2008 | Color | 86 min During the 1950s, Mexico suffers in the transition to modernity. Bonfilio leaves his family with his father to go north in search of better luck. The conflicts between them resolve when Bonfilio comes back to say his last goodbye. Lucía, a prostitute, and Demetrio, a gravedigger, find each other on a night where love can only be complete when Demetrio buries her. Don Julio, an old landowner, is consumed with remorse after the departure of Cleotilde, whom he married out of convenience. Country: México Direction: Rochín; Roberto Script: Rochín; Roberto, Pérez Turrent; Tomás, Nahmías; Elías Production: Rochín; Roberto, Castañeda; Gabriela Photography: Aguilar; Alfonso, de La Rosa; Arturo Sound: Vaisman; Eduardo, Hernández; Miguel Music: Dudin; Dmitri, Taméz; Gerardo Cast:Armendáriz Jr; Pedro, Claudia Talancón; Ana, Hank; Alex, Heredia; Dolores, Martínez; Justo, Rodarte; Miguel, Zerda; Fidel, Von; Eduardo Participation year at FICM: 2008
2008 | Color | 86 min During the 1950s, Mexico suffers in the transition to modernity. Bonfilio leaves his family with his father to go north in search of better luck. The conflicts between them resolve when Bonfilio comes back to say his last goodbye. Lucía, a prostitute, and Demetrio, a gravedigger, find each other on a night where love can only be complete when Demetrio buries her. Don Julio, an old landowner, is consumed with remorse after the departure of Cleotilde, whom he married out of convenience. Country: México Direction: Rochín; Roberto Script: Rochín; Roberto, Pérez Turrent; Tomás, Nahmías; Elías Production: Rochín; Roberto, Castañeda; Gabriela Photography: Aguilar; Alfonso, de La Rosa; Arturo Sound: Vaisman; Eduardo, Hernández; Miguel Music: Dudin; Dmitri, Taméz; Gerardo Cast:Armendáriz Jr; Pedro, Claudia Talancón; Ana, Hank; Alex, Heredia; Dolores, Martínez; Justo, Rodarte; Miguel, Zerda; Fidel, Von; Eduardo Participation year at FICM: 2008
Sujo When a cartel gunman is killed, he leaves behind Sujo, his beloved 4-year-old son. The shadow of violence surrounds Sujo during each stage of his life in the isolated Mexican countryside. As he grows into a man, Sujo finds that fulfilling his father’s destiny may be inescapable. See More
Sujo When a cartel gunman is killed, he leaves behind Sujo, his beloved 4-year-old son. The shadow of violence surrounds Sujo during each stage of his life in the isolated Mexican countryside. As he grows into a man, Sujo finds that fulfilling his father’s destiny may be inescapable. See More
Mexico will no longer exist! A frenetic view runs over a convulsed Mexico City, a colossal metropolis sustained by the myth of "mestizaje" and other colonial forms of violence. Past and present weave a flurry of images; fragmented memories of this land. Ancient deities are incarnated, while dreams overlap among intimacy, complicity and the tumult. This is an erratic film that invites us to reimagine the complex relationship we have with the constructed “mexicanidad.” 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
