Marcela Fernández Violante
2021
De todos modos Juan te llamas
Marcela Fernández Violante
Jorge Russek, Patricia Aspíllaga
Analytical view of one of the least reported conflicts of national cinema: the Cristero movement that developed in the regions of western Mexico between 1926 and 1929, highlighting the inability to be faithful to both the Church and the State.
Anyway, Juan is Your Name
En el país de los pies ligeros (El niño rarámuri)
Marcela Fernández Violante
Pedro Armendáriz Jr., Helena Rojo
During his vacations, 12-year-old Manuel travels by train with his mother to the Sierra Tarahumara to spend a few days with his father, who works in the mountains with the indigenous people protecting nature. Manuel befriends Jesus, who takes him to his town and teaches him the customs of his own. Both children discover illegal loggers.
In the Land of Light Feet
Golpe de suerte
Marcela Fernández Violante
Marta Aura, Bruno Bichir
A bureaucrat gets a house and even a car on credit thanks to the support of a compadre who is a union leader, but then has difficulty paying because he is fired in a job cut despite the many years he has been working.
Lucky Break
Enredando sombras
María Novaro, Julio García Espinosa
Gabriel García Márquez, René Monclova
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.
Entangling Shadows
Acosada: De piel de víbora
Marcela Fernández Violante
Ana Colchero, Esteban Soberanes
After returning from a trip, a young dentist discovers that her home has been ransacked. Determined to recover part of her belongings, the protagonist initiates a criminal process within a corrupt and ineffective justice system that turns her life into a nightmare.
Snake Skin
De cuerpo presente (Las espirales perpetuas del placer y el poder)
Marcela Fernández Violante
Through the montage of film fragments from the Mexican Golden Cinema, pain, violence, repressed sexuality and Mexicanness are explored. This production is part of a twelve-short film project entitled "Enredando Sombras".
Of Present Body (or the perpetual spirals of pleasure and power)
