México Bárbaro II
9 Mexican directors come together to narrate traditions and more brutal, ruthless and bizarre legends of our country. Mexico Barbaro shows the world stories that are part of our popular culture, from sweet stories told by our grandmothers, the tooth fairy, witchcraft, the story behind the weeping woman, sexy Devil' servers, a pagan hero, the burnt woman, up to ancestral culinary bloody rites. Traditions and legends that today continue to cause terror among Mexican people. Included shorts: **Paidós Phobos** (Paidos Phobos) **Potzonalli** (Potzonalli) **Bolas De Fuego** (Fireballs) **Exodoncia** (Exodontia) **Vitriol** (Vitriol) **Dirección** **La Leyenda de Juan Soldado** (Juan the Soldier) "No Te Duermas" (Do not sleep) **Ya Es Hora** (It's About time).
Carlos Meléndez
Diego Cohen
Lex Ortega
Fernando Urdapilleta
Christian Cueva
Michelle Garza Cervera
Abraham Sánchez
Ricardo Farias
Sergio Tello
Casts & Crew
Francisco Barreiro
Laura de Ita
Dana Karvelas
Fermín Martínez
Hoze Meléndez
Florencia Ríos
Humberto Busto
Adriana Marroquín
Gabo Anguiano
Aline Marrero
Martha Claudia Moreno
Emilio Guerrero
Lex Ortega
Abigail Bonilla
Antonio Urdapilleta
Yeray Albelda
Giancarlo Ruiz
Pilar Fernandez
Uri Meza
Natalia González
Also Directed by Carlos Meléndez
A shy and feeble architect is victim of a violent and abusing surrounding. The pressure builds up until he is pushed to the limit of his own humanity.
Also Directed by Diego Cohen
A shocking assault inspires horrific violence when a group of teens encounters a girl from their school while camping in a remote spot.
Alejandro works at nights in a supermarket. He's sort of a depressed boy, at work he meets Andrea who's going to help him find purpose in life.
A psychotic doctor kidnaps his neighbor and locks her in a dungeon, where he uses twisted conditioning methods to make her submit to being his wife.
An exorcist priest meets a family that has a daughter who is pursued by a demon.
In September 2012, four film students mysteriously disappeared while making a documentary at an abandoned building in downtown Mexico City. This is the footage recovered from the shooting.
Also Directed by Lex Ortega
Unites 8 Latin American filmmakers from countries such as Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Spain, and Mexico in a single feature to count depict in seven stories some of the most brutal crimes that have happened in these countries.
A tamal cook and her son are constantly abused by her alcoholic husband. One day, she decides to take revenge the only way she knows of.
Eight tales based on the most brutally terrifying Mexican traditions and legends, an anthology of haunting stories woven into the fabric of the Mexican culture, some told through the centuries and some new, but all equally frightening. Bogeymen, trolls, ghosts, monsters, all brought to life. Time for Aztec sacrifices. This is the Day of the Dead.
Atrocious is a film that portrays the story of two serial killers, who after being arrested for causing a traffic accident, police confiscate some videotapes. These tapes contain brutal murders that show human wickedness, their background, paraphilias and psyche of these murderers.
Also Directed by Fernando Urdapilleta
To the beat of punk and pop, Valentina and Joana pursue their most intimate and deepest dreams. On the road to success, they will find obstacles that will test their friendship. The harshness and absurdity of their lives, fuses with the sweet and sour story of a world where the party seems to go on forever.
7 professional poker players compete for 10 million pesos. When one of them falls dead all become suspects, being forced to spend a long evening until the police discovers who is the murderer.
Also Directed by Christian Cueva
A young reporter is sent to cover an accident where some children fell into a hole. What happens next is simply indescribable.
Jirón is the story of “Jirón de niebla” (Shred of Fog), the last film made by Mexico’s duque of horror, Carlos Enrique Taboada, which, for several reasons, was never shown or premiered. The mistery behind the disappearance of this film will be revealed in a series of interviews with the people who worked on it.
Also Directed by Michelle Garza Cervera
After getting bitten by a rabid dog, Clara must stay locked in the small cabin where she lives with her mother and husband for 40 days. While the town is assaulted by a pack of savage dogs, Clara's seclusion causes a growing desire for freedom. To escape, she will have to overcome her family's fear and determination to protect her. /// Tras ser mordida por un perro con rabia, Clara pasa 40 días de encierro en la pequeña cabaña donde vive con su madre y su marido. Mientras el pueblo es azotado por una jauría de perros salvajes, el deseo de libertad en Clara crece ante la reclusión. Para salir, tendrá que enfrentar el miedo y la obsesión de su familia por protegerla.
Hope in the form of a medical procedure comes at an enormous cost for a woman whose partner is suffering terribly.
Also Directed by Abraham Sánchez
In a city devastated by an infection of reanimated dead who spread this condition by biting the living, the city has been walled off and isolated from the rest of the world until a survivor presumably immune to the infection will try to escape the dangers of this society post apocalyptic that coexists with these monsters in very peculiar ways.
Also Directed by Ricardo Farias
In the near future. Humanity is on the edge of extinction and survival has become a perverse game. A couple travels somewhere unknown to make a trade-off. What they'll exchange is a mystery, but, what they will receive in return could save them. What is this couple willing to sacrifice in order to survive?
A young reporter is sent to cover an accident where some children fell into a hole. What happens next is simply indescribable.
Also Directed by Sergio Tello
A tamal cook and her son are constantly abused by her alcoholic husband. One day, she decides to take revenge the only way she knows of.