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The Swamp

  Mecha, a woman in her 50s with several teenage children and a husband, Gregorio, wants to remain looking young. In order to avoid the hot and humid weather of Read More

Cronos

  Antique dealer Jesus Gris (Federico Luppi) stumbles across Cronos, a 400-year-old scarab that, when it latches onto him, grants him youth and eternal life — but also a thirst Read More

Taxi, An Encounter

  Esteban (Diego Peretti) has a special affinity for stealing cars. In particular, he enjoys hijacking taxis and playing the role of a cab driver. But when one night, in Read More

Rabbit on the Moon

  Though around them a criminal world seethes, Julie and Antonio are a young and loving couple with a new baby and a solid, white-collar sense of stability. But when Read More

Pellet

  Twelve-year-old Pablo aka Pellet is stuck in a deeply abusive home ruled by his tyrannical father when he meets a new classmate, Alfredo, who befriends Pablo and introduces him Read More

José Martí: The Eye of the Canary

  This historical drama, depicting different phases in the late childhood and youth of the so-called “Apostle of Cuba” José Martí, is most of the time a biopic full of Read More

The Violin

  An elderly Mexican musician, Don Plutarco (Ángel Tavira), leads a traveling band that also includes his son, Genaro (Gerardo Taracena), and grandson, Lucio (Mario Garibaldi). Determined to fight the Read More

Every Time We Say Goodbye

  An American pilot in Jerusalem during World War II falls in love with a young Sephardic Jewish woman while he is recuperating from a serious injury after his plane Read More

The House of the Spirits

  The House of the Spirits is a hauntingly romantic epic tale spanning three generations of the Trueba family. At its core is the stormy yet passionate relationship between the Read More

Pascual Duarte

  The first-person narrator-protagonist Pascual Duarte, while awaiting execution in the condemned cell, tells the story of his family life and his homicidal past, culminating in matricide. He claims, amongst Read More