1954 | B/N | 90:00 In 1969, the British man Robinson Crusoe, the only survivor of a shipwreck, arrives to a deserted island. He spends many years in solitude, until he discovers the island is inhabited by a group of savages. After facing them, he saves a native whom he names Friday. Together, they live on the island for a few more years until they are joined by other castaways. Direction: Buñuel; Luis Script: Butler; Hugo (bajo el seudónimo de Philip Ansel Roll), basado en la novela de Daniel Defoe Producción: Óscar Dancigers, Buñuel; Luis Production: Dancigers; Óscar Photography: Phillips; Alex Sound: González G; Jesús, Samperio; Galdino, Mateos; Javier Music: Collins; Anthony, Hernández Bretón; Luis Cast:O’Herlihy; Daniel, López; Chel, Chávez; José, Fernández; Jaime, De Alba; Felipe, Garibay; Emilio Art direction: Fitzgerald; Edward Participation year at FICM: 2016
1954 | B/N | 90:00 In 1969, the British man Robinson Crusoe, the only survivor of a shipwreck, arrives to a deserted island. He spends many years in solitude, until he discovers the island is inhabited by a group of savages. After facing them, he saves a native whom he names Friday. Together, they live on the island for a few more years until they are joined by other castaways. Direction: Buñuel; Luis Script: Butler; Hugo (bajo el seudónimo de Philip Ansel Roll), basado en la novela de Daniel Defoe Producción: Óscar Dancigers, Buñuel; Luis Production: Dancigers; Óscar Photography: Phillips; Alex Sound: González G; Jesús, Samperio; Galdino, Mateos; Javier Music: Collins; Anthony, Hernández Bretón; Luis Cast:O’Herlihy; Daniel, López; Chel, Chávez; José, Fernández; Jaime, De Alba; Felipe, Garibay; Emilio Art direction: Fitzgerald; Edward Participation year at FICM: 2016
This Strange Passion Quiet-looking Francisco Galván de Montemayor—wealthy, conservative, religious, and a virgin—meets Gloria at the foot-washing ceremony on Holy Thursday. At a party at his mansion, he wins her over and later marries her. Starting on their wedding night, jealousy transforms him into an obsessive and paranoid man who sees only murder and mutilation as a solution to his madness. See More
Nazarín A priest in early twentieth-century rural Mexico embodies what the Gospels say about human goodness and mercy. After defending a prostitute who caused a fire, his once-loyal followers turn against him, backed by the authorities. As he flees, Nazario reconsiders his faith in the light of these events. See More
The Young and the Damned The influence and power exerted by “El Jaibo”, leader of a street gang, leads his followers into immorality, delinquency, and death. Luis Buñuel’s masterpiece is part of UNESCO’s “Memory of the World” Register. *Restored by The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project at L’Immagine Ritrovata in collaboration with Fundación Televisa, Televisa, Cineteca Nacional Mexico, and Filmoteca de la UNAM. Restoration funding provided by The Material World Foundation. 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
