Juarez: The City Where Women Are Disposable
Jan 01, 2007Femicide is a growing phenomenon in Mexico. Since 1993, more than 450 women have been brutally murdered in Ciudad Juarez.
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Jul 18, 2016Tout droit au coeur des récents débats sur la discrimination des femmes dans l'industrie cinématographique, ce documentaire soulève des questions, tout en offrant un droit de parole aux femmes et à leur cinéma. Le film propose des conversations avec des réalisatrices connues - entre autres Catherine Breillat, Claire Denis, Mira Nair, Margarethe Von Trotta, Ulrike Ottinger, Micheline Lanctôt, Rakshnan Bani-Etemad, María Novaro mais aussi les témoignages de réalisatrices moins visibles du grand public. Viennent se joindre aux cinéastes les voix et les commentaires de producteurs, de spécialistes du cinéma et des archivistes grâce à qui nos images sont minutieusement préservées.
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Quemar las naves
Apr 05, 2007Eugenia is a former pop singer who is bedridden and dying of cancer. She is cared for by her daughter, Helena, who dreams of traveling the world and wishes she could be a glamorous pop star like her mother was. Helena’s younger brother Sebastian's dreams are simple and he merely wants to move to the beach. Helena is smart and pretty but she has no friends, male or female and is totally devoted to her mother's care and is also on the verge of initiating an incestuous relationship with Sebastian. Sebastian however, is falling in love with a boy at school named Juan who is the school roughneck and the son of a single father who owns a little bar. Juan is the nemesis of the school preppy named Ismael who comes from such a wealthy home that he has his own chauffeur and bodyguards. Ismael's ping-pong obsessed girlfriend Aurora rents a room at Helena and Sebastian's house where Ismael discovers he is also attracted to Sebastian.
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Las buenas hierbas
Aug 20, 2010A young woman has to deal with her mother's degradation due to Alzheimer's disease.
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Lola
Dec 01, 1989A single mother sells clothes on the streets to support her daughter in Mexico City after the earthquake.
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Danzón
Jun 27, 1991A telephone operator from Mexico City tries to support a family and her passion for popular dance.
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Danzón
Jun 27, 1991A telephone operator from Mexico City tries to support a family and her passion for popular dance.
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Danzón
Jun 27, 1991A telephone operator from Mexico City tries to support a family and her passion for popular dance.
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El jardín del Edén
Mar 01, 1994Tijuana is a mystical city and the scene of different stories, where the characters search for meaning in their lives.
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Sin dejar huella
Mar 23, 2001A woman steals from her drug-dealer boyfriend and runs away. She meets a sympathetic woman on the way who helps her escape.
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Las buenas hierbas
Aug 20, 2010A young woman has to deal with her mother's degradation due to Alzheimer's disease.
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Las buenas hierbas
Aug 20, 2010A young woman has to deal with her mother's degradation due to Alzheimer's disease.
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Las buenas hierbas
Aug 20, 2010A young woman has to deal with her mother's degradation due to Alzheimer's disease.
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Sin dejar huella
Mar 23, 2001A woman steals from her drug-dealer boyfriend and runs away. She meets a sympathetic woman on the way who helps her escape.
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El jardín del Edén
Mar 01, 1994Tijuana is a mystical city and the scene of different stories, where the characters search for meaning in their lives.
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El jardín del Edén
Mar 01, 1994Tijuana is a mystical city and the scene of different stories, where the characters search for meaning in their lives.
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Calle López
Feb 23, 2013In the eyes of a foreigner practically any street of Mexico City’s Centro Histórico holds potential for a film. Life on the street deserves more than just the natural condition of observer anyone could have, it demands an extra attention. In a 100-meter radius, the sociological exuberance of the events going on is simply impossible to ignore. The street is a mise en scène in itself.
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Tesoros
Feb 01, 2017Siblings Dylan and Andrea set off with their new friends on a marvelous journey of discovery in search of long lost pirate loot.
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Enredando sombras
Jun 02, 1998Documentary 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.
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Tesoros
Feb 01, 2017Siblings Dylan and Andrea set off with their new friends on a marvelous journey of discovery in search of long lost pirate loot.
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Tesoros
Feb 01, 2017Siblings Dylan and Andrea set off with their new friends on a marvelous journey of discovery in search of long lost pirate loot.
Family
Tesoros
Feb 01, 2017Siblings Dylan and Andrea set off with their new friends on a marvelous journey of discovery in search of long lost pirate loot.
Family
Una isla rodeada de agua
Jan 01, 1970Una isla rodeada de agua
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Jan 01, 1970Lola
Dec 01, 1989A single mother sells clothes on the streets to support her daughter in Mexico City after the earthquake.
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Historias de ciudad
Jan 01, 1988"Alguien se acerca", "Viajeros", "Lilí" and "Azul celeste", four stories directed by Ramón Cervantes, Rafael Montero, Gerardo Lara and María Novaro, respectively.
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Dibujos contra las balas
Oct 20, 2019Women who live in Ciudad Juarez organize safe havens for children in some of the most violent neighborhoods in Mexico. There, Diana, Joseph and Gael seek out the freedom that they once had on the streets, and try to heal the wounds that the violence of organized crime has caused them.
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Otoñal
Mar 25, 1993A woman, who lives alone with her mother, invents a fantasy life to escape her reality.
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Historias de ciudad
Jan 01, 1988"Alguien se acerca", "Viajeros", "Lilí" and "Azul celeste", four stories directed by Ramón Cervantes, Rafael Montero, Gerardo Lara and María Novaro, respectively.
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