1950 | B/N | 80:00 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. Country: México Direction: Buñuel; Luis Script: Alcoriza; Luis, Buñuel; Luis Production: Dancigers; Óscar Photography: Figueroa; Gabriel Sound: Carles; José B. Music: Halffter; Rodolfo, Pittaluga; Gustavo Cast:Cobo; Roberto Art direction: Fitzgerald; Edward Participation year at FICM: 2019
1950 | B/N | 80:00 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. Country: México Direction: Buñuel; Luis Script: Alcoriza; Luis, Buñuel; Luis Production: Dancigers; Óscar Photography: Figueroa; Gabriel Sound: Carles; José B. Music: Halffter; Rodolfo, Pittaluga; Gustavo Cast:Cobo; Roberto Art direction: Fitzgerald; Edward Participation year at FICM: 2019
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
Ensayo de un crimen Young Archibaldo de la Cruz believes that a music box can make his wishes come true. After hoping for the death of his governess, the boy witnesses her death by a stray bullet. As an adult, he is overcome by the desire to kill the women he is attracted to—but all of them die before he can consummate his fantasy. See More
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