Fermín Martínez

A chronicle of the Mexican oil expropriation in 1938 through the eyes of President Lazaro Cardenas and journalist Alberto Miranda.

After visiting a crime scene, an ambitious and insensitive tabloid crime photographer falls victim to a mysterious illness.

It is a film that pretends to be a metaphor for an entire country and that questions our values, desires, and, above all, our idiosyncrasies; all this with a lot of black humor and framed in that little personal hell to which we all belong and that, for better or for worse, we all have: Family

A man who loses his wife and goes to seclude himself in a cabin in the woods, where strange things happen.

Ernesto has found a peculiar way to meet people and earn a living: provoking car accidents.

It's been six years since Mariano graduated from film school. He's about to turn 30 and he still lives with his mom, spends most of his time watching movies and has never written a single screenplay. His comfortable routine changes when his 15-year-old cousin, Ramiro, moves in with them.

A woman is in a job interview at a renowned law firm. Everything is going smoothly until one of the employees recognizes her from a previous job.

A young boy from Oaxaca travels to the coast in search of new opportunities. But leaving home won’t bring about anything different: he finds degradation with every step he takes, making it clear that his reality leaves no room for ambition

A hitman decides to put aside his life of crime to pursue his lifelong dream: to become a profesional comedian.

When Juan, a 35-year-old truck driver learns he has a daughter, he decides to become responsible. He quits alcohol and takes one last chance at his job, to deliver various goods to Mexico City. At a gas station, Vanesa, a Mexican Lolita with pink-dyed hair convinces Juan to let her go with him. A rebellious teenager and a broken man start a journey where they confront each other and their own demons only to realize that this strange encounter can awake something unexpected and beautiful in them.

A mother and her son look for the possibly dead body of a relative while everyone else seems more interested in a soccer tournament.

With the death of her husband and the absence of her son, Esmeralda has lost interest in life. Living in a small town, within the walls of her house, she regains hope when a baby pig comes into her life.

"The Times of Héctor" - Hector is a lonely man who attends suicides in Mexico City. Monica is a young woman who longs for death. Their meeting will unleash unsuspected consequences for both.

A tale about the fragile lives of four characters during a month of their lives. One of them, Ana, is waiting for a kidney donor.

9 Mexican directors come together to narrate traditions and more brutal, ruthless and bizarre legends of our country. Mexico Barbaro shows the world stories that are part of our popular culture, from sweet stories told by our grandmothers, the tooth fairy, witchcraft, the story behind the weeping woman, sexy Devil' servers, a pagan hero, the burnt woman, up to ancestral culinary bloody rites. Traditions and legends that today continue to cause terror among Mexican people. Included shorts: **Paidós Phobos** (Paidos Phobos) **Potzonalli** (Potzonalli) **Bolas De Fuego** (Fireballs) **Exodoncia** (Exodontia) **Vitriol** (Vitriol) **Dirección** **La Leyenda de Juan Soldado** (Juan the Soldier) "No Te Duermas" (Do not sleep) **Ya Es Hora** (It's About time).

Ophelia goes to El Oasis, a tavern where men pick up men, looking for her husband. Her suspicions confirmed, she faints and a transgender prostitute unexpectedly helps her.

Spain, 1937. Ramón Mercader, a young communist combatant, is recruited and trained by the Soviet intelligence service to participate in a top secret mission ordered by the ruthless dictator Joseph Stalin: the assassination of his former political rival, Leon Trotsky, who is living in exile in Mexico.

Helena, a woman in her early 40's, is obsessed with getting pregnant. After failing her last try, her neighbors get back from the hospital with their new born baby. Helena breaks in to their house when they´re gone, steals the baby monitor and starts listening to what happens next door.

Three bandits decide to hide in a remote cabin, but soon fear and suspicions will grow between them.

An extraordinary black comedy that explores the limits of survival and absurdist political power games. The story takes place in times of elections in Mexico. A candidate for Governor runs over a pregnant migrant. After the accident, and to avoid a possible scandal, he hides her in a building he owns. Pressured by his political boss and so as not to ruin his political career, the candidate evicts the migrant. In a non-realistic style, the film focuses on the stories that surround the migrant during her search for a room. A radical film, with a critical gaze, that reflects the spirit of contemporary Mexican society.

그렇게 소년은 성인식을 치렀다. 같은 얼룩을 인어라고 하는 삼십대 여인과 이구아나로 보인다는 17세 소년의 만남. 한적한 멕시코 해변에 있는 작은 모텔의 푸른 이미지가 캐릭터들의 섬세한 감정 연기와 함께 기억된다.

