José de la Colina

Movies

In Exile: A Family Movie
The life stories of Juan Francisco's grandparents and parents, who arrived in Mexico in 1939 as refugees at the end of the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). A family saga, from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present day.
Y yo entonces me llevé un tapón
Himself
El Extraño Experimento del Profesor Elizondo
Self
Documentary about life and works Salvador Elizondo, a Mexican writer regarded as one of the creators of the most influential cult noirè, experimental and intelligent style literature in Latin America.
The Heart of the Night
Screenplay
A young deaf-mute who lives and has intercourse with a blind man much older than she, inevitably attracts a shy driving instructor a strange, hallucinatory underworld, populated by those beings whose mutilation, impaired physical differences, have become rejected of society.
Naufragio
Writer
One woman lives waiting for her son who is a sailor. She hasn't seen him for years although he writes to her a lot. The woman shares the letters and her grief with a co-worker and friend. This last woman begins to idealize her friend's son.
The Fight with the Panther
Novel
Three nymphets struggle to have a beneficial youth: Ana is suicidal, Mercedes is attracted to her brother William, and Patricia desires to be sexually abused.
The Master of Ballantrae
Writer
Adult brothers compete for pateral affection and for control of the family estate.
Faith, Hope and Charity
Story
Three episodes. Faith: a woman is attacked. Hope: a fakir is crucified. Charity: a woman faces bureaucracy.