Tales of the city
"Alguien se acerca", "Viajeros", "Lilí" and "Azul celeste", four stories directed by Ramón Cervantes, Rafael Montero, Gerardo Lara and María Novaro, respectively.
Also Directed by Rafael Montero
Many stories of families within an urban complex.
"Cilantro y perejil" is a comedy about couples from the same family, hit by the economic crisis in Mexico. The plot turns around the eternal question of whether it is worth it to live as a couple. The conclusions are fun, unpredictable and very human
Mauricio is a young man of around 30 years and has never had sex but a rumor starts at hs office that he is excellent in bed. On the other side, a girl who believes in fairy tales and search for his true love meets him online.
1974 Mexican experimental film
After his wife is murdered by gang members, a man must take revenge.
A woman that left her boyfriend because he cheated on her decides to invite him to a travel through the place they have planned before they broke up.
Gaby, Fer's mother and Silvia, Diego's mother, live their lives happily, until one day, due to Diego's kidney disease they find out that the kids were switched at birth. In order to save Diego’, both mothers end up in a legal battle to see who will have the custody of which kid.
La cama is a story that gives a voice to reveal the secrets held by beds. If your bed could speak, what stories would it tell? We spend more than a third of our life in bed; it is the uttermost intimate space. In them lay our secrets; perhaps that is why we never think about them. They are a direct witness of who we are, or who we wish to be. Who would give their bed a voice? Surely nobody in his or her right mind. What secrets are held by motel beds, that of a teenager, a newly divorcée, that of your neighbors?
German is a successful advertising exec who is about to marry beautiful ex-model, Jacqueline. However, Jacqueline can't stand German's best friend, Alex - a college football coach - on account of his gross behavior and adolescent attitudes towards women. But an atmospheric disturbance switches bodies on Alex and Jacqueline. Now, together with German, Alex and Jacqueline have to find a way to return to their original bodies before time runs out and they're trapped in that switch forever.
Also Directed by María Novaro
Dalia's life changes when she has to face her ethnobotanist mother Alzheimer's disease. This is a story of the chemistry of the brain, plants, and of human emotions; of the invisible bonds that unite the living with their dead and with nature, which belongs to us all; and about the Mexican herbalist heritage that tells which plants can help cure the soul.
Looking for a better destiny for their lives, a group of people arrives to Tijuana, in the Mexico-USA borderline. A widow and her children, a chicano woman without a firm identity, a "gringa" writer fascinated with Mexico and her hermit brother, plus a mexican peasant who wants to cross the border are the main characters looking for "the garden of eden".
Siblings Dylan and Andrea set off with their new friends on a marvelous journey of discovery in search of long lost pirate loot.
A woman steals from her drug-dealer boyfriend and runs away. She meets a sympathetic woman on the way who helps her escape.
The daily struggle to survive and raise her young daughter are the only motivation in life of Lola, a young saleswoman at a clothing swap meets. The constant coming and going of her partner is a crisis in the fragile emotional balance of the young. In those moments, Lola seek solace in the love of his daughter and her friend Dora and his eternal love, Duende.
Julia is a phone operator in Mexico City who divides her time between her job, her daughter, and the danzón: a Cuban dance very popular in Mexico and Central America. Every Wednesday, Julia does the danzón with Carmelo in the old Salón Colonia. They've danced for years, but barely know each other. One night, Carmelo disappears without a trace. Feeling lonely and sad, Julia takes a train to Veracruz, where she knows Carmelo has a brother. The sudden trip will change Julia's life forever.
Documentary that celebrates 100 years of cinema in Latin America and talks about the origins and the development of cinema in this subcontinent. Its structure is based in 12 short films directed by various Latin American directors. These are: 1) "Los inicios", Iván Trujillo 2) "Cuando comenzamos a hablar", María Novaro 3) "Jugando en serio", Jacobo Morales 4) "De cuerpo presente [Las espirales perpetuas del placer y el poder] Cine Mexicano [1931- 1997]", Marcela Fernández Violante 5) "Cuando quisimos ser adultos", Edmundo Aray and David Rodríguez 6) "Cinema Novo", Orlando Senna 7) "Memorias de una isla, Juan Carlos Tabío 8) "Un grito, 24 cuadros por segundo", Julio García-Espinosa 9) "El día de la independencia", Federico García 10) "¿Sólo las formas permanecen?", Fernando Birri and Pablo Rodríguez Gauregui 11) "Todo final es un principio", Andrés Marriquín.
Also Directed by Ramón Cervantes
Mexico City, 1960. Aurelia lives happily with her family. Just before the birth of her third daughter, her husband dies in an accident. Years later, Leonor, the oldest daughter, has quit her studies to help her mother support the household. Beatriz, immersed in her music, lets life slip her by like a strange melody. Adolescent Nadia has only one interest in life: to seek new experiences. Aurelia starts to lose her sensibility to pain, and the family relationships become so alienated that they begin to disintegrate like the house they live in.
Also Directed by Gerardo Lara
Coming-of-age story about two High School girls in Toluca, Mexico, 1970.
Diamante is a Mexican short film from 1984. It premiered on May 17, 1986 at the National Cineteca of Mexico. The plot tells the story of Diamond, a hostile criminal who dies at the hands of a child.