Deseos (1977)
Deseos 1977 Snippets of a family drama involving a rebellious son coming to his depressing home village, his father, and a jaded ex lover, mixed with various surrealist scenes and statements about sin
Midaq Alley (1995)
Midaq Alley (1995) Based on the Nobel Prize Winner's novel, the Egyptian Naguib Mahfouz. The story, translated from El Cairo to Mexico City's downtown, narrates the life of the members of the neighbourhood and the connection between them Don Ru, the owner of the local pub; Eusebia, his wife; Chava,
El Narco (2010)
El Narco (2010) Benjamin Garcia, Benny, is deported from the United States. Back home and against a bleak picture, Benny gets involved in the narco business, in which has for the first time in his life, an spectacular rise surrounded by money, women, violence and fun. But very soon he'll discovers t
Canoa (1976)
Canoa (1976) A group of students arrives in a small town during a hiking expedition. Once there, the local priest accuses them of being communist agitators on the run from an army crack-down against student demonstrations in nearby Mexico City and rallies the townsfolk to lynch them. Based on true f
The Realm of Fortune (1986)
The Realm of Fortune 1986 A very poor and handicaped man, lives in a small town in Mexico with his mother He works announcing things along the town The priest lost his cow, if someone sees it He is very interested in the cock fightigs One day a man gives him a looser cock, thinking to give him somet
Life Sentence (1979)
Life Sentence 1979 El Tarzan Lira is an ex convict who decides to give up his criminal past and reform his life However, a corrupt policeman blackmails him leaving El Tarzan no other option but to continue committing robberies Adapting the genre conventions of the film noir to the Mexican context, R
Barroco (1989)
Barroco 1989 A series of images, music and sounds which transport through Mexicos history, without any narrative sequence The film spins constantly round the question Where are the singers from De donde son los cantantes in spanish the title of a popular cuban song