Vladimir doesn’t know what he is. He has all the money he wants, he is afraid of becoming schizophrenic; he is a vampire, an extraterrestrial, an eccentric millionaire, or all three at the same time. There is no doubt that he is a lady’s man who plays soccer perfectly, who can study the movements of a cabdriver and seduce the most beautiful and intelligent woman he meets.

A thief decides to rob a church, but before achieving his robbery, he must Confront a parishioner for emotional support.

Daniel is a young man suffering from low selfesteem, who is incapable of defending himself from the abuses of employers and of society in general. He is medicated with antidepressants to make his monotonous life more bearable; however, far from helping him, the medication worsens hiscondition with hallucinations and psychotic thoughts of vengeance that lead him to a state of total confusion.

Benjamin Garcia, Benny is deported from the United States. Back home and against a bleak picture, Benny gets involved in the drug business, in which he has for the first time in his life, a spectacular rise surrounded by money, women, violence and fun. But very soon he will discover that criminal life does not always keep its promises.

타토와 베토는 멕시코의 바나나 플랜테이션 농장에서 일하는 가난한 이복형제이다. 두 사람 모두 축구에 뛰어난 재능을 가졌지만, 음치인 타토는 가수를 꿈꾸고, 베토는 농장에 남아 일하는 것에 만족한다. 어느 날 두 사람이 축구 시합을 하는 모습을 지켜본 축구 스카우트가 둘 중 한 명에게 멕시코시티에서 축구 선수로 뛸 것을 제안한다. (주한 멕시코 대사관)

Mexican director Enrique Begne's drama Two Embraces (AKA Dos Abrazos, 2007) follows four lonely and disenfranchised urbanites in contemporary Mexico City: a preteen boy under tremendous emotional strain, the pretty cashier with whom he is infatuated, an enraged and embittered cabbie, and the estranged daughter of one of his fares. Per the film's title, these characters pair off, finding unexpected hope and salvation in one another.

In an unnamed Latin American country that closely resembles Mexico, the government fights a rural insurgency with torture, assault, rape, and murder. Soldiers descend on a town, cutting off the rebels from their cache of ammunition hidden in a field. A family of grandfather, son, and grandson are among the rebels in the hills. The grandfather, with his violin over his shoulder, tries to pass the checkpoint, ostensibly to tend his corn crop. The commanding officer lets him pass but insists on a daily music lesson.

On Mexico's northern border, adolescent Sandra tries to cross to the United States in the search of the American Dream.

모든 것이 탐구 대상으로만 보이던 사춘기 소녀 시절, 전차가 부딪치며 일어난 첫 사고는 그녀의 몸과 마음이 부서지는 상처를 남겼다. 프리다는 침대에 누워 두 팔만을 간신히 움직일 수 밖에 없는 고통 속에서 깁스를 캔버스 삼아 그림을 그린다. 몇 년 후, 프리다는 성숙한 숙녀의 모습으로 당대 최고의 화가인 디에고를 찾아가 자신의 그림을 평가해달라고 요구한다. 직접 내려와서 보라는 당돌한 그녀의 모습에 매력을 느낀 디에고는 프리다의 그림뿐만 아니라 그녀와 사랑에 빠지게 된다. 걷잡을 수 없이 빠져든 두 사람은 예술적 동지로, 사랑하는 연인으로 마음의 정조를 약속하는데...

변변치 못한 건달 제리는 보스로부터 멕시코의 외진 마을에서 전설의 총 '멕시칸'을 가져오라는 명령을 받는다. 제리는 애인 샘에게 조직에서 발을 빼고 함께 라스베가스 여행을 떠나기로 약속한지 얼마 안된 터였다. 내키지 않으면서도 후환이 두려워 어쩔수 없이 멕시코를 향하는 제리. 샘은 제리에게 '이젠 너같은 놈이랑은 끝!'이라며 불같이 화를 내고 혼자 라스베가스로 떠난다. 멕시코에 도착한 제리는 곧 '멕시칸'을 입수하지만 이후 모든 상황이 꼬이기 시작하며 멕시코에 발이 묶인다. 설상가상. 샘조차 라스베가스로 가는 도중 킬러에게 납치당하고, 괴한에게 쫓기는 신세가 되는데..

A crooked CEO is kidnapped and nobody cares enough to pay his ransom.