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THE CRIMINAL LIFE OF ARCHIBALDO DE LA CRUZ

Ensayo de Un Crimen

Sunday April 2, 2023    11:00 am

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Genre: Comedy 
Original Language: Spanish English subtitles 
Director: Luis Buñuel 
Producer: Alfonso Patiño Gómez 
Writer: Luis Buñuel, Eduardo Ugarte, Rodolfo Usigli
Stars: Ernesto Alonso, Miroslava, Rita Macedo
Runtime: 1h 31m

 

The wealthy Archibaldo (Ernesto Alonso) is a potential serial killer. This might be the result of a childhood incident: his governess (Leonor Llausás) caught him trying on some of his mother's clothes and scolded him. He wished the governess dead, and she was immediately killed by a stray bullet from a revolution raging outside the window. Conflating violent death with sexual desire, the adult Archibaldo plots to murder numerous women, but his elaborate schemes are constantly thwarted.

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MIROSLAVA

Miroslava

Sunday April 2, 2023    14:00

Genre: Drama
Original Language: Spanish English subtitles 
Director: Alejandro Pelayo
Cinematographer:  Emmanuel Lubezki 
Producer: Miguel Necoechea, Alejandro Pelayo, Grazia Rade, Alma Rossbach  
Writer:    Vicente Leñero, Guadalupe Loaeza
Stars:  Arielle Dombasle, Claudio Brook, Milosh Trnka
Runtime: 1h 40m

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Mexico, 1955. A beautiful and popular movie star, Miroslava Sternova (Dombasle) is depressed tonight. Sad memories fill her mind: her childhood in the pre-war Prague, one failed marriage, several attempts to be taken as a serious actress and the betrayal of the man she loved. As she prepares to commit suicide her entire life reveals itself on the screen, showing us the portrait of a lonely woman.

MY MEXICAN SHIVAH

Morirse esta en Hebreo

OPENING NIGHT  

Sunday April 2, 2023      19:00

Genre: Comedy
Original Language: Spanish English subtitles 
Director: Alejandro Pelayo 
Cinematographer: Emmanuel Lubezki
Producer:   Maite Argüelles, Ricardo Kleinbaum, Alejandro Springall
Writer: Jorge Goldenberg, Alejandro Springall, Ilán Stavans
Stars:  Blanca Guerra, Martha Roth, Sergio Kleiner  
Runtime: 1h 38m

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After Moishe's death, family and friends sit Shiva in Mexico City. During seven days, secrets will be disclosed.

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ONE FOR THE ROAD

En el Ultimo Trago

Monday April 3, 2023   11:00 am

Genre: Comedy
Original Language: Spanish English subtitles 
Director: Jack Zagha Kababie 
Cinematographer: Javier Morón
Producer:  Yossy Zagha Kababie 
Writer: David Desola, Jack Zagha Kababie, Yossy Zagha
Stars:  Luis Bayardo, Rodolfo Guerrero, Eduardo Manzano Runtime: 1h 33m
 

Three octogenarians set out on a trip in order to fulfill the dying wish of a lifelong friend, in spite of the disapproval of their families and the limitations of their advanced age. Along the way, they find themselves embroiled in a series of comedic misadventures and meet a cast of colorful characters. Their journey fundamentally alters each characters' sense of self and their place in the world. There is, indeed, life after 80.

TEMPEST

Tempestad

Monday April 3, 2023  13:30

Genre: Documentary
Original Language: Spanish English subtitles 
Director:  Tatiana Hueso
Cinematographer:  Ernesto Pardo
Producer:  Jim Stark, Nicolás Celis, Sebastian Celis 
Writer:  Tatiana Hueso (concept )
Runtime: 1h 45m
 

Two women, a voyage in two voices, which, like reflections of a single echo, convey what fear means in the life of a human being. Highways, landscapes, gazes. Mexico from north to south in an era when violence has taken control of our lives, our desires and our dreams. An emotional and evocative journey, steeped not only in loss and pain, but also love, dignity and resistance.

