Jesús Franco

Jesús Franco

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Chimes at Midnight 1965 (7.144)

Henry IV usurps the English throne, sets in motion the factious War of the Roses and now faces a rebellion led by Northumberland scion Hotspur. Henry's heir, Prince Hal, is a ne'er-do-well carouser who drinks and causes mischief with his low-class friends, especially his rotund father figure, John Falstaff. To redeem his title, Hal may have to choose between allegiance to his real father and loyalty to his friend.
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Vampyros Lesbos 1971 (5.7)

An erotic horror tale about a vixen vampiress seducing and killing women to appease her insatiable thirst for female blood.
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Count Dracula 1970 (5.8)

Jess Franco's version of the Bram Stoker classic has Count Dracula as an old man who grows younger whenever he dines on the blood of young maidens.
Toni Khun

Toni Khun

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Breaking the Silence 1979

This heterodox work draws on fiction resources and the register of documentary to denounce the phenomenon of rape in Mexico. With a complex essay-like structure, the film is a reflection on the various types of sexual violence, from the classist legal apparatus and the connivance of religious institutions, to rejection of and discrimination against victims. At the same time, it introduces community alternatives for victim support. A project by “Cine Mujer,” this film exemplifies the group’s motto and mode of production, and thus one of the maxims of feminism: no personal solutions; only collective action for collective solutions.
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Psychoprophylaxis 1970

A short documentary that chronicles the journey from pregnancy to childbirth for two women, one from the middle class and the other from the lower class. The middle-class woman will undergo childbirth using psychoprophylaxis and will be assisted with exercises and training, while the low-income woman will receive care only in a public clinic.