1951 | B/N | 86 min 0 seg Having recently escaped from a reformatory for troubled women, a voluptuous young delinquent is taken in by a wealthy Spanish family and methodically proceeds to undermine their conservative religious household through seduction and intimidation. Country: México Direction: Buñuel; Luis Script: Salvador; Jaime, Buñuel; Luis Production: Kogan; Sergio Photography: Ortiz Ramos; José Sound: Bustos; Antonio Music: Lavista; Raúl Cast:Quintana; Rosita, Soler; Fernando, Manuel Mendoza; Víctor, Palou; Matilde Participation year at FICM: 2012
1951 | B/N | 86 min 0 seg Having recently escaped from a reformatory for troubled women, a voluptuous young delinquent is taken in by a wealthy Spanish family and methodically proceeds to undermine their conservative religious household through seduction and intimidation. Country: México Direction: Buñuel; Luis Script: Salvador; Jaime, Buñuel; Luis Production: Kogan; Sergio Photography: Ortiz Ramos; José Sound: Bustos; Antonio Music: Lavista; Raúl Cast:Quintana; Rosita, Soler; Fernando, Manuel Mendoza; Víctor, Palou; Matilde Participation year at FICM: 2012
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
The Young and the Damned 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. See More
Sundance Film Festival CDMX 2025: ABEL, HEROD'S LAW and more 05 · 29 · 25 Four 22nd FICM short films presented at the 64th Cannes Critics’ Week got a special screening in Paris 05 · 26 · 25 FICM presented four Mexican short films in a special screening at the 64th Critics' Week at Cannes 05 · 22 · 25 Aurora Clavel (1936-2025) and TARAHUMARA (ALWAYS FURTHER ON) 05 · 22 · 25
Four 22nd FICM short films presented at the 64th Cannes Critics’ Week got a special screening in Paris 05 · 26 · 25
FICM presented four Mexican short films in a special screening at the 64th Critics' Week at Cannes 05 · 22 · 25
