Mercedes Hernández
1970 (55 лет)400 maletas
Fernanda Valadez
Mercedes Hernández, Felipe Rodríguez
Magdalena makes a journey to find her missing son, who disappeared on his way to the border with the United States. Accompanied only by her will and her memories, Magdalena enters a violent and desolated territory, the migration route in Mexico.
400 Bags
El Violín
Francisco Vargas
Ángel Tavira, Gerardo Taracena
In an unnamed Latin American country that closely resembles Mexico, the government fights a rural insurgency with torture, assault, rape, and murder. Soldiers descend on a town, cutting off the rebels from their cache of ammunition hidden in a field. A family of grandfather, son, and grandson are among the rebels in the hills. The grandfather, with his violin over his shoulder, tries to pass the checkpoint, ostensibly to tend his corn crop. The commanding officer lets him pass but insists on a daily music lesson.
The Violin
Identifying Features
Fernanda Valadez
Mercedes Hernández
Magdalena makes a journey to find her son, who has disappeared on his way to the Mexican border with the United States. Her odyssey takes her to meet Miguel, a man recently deported from the US. They start to travel together, Magdalena looking for her son, and Miguel hoping to see his mother again.
Identifying Features
La Civil
Teodora Ana Mihai
Arcelia Ramírez, Álvaro Guerrero
Cielo is a mother whose teenage daughter is kidnapped in Northern Mexico. When the authorities offer no support in the search, Cielo takes matters into her own hands and transforms from housewife into a vengeful militant.
La Civil
Clases de historia
Marcelino Islas Hernández
Verónica Langer, Renata Vaca
Verónica, a middle-aged highschool history teacher, leads a non eventful life: she has grownup children, grandchildren and a less than perfect marriage. This dynamic seems to be the only thing she can hold on to, as she battles a terminal illness. As she reluctantly accepts her fate, she meets Eva, an irreverent and misunderstood new student who unknowingly injects some life and enthusiasm back into her and provides her with the tools to deal with her destiny.
History Lessons
Ana & Bruno
Carlos Carrera
Damián Alcázar, Silverio Palacios
Ana, a nine year old girl, arrives with her mother to an isolated beach with the intention to rest and to know the sea. There, she discovers that they are under a terrible threat, therefore she is obligated to look for help with her father in order to save her mother.
Ana and Bruno
New Order
Michel Franco
Naian González Norvind, Diego Boneta
In the near future, a popular uprising in Mexico City interrupts a wedding held at the home of a wealthy family. After the riots have been quashed, they discover the bride has gone missing and plea with the military to help locate her.
New Order
Antes del olvido
Iria Gómez Concheiro
Leonardo Alonso, Francisco Cortés
The life of Fermín goes by, divided between his work as a diablero and the confinement he lives in within his house. Like him, other families live in a vecindad in the heart of Mexico City. One day, a company colluded with the government threatens to evict the vecindad tenants in order to build a mall. Facing the threat of an eviction, the tenants join in solidarity to come out of their self-absorption and fight for a common cause.
Before Oblivion
Sinvivir
Anaïs Pareto Onghena
Horacio García Rojas, Pedro Hernández
Jairo feels that his privacy is invaded when Hugo, a longtime friend who is temporarily staying with him, brings home his suicidal cousin Moi. This forced cohabitation leads the characters to understand the sense—or nonsense—of life.
Sinvivir
Huesera
Michelle Garza Cervera
Natalia Solián, Alfonso Dosal
Valeria's joy at becoming a first-time mother is quickly taken away when she's cursed by a sinister entity. As danger closes in, she's forced deeper into a chilling world of dark magic that threatens to consume her.
Huesera: The Bone Woman
Belzebuth
Emilio Portes
Joaquín Cosío, Tobin Bell
While leading a police investigation of a massacre in a public school at the border of Mexico and U.S.A, special Agent Emanuel Ritter links this strange case to the coming and rising of the ancient demon Belzebuth. But in order to stop the trail of upcoming infanticides, Ritter shall have to confront himself before dealing with the forces of good and evil.
Belzebuth
Guerra de Likes
María Ripoll
Regina Blandón, Ludwika Paleta
In order to advance her career in the dynamic world of publicity in Mexico City, Raquel tries to reunite with her high school friend Cecy who has become the queen of social media. But unlike followers, friendships do not come instantly.
War of Likes
