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Rousseau Ruiz, Jean-Marc

He holds a master's degree in Performing Arts with an option in Cinematographic Studies from Montpellier III University - Paul Valéry, a graduate in Latin American Sociological Studies at the Sorbonne Nouvelle - Paris 3 Higher Studies Institute in Latin America, and an assistant Directorate from the French Film Conservatory (CLCF).

In 2007, he was the winner of the 3rd Meeting of Young Directors at the 16th Biarritz Festival of Film and Culture in Latin America, in France, for the feature film project 1994.

He participated in the 6th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM) with Beyond the Mexique Bay (2008), short film selected to participate in the 47th International Critics' Week at the Cannes Film Festival and winner of the Best Mexican Short Film Award at GIFF.

In the 11th FICM, he participated with Arena (2013) and in 2017 he returned to be part of the official selection with his feature film Casa Caracol (2017).

Other Movies

If I Were Fire

Si yo fuese fuego
Two young lovers wander through an abandoned countryside, where reality is distorted and the ruins of a long-gone village give glimpses of the past. The presence of a mysterious horseman transforms the bucolic landscape into a nightmare. See More

Lives on the Border

Vidas en la orilla
Lives on the border portrays the tragic consequences of an unfair sentence delivered by the U.S. criminal justice system. Through several interconnected life stories, we'll discover what Rosa Estela Olvera, a Mexican woman wrongfully convicted in the U.S. (My Life Inside 2007), endures in prison: a psycho-emotional exploration of the loneliness of confinement; and the long and arduous battle to win back her family and obtain justice. See More

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Divorced, childless and single, Luz visits her local healer who prescribes a scandalous remedy to unburden her soul. As Luz embarks on a sensual journey of self-discovery, she steps into her power realizing that fulfillment doesn't require a traditional path. See More

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