1996 | B/N | 135:00 Mexico, 1949. Coral Fabre, a nurse for terminally ill patients who struggles to support her two children, dreams of the popular French actor Charles Boyer. In the love advice section of a magazine she reads, she finds an ad from one Nicolás Estrella, who boasts about his resemblance to Boyer and presents himself as a Spanish gentleman seeking a romantic relationship. Coral decides to write to him... Country: España, Francia, México Direction: Ripstein; Arturo Script: Garciadiego; Paz Alicia Production: Barbachano; Pablo, Necoechea; Miguel Photography: Granillo; Guillermo Sound: Romo; Gabriel Music: Mansfield; David Cast:Giménez Cacho; Daniel, Orozco; Regina, Paredes; Marisa, Reyes Spíndola; Patricia, Egurrola; Julieta, Furman; Rosa, Merchant; Verónica Participation year at FICM: 2024
1996 | B/N | 135:00 Mexico, 1949. Coral Fabre, a nurse for terminally ill patients who struggles to support her two children, dreams of the popular French actor Charles Boyer. In the love advice section of a magazine she reads, she finds an ad from one Nicolás Estrella, who boasts about his resemblance to Boyer and presents himself as a Spanish gentleman seeking a romantic relationship. Coral decides to write to him... Country: España, Francia, México Direction: Ripstein; Arturo Script: Garciadiego; Paz Alicia Production: Barbachano; Pablo, Necoechea; Miguel Photography: Granillo; Guillermo Sound: Romo; Gabriel Music: Mansfield; David Cast:Giménez Cacho; Daniel, Orozco; Regina, Paredes; Marisa, Reyes Spíndola; Patricia, Egurrola; Julieta, Furman; Rosa, Merchant; Verónica Participation year at FICM: 2024
The Cause An interview with Chicano leader César Chávez, leader of the United Farm Workers labor union, who discusses the problems facing the Mexican population in certain states of the US. This is the struggle of a movement confronting social and economic pressure as it seeks to protect its own culture and identity from being uprooted. See More
El diablo entre las piernas Bored, “El Viejo” wanders the house, spying on his wife Beatriz. The fighting takes a toll and the balance is disturbed: Beatriz, knowing she’s under scrutiny, feels both desired and desirable. But she wants proof. One night she leaves home on an aimless walk with a single purpose: sex. Her return unleashes catastrophy. Dinorah, the maid, refuses to allow this audacity and takes a side. See More
El lugar sin límites Manuela, a transvestite who works in a brothel run by her daughter, learns that Pancho, a truck driver who once violently attacked her, is returning to town. Despite her fear, she decides to confront her passion for him. See More
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