2007 | Color | 100 min In a colonial town in provincial Mexico, Sebastián and Helena live with their dying mother. Trapped in a huge decaying house, the only thing that sustains them is their symbiotic relationship. The death of their mother and the arrival of Juan, a lower class teenager from the seashore, triggers a painful confrontation between the siblings which forces them to define their attitudes toward love, sex, friendship, power, betrayal, and life itself Country: México Direction: Alba; Francisco Franco Script: Alba; Francisco Franco, Reneé Prudenci; María Production: Novaro; María, Imperiale; Laura, Alba; Francisco Franco Photography: Licea; Erika Sound: Tamez; Pablo, Barberis; Matías Music: Rangel; Joselo, Giacomán; Alejandro Cast:Estrella; Alberto, Onésimo Nevares; Ángel, Valdés; Ramón, Maillé; Claudette, Segura; Jéssica, Azuela; Irene, Bracho; Diana, López; Aida, Carlos Barreto; Juan Art direction: Ponce; Lizette Participation year at FICM: 2007
2007 | Color | 100 min In a colonial town in provincial Mexico, Sebastián and Helena live with their dying mother. Trapped in a huge decaying house, the only thing that sustains them is their symbiotic relationship. The death of their mother and the arrival of Juan, a lower class teenager from the seashore, triggers a painful confrontation between the siblings which forces them to define their attitudes toward love, sex, friendship, power, betrayal, and life itself Country: México Direction: Alba; Francisco Franco Script: Alba; Francisco Franco, Reneé Prudenci; María Production: Novaro; María, Imperiale; Laura, Alba; Francisco Franco Photography: Licea; Erika Sound: Tamez; Pablo, Barberis; Matías Music: Rangel; Joselo, Giacomán; Alejandro Cast:Estrella; Alberto, Onésimo Nevares; Ángel, Valdés; Ramón, Maillé; Claudette, Segura; Jéssica, Azuela; Irene, Bracho; Diana, López; Aida, Carlos Barreto; Juan Art direction: Ponce; Lizette Participation year at FICM: 2007
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
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