Carlos Fuentes

Using text from Mexican novelist Carlos Fuentes and ancient Aztec and Mayan poetry, viewers are lead on a visual journey through this country's rich and varied past and present. Stunning images and a dramatic musical score by Daniel Valdez create a vivid, insightful portrait of the Mexican people and their culture

자신의 전집 출판일에 참석한 노령의 작가 비터는 그 자리에 모인 사이비 작가들과 권위만 앞세우는 신문 주인을 비난하고 작별을 고한다. 이를 뒷편에서 우연히 지켜본 노처녀 해리엣이 감동하여 엄마의 위선적인 보호를 과감히 뒤로하고 미란다 가문의 가정교사로 취직되어 멕시코에 온다. 그러나 멕시코는 이미 농민들을 주축으로 한 혁명이 진행 중이었고, 미란다 가문은 혁명의 적으로 선언된 뒤였다. 곧 자신도 모르게 혁명군의 무리에 휩쓸려 같이 어울리게 되고, 이곳에 온 비터를 알게되며, 혁명군을 이끄는 인디안 장군 아로요와 사랑에 빠지게 된다. 미란다 가족의 영지를 탈취한 아로요는 혁명군과 사령관 빌라의 진격 명령에도 불구하고 계속 남아 옛날의 토지 문서를 찾아내고 그 문서들과 씨름한다. 시간이 경과하며 부하들의 불안감이 퍼지고, 아들처럼 친해진 아로요를 위해 노령의 작가 비터는 문서를 태워 버리는데 이를 본 아로요는 그를 등 뒤에서 쏘아 살해한다. 비터가 자신이 좋아하던 유명 작가라는 사실을 뒤늦게 알자마자 해리엣은 자신의 품안에서 그의 최후의 ? 보게 된다. 해리엣은 그의 시신을 모셔가기 위해 미국 영사관의 도움을 청하고, 미국의 개입을 염려한 혁명군 사령관은 아로요를 명령위반으로 처형한다. 혁명군의 젊은 장군과 노령 작가의 두 죽음을 목격한 해리엣은 두 사람을 기억하며 새로운 삶을 위해 멀리 떠난다.

The relationship between a nephew and his aunt in the begining of Mexico's 20th century.

A man is released from prison, and after 18 years, returns to his village. But in this village, time, in many ways, has stood still. The time served by Juan complied with the court's justice, but not with some villagers. There are some who still seek true justice.

While Mexico swims in the oil veins that were deeded to him by the Devil, a bureaucrat is thrown into a whirlwind of intrigue and international espionage where he discovers that the guts of the beast in charge are one and the same, and the evacuation conduit itself. : We are the shit of that monster. At the same time, a man and a woman discover that behind their passion there is a dark reality that drives them to disguise as action what is only hunger, suffering, desire.

Carrying his son on his back, a man travels from place to place looking for a doctor to treat the sick boy. As they journey, the indio father tells the boy stories to keep him distracted. These stories reveal the life of native peoples in Mexico, both in the countryside and in cities, and they shed light on characteristic beliefs and rituals.

President Juárez fights against the conservatives, who have ordered an emperor to be brought from France to govern Mexico

Raimundo, a wealthy man, died of a heart attack. The notary reads out Raimundo's will, leaving all his estate and companies to the widow, Luz, with the surprising clause that she will remain without a man for the period of two years, during which his trusted attorney, Arturo, will be in possession of the whole patrimony. Luz being much younger than her late husband, resents this clause that will keep her captive of the dead man for so long. Her attempts to seek release in the night spots of the town do not prove satisfying. Lucia, the maid, starts an extortion scheme against the widow, menacing to denounce the murder of Raimundo with venom, as Luz and Arturo were lovers. The faithful cook and the gardener are dismissed and Lucía literally takes her employer's image, clothes, and manners - forcing Luz to play humbly to her (progressively insane) demands.

A man becomes more and more infatuated with his childhood sweetheart leading to a haunting encounter with horror.

"Mexico begins where the roads end ”. Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes tells us about the history of Mexico: its invasions, its revolutions, its sacred lands, its forgotten legends, its religious rituals and this frightening misery. François Reichenbach and his camera sink into the dust, on this sacred land, where "the land never ends."

A couple on the verge of getting married gets mixed up with a gang of thugs in this routine crime drama that underscores the Socio-economic disparity in the Mexican culture. The upper-class couple rides along with outsiders who go club-hopping and resort to petty thievery. After their adventure, the couple questions whether or not they are right for each other.

When his mother Dolores dies, Juan Preciado, son of Pedro Páramo, goes to Comala to claim his inheritance; but when he arrives he finds an abandoned and sinister place, inhabited by mysterious voices and whispers…

A historian goes to a castle library to translate some ancient erotic literature. While there he discovers what he believes to be supernatural forces at work.

A man comes home after serving 18 years in jail for murder in this routine western. Although the man killed in self defense, rumors in town circulated that he murdered the victim in cold blood. The ex-con wants to get his life together, but the two sons of the slain man are gunning for the man who killed their father.

A film that brings together several stories around love and important personalities (directors, actors, screenwriters, production team), in addition to being directed by the new generation of filmmakers.

Two stories: 'Tajimara' the platonic love of a couple; and 'Un Alma Pura' (A Pure Soul) about the incestuous love of some siblings.

Cinema and painting establish a fluid dialogue and begins with introspection in the themes and forms of the plastic work of a woman tormented by the elongated specters, originating from her obsessions and nightmares.

Short student film based on the Carlos Fuentes' novel, about the last days of an elderly man.

A poor, but very lucky man in the cock fighting, is hired by a rich man, but both are in love with the same woman

Aura is an experimental narrative adaptation of the novel by Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes.