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MONTHLY SCREENING FOCUS ON MEXICO
It's a new day for Mexican cinema -- an "age" perhaps too young to be called golden. But words like "renaissance" and "new wave" are being used to defined Mexican film productions.
Apócrifo: Dir. Fundora Ernesto Hernandez – Narrative - 0:17:00 – Mexico
A story where the festive city of Mexico is offered as background characters to draw psychological and human postures typical of a big city. A story in which morality, religion and reason is manipulated for selfish personal gain by individuals who change their destiny with crafty opportunism.
Bingo: Dir. Andrés Borda García – Narrative - 11:41- México
A group of elderly people gather at night to play bingo. Mario loses every time and has become obsessed with the game. Fortune accompanies him outside the room to show him that luck rules his life and that of the elderly group; but Mario will not accept losing this time.
La Carta: Dir. Ángeles Cruz – Narrative - 10:00, México
Lupe returns to her community after many years of absence. Her reencounter with Rosalia, her best friend from childhood, and the letter she wrote her when they said goodbye, change the course of their lives. Love resurfaces with even greater strength.
Juan & La Borrega – Dir: J. Xavier Velasco – Narrative - 0:10:00 – Mexico
Juan, who works in a uniform store, has taken refuge in a routine life without ambition. Until one day, "La Borrega" came along…
El Dictado, Dir. Christoph Müller – Animation - 4:50 - Mexico
Pupils on the fifth grade have turned into zombies. Two
kids, who don't take dictation, are saved from this infection and try to escape
from their fellow students who surrounded them. All exits are closed, windows
are chained, and their teacher is not an ally. One of the kids will face his
nightmare and be freed from it only to discover that reality also hides
terrifying mysteries.
Nahiin Nuu – Dir. Guillermo Lecuona, Narrative – 16:00 Mexico
A Triqui Indian teen wrestles spiritual visions that awaken appreciation for her grandmother and culture.
