Cuco
Un film único, "El verano de Goliath" derriba las fronteras entre ficción y documental para retratar las vidas reales de los nativos de la zona rural de Huilotepec. Utilizando tanto entrevistas como escenas recreadas, y a través de la historia de Teresa, una mujer que busca a su marido desaparecido, Pereda se adentra en profundidad y con astucia en las especificidades del entorno y sus habitantes. Y lo consigue desenterrando las emociones que predominan en este pueblo empobrecido: la sospecha, el odio y el miedo gobiernan las interrelaciones en esta intrigante comunidad.
En 2008 Pereda dirigió un premiado cortometraje, Entrevista con la tierra, que está en el origen de Verano de Goliat, una continuación estilística que llega a reaprovechar una escena de aquel cortometraje.
Miguel
Vicente (Gabino Rodríguez) is a young farmer in a rural village who scrapes by while taking care of his ill grandmother. Several of Vicente’s uncles intend to their ailing mother’s land without her knowledge. Vicente seeks help from the municipal president who, between shooting hoops on a desolate court, tells him that if he wants justice, he must head to the capital to meet with government officials. Although he hasn’t seen her since he was a child, Vicente sets off in search of his mother, who works as a maid in maze-like Mexico City. With the help of his mother’s employer, a sophisticated middle-aged woman, he finds the government offices where he presents his case. His situation isn’t easily resolved, especially since he does not have the deed to his grandmother’s plot of land, and Vicente finds the complexities of the legal system to be completely overwhelming.
