Rudo & Cursi 2008 ( 7)

Two brothers living a hard life of manual labor in rural Mexico have a simple dream: saving enough money to build their mother her dream house. But fate has other plans. A friendly game of soccer leads to first Rudo, then to Cursi being taken on by the nation’s top talent scout. Suddenly, they find themselves living the high life of star athletes: fame, fortune, fast cars and beautiful women.

The Black Legend of Mexican Cinema 2016 ( 5.7)

During 1950, Miguel Contreras Torres led a group of filmmakers to officially denounce William O. Jenkins' monopoly on film theaters, which was built throughout the country upon crime and corruption. Ever since, Uncle Miguel was ridiculed and eventually forgotten, but it is certain that his proclaim announced the separation of Mexican cinema and its audience. Discoveries may be found in the films made by Miguel, and bringing back to life these moving pictures might recover this history that was never told, a story that is almost lost and that Contreras Torres himself tried to pass on through his writings in The Black Book of Mexican Cinema.

Un pedazo de noche 1995

Árboles y arbustos 2004

”(…) Always green, up to 20 meters high. Right trunk, dark cut, slightly split, thin; rounded, broad, dense, dark, bright green, grayish or blackish crown. It has simple, persistent, hard leaves, with various shapes, ovate or lanceolate, 5 centimeters long ”.

Más allá de lo que queda 2016

A family secret and his father's last wish compel a conflicted funeral director to embark on a transformative quest across remote Mexican landscapes with a street-hardened woman he's never known -- but who knows him.