Raúl Santamaría

Movies

La Virgen Loca, Lado B
A feature-length documentary that delves into the life of an old spinster who, by convention, must be called señorita. Bound by rigid moral and family precepts, well-born ladies do not usually tell intimacies. However, the virgin - as the people of Xalapa have always called her - has agreed to confess and show her personal refuge, marked by solitude and the daily fulfillment of a sacrificial ritual.
Written with Blood
Pedro
Kitty is attacked and raped before the eyes of 38 witnesses but no one does anything to defend her. The event is on the news the following day and Gabriel, a journalist, becomes obsessed with the case and decides to confront all witnesses, opening his own investigation, reconstructing the events and introducing him into the life of the casualty.
Ocaso
Man in the forest
Jonas, a 14-year-old teenager, takes a walk by the river that runs by his house. His friend Marina shadows him. They meet, spend the afternoon together, and as the daylight fades, so does their innocence.
Chiles xalapeños
Diputado Pedrero
Stories of all kinds - the absurd, the unreal and quotidian - are part of an interrelated collage about social strata, culture and reencounters depicting the life of the capital city of Veracruz: Xalapa, in Mexico. -Edgar Cochran-
News from Afar
Under the notion that "you can not change the future, but the past," a young woman who has grown up in a poor village in the highlands, embarks on a spiritual journey to Mexico City seeking to break the cycle of family alienation and find hope. Fate will return to the source to destroy and start over.
Real Time
A band of robbers steal money from a winery. The passion for a woman, makes them begin to covet another part of the booty that they deserve. First film shot in a single take in the history of cinema. Certified by Guinness World Records