Guita Schyfter

Xochimilco, historia de un paisaje

Guita Schyfter

The documentary tells the story of this landscape and its inhabitants from its establishment in the 10th Century to its present ecological demise.

Novia que te vea

Guita Schyfter

Angélica Aragón, Ernesto Laguardia

Two Mexican Jewish girls of come of age in Mexico City during the 1960s

Huérfanos

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Rafael Sánchez Navarro, Dolores Heredia

Orphans is the true story of a forbidden love affair set in the oppressive and violent atmosphere of nineteenth century Mexico. One man, Melchor Ocampo, driven by the twin passions of love and idealism, defies the stain of illegitimacy to shake off the crippling yoke of Spain and the Catholic Church. In so doing he becomes a founding figure of modern day Mexico.

Sucesos distantes

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Angélica Aragón, Fernando Balzaretti

One couple (Carlos & Irene) are having troubles, because he suspects that Irene's hiding something about her past in Russia. To make things worst her ex-husband goes to Mexico and tells Carlos that her other ex-husband also is going to claim her as his property.

Los laberintos de la memoria

Guita Schyfter

In 1956, while living in Chiapas, Mexico, U.S. anthropologist Roberta Montague adopts a baby girl, and asks her colleague, famous Cuban ethnologist Calixta Guiteras, to be the girl’s godmother. Inspired by the triumph of the Cuban Revolution, Calixta decides to return to her native island. Parallel to Maite's search, film director Guita Schyfter, born in Costa Rica to European Jewish immigrants, shares with us her own personal story.

Las caras de la Luna

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Geraldine Chaplin, Carmen Montejo

The Faces of the Moon is the story of five women from five different countries (Argentina, Uruguay, Mexico, USA and Spain), invited to Mexico City to be the jury of the Third Annual Latin American Women's Film Festival. In six vertiginous days these women share their past experiences, their ghosts and, their expectations. The group views and critiques the festival's film entries, and, in the process, the women reveal their personal, political and national histories.