2008 | Color | 1h 30 min 24 hours in the lives of Fausto and Jesús, two undocumented Mexican day-laborers in l.a. Their daily routine consists of standing at a corner, outside the Home Improvement Store, and waiting for work offers. Exhausted of living day by day and always under the pressure of making enough money to get by, they decide to carry a gun in their pockets, and finally earn what they think is fair. Country: México, Francia, Estados Unidos Direction: Escalante; Amat Script: Escalante; Amat, Escalante; Martín Production: Escalante; Amat, Romandía; Jaime Photography: Uhry; Matthew Sound: Locatelli; Raúl Music: Ciril, Jazkamer, Kid606 Cast:Sosa; Rubén, Zavarin; Nina, Johnston; Kenny, Moisés Rodríguez; Jesús, Rodríguez; Jesús Moisés, Fausto Art direction: Abraham; Gabriel Participation year at FICM: 2008
2008 | Color | 1h 30 min 24 hours in the lives of Fausto and Jesús, two undocumented Mexican day-laborers in l.a. Their daily routine consists of standing at a corner, outside the Home Improvement Store, and waiting for work offers. Exhausted of living day by day and always under the pressure of making enough money to get by, they decide to carry a gun in their pockets, and finally earn what they think is fair. Country: México, Francia, Estados Unidos Direction: Escalante; Amat Script: Escalante; Amat, Escalante; Martín Production: Escalante; Amat, Romandía; Jaime Photography: Uhry; Matthew Sound: Locatelli; Raúl Music: Ciril, Jazkamer, Kid606 Cast:Sosa; Rubén, Zavarin; Nina, Johnston; Kenny, Moisés Rodríguez; Jesús, Rodríguez; Jesús Moisés, Fausto Art direction: Abraham; Gabriel Participation year at FICM: 2008
Perdidos en la noche Emiliano lives in a small mining town in Mexico. Motivated by a deep sense of justice, he searches for the perpetrators of the disappearance of his activist mother, who was standing up for local jobs against an international mining company. Receiving no help from the police or judicial system, he finds a clue that leads him to the wealthy Aldama family, where he meets a famous artist, his celebrity wife, and their beautiful daughter. See More
The Untamed Alejandra is a working housewife, raising two boys with husband Angel in a small city. Her brother Fabian works as a nurse in a local hospital. Their provincial lives are upset with the arrival of mysterious Veronica. Sex and love can be fragile in certain regions where strong family values, hypocrisy, homophobia, and male chauvinism exist. Veronica convinces them that in the nearby woods, inside an isolated cabin, dwells something not of this world that could be the answer to all of their problems. See More
Slave 14-year-old Ana is seduced by Sam, who—along with his mother and others—deceive and blackmail Ana into the world of prostitution. Finding herself a prisoner in a human trafficking ring, Ana escapes, fleeing down the city streets. Sam is hot on her trail, until he is arrested by police. 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