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Q&A with director Guita Schyfter at the end of the show

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LIKE A BRIDE

Novia que te vea

Monday April 3, 2023  19:00 

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Genre: Drama
Original Language: Spanish English subtitles 
Director: Guita Schyfter 
Cinematographer: Toni Kuhn
Producer:  Tita Lombardo, Georgina Balzaretti, 
Miguel Necoeche, Guita Schyfter
Writer: Hugo Hiriart, Guita Schyfter, Rosa Nissa, (novel) 
Stars: Claudette MailléMaya MishalskaAngélica Aragón
Runtime: 1h 54m

 

It’s the story of two young women coming of age in the sixties in Mexico City, their lives shaped by the pressures of conflicting family and societal expectations. Oshinica Mataraso is the daughter of Turkish Jewish immigrants who have installed themselves in the garment business in Mexico City's Lagunilla market district. Her tradition-bound family believes a woman's sole goal ought to be marriage. Oshinica has other ideas. She dreams of living out her life as an artist. Rifke Groman, the daughter of intellectual European Holocaust refugees, introduces Oshinica to the freedom and community of her Zionist Socialist youth movement. Both must ultimately defy their families in order to pursue happiness. This well-crafted film paints a compassionate and insightful portrait of women straddling tradition and modernity and of the ethnic complexity in modern urban Mexico.

Q&A with directo Isaac Ezban at the end of the show

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THE SIMILARS

Los Similares

Tuesday April 4, 2023  11:00 am 

Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci Fi
Original Language: Spanish English subtitles 
Director: Isaac Ezban 
Cinematographer: Isi Sarfati
Producer: Isaac Ezban
Writer: Isaac Ezban
Stars:  Gustavo Sánchez Parra, Cassandra Ciangherotti, Fernando Becerril
Runtime: 1h 29m
 

On the rainy night of October 2, 1968, eight characters waiting on a remote bus station for a bus heading to Mexico City start experiencing a strange phenomenon.

3:19

Monday April 3, 2023  19:00

Genre: Drama
Original Language: Spanish English subtitles 
Director: Dany Saadia 
Cinematographer: León Chiprut
Producer: Alfonso Patiño Gómez 
Writer: Vicente Leñero, Guadalupe Loaeza(story)
Stars: Miguel Ángel Silvestre,Félix Gómez, Bárbara Goenaga
Runtime: 1h 30m
 

What if everything in life was down to chance? What if we couldn't escape fate? What do Galois, Bauhaus and The Unbearable Lightness of Being have in common? What if the sweat in our brow could save us from the dust we are destined to return to?

THE SECRET OF DOCTOR GRINBERG

El Secreto del Doctor Grinberg

Tuesday April 4, 2023  16:00

Genre: Documentary
Original Language:  English & Spanish English subtitles 
Director: Ida Cuellar
Cinematographer: José Luis Bernal
Producer:  Carles Brugueras, Ida Cuéllar, Martin Kalina, Inés Massa 
Writer: Ida Cuéllar, Miguel León, Juan Muñoz-Tébar.
Stars:  Jacobo Grinberg Zylberbaum
Runtime: 1h 31m

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Doctor Jacobo Grinberg considered by many as the “Einstein of consciousness” pushed the traditional boundaries of science in an attempt to better understand the potential of the human brain. Through testimony from Grinberg ́s family members, colleagues and friends, we learn that the Doctor had many different sides. Suspicions of a crime of passion, that slowly reveal a potential kidnapping, the theft of valuable information and questionable interests from government forces, this metaphysical thriller spans multiple countries and brings together nearly a decade ́s work of investigation. In the search for the whereabouts of this enigmatic Mexican scholar, we are really searching for THE SECRET OF DOCTOR GRINBERG. 
 

Q&A with director Isaac Ezban at the end of the show

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EVIL EYE

Mal de Ojo

Tuesday April 4, 2023  19:00

Genre: Horror
Original Language: Spanish English subtitles 
Director: Isaac Ezban 
Cinematographer: Isi Sarfati
Producer: Edgar San Juan 
Writer:  Junior Rosario, Edgar San Juan, Isaac Ezban 
Stars: Ofelia MedinaPaola MiguelSamantha Castillo
Runtime: 1h 40m
 

Nala, a 13-year-old girl from the city, travels with her family to her grandmother's home in the countryside, to try to find a cure for her little sister's mysterious illness - But she'll soon find her granny is not exactly what she seems.