of naked women and skinny cows. The wise men interpret the dream and decide that Potiphar, a victorious general, must marry the virgin maid Lota. During a battle, an arrow amputates Potiphar’s manhood. Potiphar buys José in the slave-market and gives him to Lota. On their wedding night, Potiphar tries to entertain Lota with stories, but he fails and goes away to war. She tries to seduce José… Direction: Bracho; Julio Script: Beltrán; Neftalí, Perrín; Guillermo, de Palacios; Miguel, Bracho; Julio Production: J. Fink; Agustín Photography: Torres; Ignacio Sound: Randall; Howard Music: Esperón; Manuel, Chaikovski; Chaikovski, Halffter; Rodolfo, Lleó; Vincente Cast:Cortés; Fernando, Guerrero De Luna; Consuelo, Cortés; Mapy, Soto; Roberto Art direction: Fontanals; Manuel Participation year at FICM: 2016
Llévame en tus brazos Pedro lives with his daughters Rita and Marta in a fishing village in the Papaloapan basin. Rita loves José, a young man who has been fired for organizing a strike to demand workers’ rights. To settle her father’s debt to Don Antonio, the mill owner, Rita offers herself as a pledge. She leaves her humble town and is exploited by several men, including a married politician who turns her into a dancing star. See More
¡Ay, qué tiempos, señor don Simón! During the regime of Porfirio Díaz, in the early 20th century, a young widow attends a show for men and discovers that her boyfriend is cheating on her with one of the dancers. There she meets Don Simón, president of the League of Good Manners, and starts flirting with him to make her boyfriend jealous. See More
Rosenda Michoacán, 1938. Ponciano Robles, an old bachelor, is accustomed to helping poor people in his town. A mule driver begs Ponciano to ask for the hand of a beautiful peasant woman named Rosenda on his behalf. The young woman’s father accepts, but the mule driver repents and leaves the town to avoid the commitment. The kind-hearted Ponciano agrees to take care of the abandoned woman after her parents throw her out of the house. See More
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