1954 | B/N | 98:00 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. Country: México Direction: Bracho; Julio Script: Bracho; Julio, Carbó; José Production: Calderón; Guillermo, Calderón; Pedro Photography: Figueroa; Gabriel Sound: Solís; Rodolfo, Samperio; Galdino, L. Fields; James Music: Díaz Conde; Antonio Cast:Sevilla; Ninón, Silvestre; Armando, Palma; Andrea, López Moctezuma; Carlos, Soler; Andrés, Villarreal; Julio Art direction: Bracho; Jesús Participation year at FICM: 2023
1954 | B/N | 98:00 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. Country: México Direction: Bracho; Julio Script: Bracho; Julio, Carbó; José Production: Calderón; Guillermo, Calderón; Pedro Photography: Figueroa; Gabriel Sound: Solís; Rodolfo, Samperio; Galdino, L. Fields; James Music: Díaz Conde; Antonio Cast:Sevilla; Ninón, Silvestre; Armando, Palma; Andrea, López Moctezuma; Carlos, Soler; Andrés, Villarreal; Julio Art direction: Bracho; Jesús Participation year at FICM: 2023
¡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
La sombra del caudillo In Mexico in the 1920’s, the imminent succession of the next military leader is about to be decided. The current leader favors the candidacy of General Jiménez, a government minister, but many people are in favor of General Aguirre, minister of war. Aguirre withdraws from the race, but his supporters continue to back him. Aguirre must choose between his loyalty to the regime and the opportunity to gain power. 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
