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Legendary superstar María Félix, stars in this melodrama noir playing the role of Raquel, a woman who has a passionate love affair with married aristocrat Antonio. However, a sensual sculpture untitled “The Kneeling Goddess” and modeled after Raquel will lead Antonio down a memory lane he’d rather soon forget.Read More »
A single mother and her 9-year-old son are living in the U.S. by themselves and relying on a thin public safety net to survive. When the boy is hastily diagnosed with ADHD, their fraught bond is pushed to its limit.
9 wins, 7 nominations.Read More »
The Metaphysician (original Spanish title El metafísico) is a 2025 Mexican fantasy comedy film directed by Pablo Chavarría Gutiérrez. The film revolves around numerous different people whose lives are affected by various forms of mysticism. Read More »
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Niños de la Calle examines the gritty reality of four children living on the streets of Mexico City. Filmed in 2001, this dramatic and moving documentary follows Marcos, Erika, Antonio and Juan as they get high, visit their families and struggle to survive in the world’s largest metropolis. Niños de la Calle was nominated for two Mexican Academy Awards (Arieles), and won the Best Feature Documentary prize at the inaugural edition of the Morelia International Film Festival in 2003.Read More »
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Despite a great effort, the professional development of Diego, Andres and Renee, university students, is affected due to a diversion of resources by the authorities.Read More »
When young Flavia arrives at her new school she is quickly befriended by Veronica. What starts out as an innocent friendship turns terrifying when Veronica reveals herself to be a Witch. Unsure of the truth, Flavia enters into a manipulative relationship as Veronica’s accomplice as the line between what is real and imagined blurs and leads to a spiral of magic, death, sacrifice and murder!Read More »
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Kaliman, The Incredible Man is one of best known superheroes ever created in Latin America (though curiously, the character himself isn’t Latino.)
Kaliman is a legendary magician/hero character. Dark skin and blue eyes, he is a mestizo. He was raised as a prince somewhere near Pakistan, but learned the secrets of the Tibetan monks. He has wealth, psychic powers, knowledge, and high moral values. He travels with an Egyptian child, “Solin”. Kaliman born as a radio series and soon have his own comic book. Starting with sales of 150,000 a week. It reached sales of 3,500,000 a week.
This first Kaliman film is perhaps the highest budgeted of any Mexican sci-fi film. Shooted in Egipt, with actors form Canada, Spain, Italy and Egypt. The film was processed in Italy, so it has a better color quality than most American films from that time.Read More »
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After witnessing the murder of her friend, Kenya, a trans woman sex worker, embarks on a path of struggle and search for justice that leads her to face the fear and pain of seeing herself reflected in that tragic ending.Read More »
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The peasants of Mexico have a need for a protector, whether it be El Super Barrio or, as in this movie, the Christlike Auandar Anapu. In the movie, an indio wearing overalls and clogs appears among the poor; he raises the dead, and saves a woman from being stoned to death. Eventually, a mercenary soldier arranges to kill him, but Auandar Anapu promises to reappear from time to time, whenever he is most needed.Read More »