Tropic of Cancer (2004)
Gênero : Documentário
Runtime : 54M
Director : Eugenio Polgovsky
Sinopse
In San Luis Potosi, Mexico, residents survive by hunting animals and selling them on the freeway.
Mariana has an obsessive cleaning habit. After starting a troubled relationship with Enrique. She must accept that sex is dirty and impulsive.
After the death of a patriarch, a family must try to continue on with a disturbing, ritualistic tradition.
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.
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)
Benjamin is an old bachelor who lives with his sister. One day he falls in love with the young Natividad. Seeing that the love letter strategy doesn't work with the girl, Benjamín decides to kidnap her.
Leon has a crush on Ofelia, so he decides to steal money from his father and cross the country looking for Ofelia who traveled to Guadalajara. On his journey, Leon goes through many adventures and takes the final step from childhood into adolescence.
Efrain, known as the Reaper, has worked at a slaughterhouse for 25 years. We will discover his deep relationship with death and his struggle to live.
Don Plutarco, seu filho Genaro e seu neto Lúcio mantêm uma vida dupla. Ao mesmo tempo em que são músicos e humildes fazendeiros, eles participam da guerrilha clandestina contra o governo militar opressor. Quando os militares invadem o vilarejo em que vivem, Plutarco elabora um plano: se disfarça de um inocente violinista e retorna ao vilarejo para recuperar as armas dos rebeldes.
Five elderly men form a music group and run away from the nursing home where they are interns with the hope of playing for an audience. They confront th city, the nursing home authorities, the police and all those who wish to destroy their dream which finally comes true when they are contracted to serve as musical background for strippers of a second class cabaret. In case i never see you again, is a movie about life, death, melancholy and the quest for happiness.
Depois de perder a mãe após batalhar contra uma doença, Evan percebe que sua vida está sem direção, e resolve pegar todo o seu dinheiro e se aventurar pela Europa sem destino certo. Quando ele chega à Itália, ele conhece a jovem Louise, por quem se apaixona. Os dois iniciam um romance, mas um segredo de Louise pode destruir a história do casal.
Aurora suffers an attempt murder sent by her husband Jose, for giving birth to a dead and deformed child, eaven though she survives Aurora is haunted by her dead child and obliged by an old man, she digs her own tomb... When life seems like eternal hell, Aurora listens to a song that unleashes her most profound feelings for revenge.
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.
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.
The relationship between beautiful Emilia (Elizabeth Cervantes) and her imaginative young daughter, Alicia, is tested in this understated Mexican drama. Disoriented after moving to a new apartment and left to herself when her mother starts bringing men home, Alicia takes refuge in dreams that soon become nightmares, especially after she begins to fear that her mom has become possessed by the vampirish man next door. With a keen eye for the rhythms and struggles of contemporary Mexican family life, this film illuminates the secret worlds of lonely children while never straying from its true subject: the uncommon love between a single mother and her child.
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.
Two friends in a small town are growing apart.
Carina is 8 and likes rock & roll. Her life changes completely when she believes that her new teacher is the same woman she saw in a her father’s erotic magazine.
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.
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.
Juan Perez is a wizard who begins to remember how he lost his head, after an economic crisis in the Circus where he works, he promises to mount a spectacular act of beheading that it could again return it to its glory years. But without any fifth in the bag and with time running out to build a machine is forced to rob a real guillotine without this weighs a terrible curse.