Baño de vida (2019)
Género : Documental
Tiempo de ejecución : 1H 7M
Director : Dalia R. Reyes
Escritor : Dalia R. Reyes
Sinopsis
Immersive documentary which takes us n an intimate journey to the inner life of public baths through the voices of three characters: Felipe, the main clerk since 1984; Juana, a street sweeper in Mexico City's downtown; and Jose, a frequent client of more than forty years. Bath of Life becomes a confessionary for those who gather around the same place: the sauna.
Mariana has an obsessive cleaning habit. After starting a troubled relationship with Enrique. She must accept that sex is dirty and impulsive.
Una familia queda desamparada al morir su padre y líder. A partir de ese momento su viuda y sus tres hijos se enfrentan a la angustia de tener que conseguir alimento por su propia mano. El mayor de los hermanos, un adolescente desorientado, tendrá que guiar a los suyos para conservar su peculiar tradición familiar...
Dishevelled private eye Nico Beamonte's latest case comes from God himself ... possibly. He wants Nico to find the mysterious Black Panther. But who, or what, is the Black Panther? And what has this got to do with a cryogenically frozen Mariachi singer and a 1950s flying saucer? Surrealism, Mexican-style - as if film noir had collided with props left over from a Ray Harryhausen film.
Don Plutarco, su hijo Genaro y su nieto Lucio llevan una doble vida. Por una parte, son humildes músicos rurales y, por otra, apoyan activamente al movimiento guerrillero campesino contra el gobierno opresor. Cuando el ejército invade el pueblo, los rebeldes deben huir y abandonar las municiones. Haciendo valer su apariencia de inofensivo violinista, Don Plutarco tiene un plan: recuperar las municiones escondidas en su maizal. Su música embelesa al capitán, pero falta recoger las municiones.
Benjamín es un viejo solterón que vive con su hermana Micaela en la placidez de un pueblito. Su único entretenimiento proviene de juntarse con sus amigos y divertirse como niños. Un día, Benjamín se enamora de la joven Natividad quien anda buscando la manera de huir del pueblo con su novio, el camionero Leandro. Al principio, Benjamín le escribe cartas de amor. Luego, cuando esta estrategia falla, planea secuestrarla y esperar a que ella se enamore de él.
Elba is an introverted and lonely fourteen year old teenager that lives with Fernanda, her older sister. The sisters don't get along and their mother is abset. Fernanda decides to runaway, but before she does Elba reaches out to her.
Two friends in a small town are growing apart.
After working for three years in the USA, Filiberto returns to his home town in Mexico. A proud man, he is searching for the recognition that will give him a new position in life. However, he finds that things have changed. His mother is dead, and Luis, his best friend, is married to his ex-girlfriend. Filiberto gets involved in the town’s disputes over a water spring.
To the beat of punk and pop, Valentina and Joana pursue their most intimate and deepest dreams. On the road to success, they will find obstacles that will test their friendship. The harshness and absurdity of their lives, fuses with the sweet and sour story of a world where the party seems to go on forever.
After getting bitten by a rabid dog, Clara must stay locked in the small cabin where she lives with her mother and husband for 40 days. While the town is assaulted by a pack of savage dogs, Clara's seclusion causes a growing desire for freedom. To escape, she will have to overcome her family's fear and determination to protect her. /// Tras ser mordida por un perro con rabia, Clara pasa 40 días de encierro en la pequeña cabaña donde vive con su madre y su marido. Mientras el pueblo es azotado por una jauría de perros salvajes, el deseo de libertad en Clara crece ante la reclusión. Para salir, tendrá que enfrentar el miedo y la obsesión de su familia por protegerla.
Samuel y Rodrigo comienzan un viaje en busca de su madre quien desaparece de manera extraña, dejando una nota en la mesa, que dice: Tuve que salir. Mamá. La relación entre los hermanos se vuelve tensa y se fractura conforme viajan por el paisaje desértico siguiendo pistas basadas en recuerdos de su infancia. (FILMAFFINITY)
Immersive documentary which takes us n an intimate journey to the inner life of public baths through the voices of three characters: Felipe, the main clerk since 1984; Juana, a street sweeper in Mexico City's downtown; and Jose, a frequent client of more than forty years. Bath of Life becomes a confessionary for those who gather around the same place: the sauna.
Este filme narra la historia de dos hombres -Andrés y Gregorio-, que buscan afanosamente un tesoro que han visto en sueños: uno ha soñado la señal, y el otro, el sitio exacto donde se encuentra dicha señal. Mientras tanto, en un pueblo distante, la joven Matilde espera la llegada del amor con la certeza de que éste surgirá tal y como lo describen los cuentos que escuchaba cuando niña.
Francisco, a man with autism resides secluded, ignored and locked away. He's a burden on his brothers, and decides to flee into the forest, where he befriends a rat.
The minute Lucia hears the news that her ex-boyfriend Felipe was admitted to a hospital, she rushed herself to meet him. As Felipe was found to be in a critical condition, Lucia makes up her mind to nurse him, but soon realizes the unresolved feelings she had for him.
Eufrosina Cruz Mendoza es nativa de Santa María Quiegolani, comunidad indígena situada en la Sierra Sur de Oaxaca. Después de que le fue negado el derecho de ser presidenta municipal de su comunidad, solo por el hecho de ser mujer, Eufrosina comienza una lucha personal para conseguir la igualdad de género en las comunidades indígenas, cuestionando los usos y costumbres; convirtiéndose en referente de las mujeres en el estado de Oaxaca.
At the close of a special day, family ties are shown to be fragile before the shared feeling concerning an important abscence when the sensation of absence. Uncle Manuel, a very peculiar man is determined to help his sibling's adolescent children and his brother-in-law, an unemployed union leader. Mom's house has now become a place where the family could vanish due to a world of broken dreams.
Director Hatuey Viveros' beautiful film unfolds as a fascinating exploration of contemporary life in Mexico, searching to understand today's world, while portraying a younger generation who lack an understanding of their past. And as we journey with Aina on her own discovery, it becomes clear that the process of her search is just as important as the results.
A family on the brink of a break up: dad is about to throw out mom because of her gambling addiction, the oldest boy's girlfriend is about to leave him because of his epilepsy and the youngest child thinks he has the perfect plan to bring the family back together again.
An extraordinary film about memory, and specifically the fading memory of an 86-year-old political activist who has fought tirelessly against historical amnesia and for justice in Argentina. The director’s grandmother, Laura Bonaparte, was one of the founders of the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo, formed during the 1970s by women whose children and family members had been disappeared by the Videla military dictatorship. Laura herself lost three children and their partners, including the director’s parents. Today, after a lifetime battling that the disappeared never be forgotten, Laura faces her own struggle to remember.