2008 | Color | 1h 25 min In an attempt to escape from a home where sorrow reigns, Juan, a 16-year-old boy, crashes his family´s car. As he scours the city trying to fix the car, he meets Don Heber, an old mechanic whose only companion is Sica, his boxer dog; Lucía a clueless young mother who wants to go to a rock concert; and David, a mechanic obsessed with martial arts. The absurd and bewildering worlds of these characters drag Juan into a one-day journey in which he will come to accept an event as natural and inexplicable as death. Country: México Direction: Eimbcke; Fernando Script: Eimbcke; Fernando, Markovitch; Paula Production: Bernardo Ramos; Jaime, Valdelièvre; Christian Photography: Zabé; Alexis Sound: Diego; Antonio Cast:Herrera; Héctor, Sefami; Yemil, Valentine; Daniela, Cataño Elizondo; Diego, Lara; Juan Carlos Art direction: Quiróz; Diana Participation year at FICM: 2008
2008 | Color | 1h 25 min In an attempt to escape from a home where sorrow reigns, Juan, a 16-year-old boy, crashes his family´s car. As he scours the city trying to fix the car, he meets Don Heber, an old mechanic whose only companion is Sica, his boxer dog; Lucía a clueless young mother who wants to go to a rock concert; and David, a mechanic obsessed with martial arts. The absurd and bewildering worlds of these characters drag Juan into a one-day journey in which he will come to accept an event as natural and inexplicable as death. Country: México Direction: Eimbcke; Fernando Script: Eimbcke; Fernando, Markovitch; Paula Production: Bernardo Ramos; Jaime, Valdelièvre; Christian Photography: Zabé; Alexis Sound: Diego; Antonio Cast:Herrera; Héctor, Sefami; Yemil, Valentine; Daniela, Cataño Elizondo; Diego, Lara; Juan Carlos Art direction: Quiróz; Diana Participation year at FICM: 2008
Duck Season Flama and Moko have everything necessary to survive another boring Sunday: videogames, porn, soft drinks, pizza delivery, and no parents at home. But along comes their neighbor Rita, the pizza guy Ulises, the light company, the soccer game, chocolate brownies, and a horrible duck painting, all conspiring to interrupt their bliss, confronting them with the frustrations of adult life, divorce, loneliness, and romantic confusion. See More
Club Sándwich Paloma and her son Héctor are on vacation at a hotel by the beach. His activities, which are very similar to those of past years, consist of sunbathing, eating club sandwiches and squeezing his zits. But 14-year-old Héctor’s sexual awakening and his encounter with 16-year-old Jazmín will change the dynamics of the mother–son relationship. See More
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