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.

Hector é um homem solitário que frequenta suicídios na Cidade do México; Monica é uma jovem que anseia pela morte. A reunião de ambos irá desencadear conseqüências insuspeitadas em ambos.

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.

Em 1937, o revolucionário espanhol Ramón Mercader treina para ser espião soviético e se passar por um belga rico como parte de um plano para assassinar Leon Trotsky no México.

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.

On the desolate coast of Veracruz, young Sebastián, 17, has to run his uncle's motel single-handed, renting rooms by the hour. That's how he meets Miranda, a regular customer who goes there to wait for a lover who often arrives late, sparking a fleeting game of seduction between the two.

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 é deportado dos Estados Unidos. De volta ao México e diante de um quadro sombrio, Benny se envolve no tráfico de drogas, no qual tem pela primeira vez na vida, uma ascensão espetacular cercado de dinheiro, mulheres, violência e diversão. Mas logo ele descobrirá que a vida criminosa nem sempre cumpre suas promessas.

Beto (Diego Luna) e Tato (Gael García Bernal) são irmãos que largaram a vida de camponeses para tentar a sorte nos campos de futebol. Apensar do sonho fraterno de construir uma casa para a mãe, os dois vivem em disputa, dentro e fora do campo, numa relação de amor e ódio. O sucesso vem quando um olheiro descobre seus talentos. Tato, que sonha ser um cantor famoso, muda-se para a cidade e se torna a estrela do Deportivo Amaranto, e passa a ser chamado de "Cursi". Beto, que recebe o apelido de "Rudo", se sente traído, mas logo acaba como goleiro. Em breve estarão num mundo de luxo, fama e lindas mulheres. Nessa nova realidade, parecem ter deixado de lado as diferenças. Mas, quando estão a ponto de realizar seus sonhos, ressurgem as rivalidades, medos e limitações. "Rudo Y Cursi" é um filme emocionante dirigido por Carlos Cuarón e produzido por uma equipe agora famosa em Hollywood: Guilherme Del Toro; Alejandro González Iñárritu e Alfonso Cuarón.

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.

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.

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

Frida Kahlo (Salma Hayek) foi um dos principais nomes da história artística do México. Conceituada e aclamada como pintora, ele teve um agitado casamento aberto com Diego Rivera (Alfred Molina), seu companheiro também nas artes, e ainda um controverso caso com o político Leon Trostky (Geoffrey Rush), além de várias outras mulheres.

Jerry Welbach é um gângster atrapalhado que recebe dois ultimatos de uma vez só. O primeiro vem de seu chefe mafioso, que quer que ele vá ao México para recuperar uma pistola antiga e inestimável. Já o segundo vem de sua namorada Samantha, que exige que ele rompa sua associação com a máfia. Entre perder a vida ou a namorada, Jerry resolve ir ao México, ainda mais depois de saber que Samantha será mantida refém pelos mafiosos até que ele retorne com a lendária pistola.

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