Innocent Voices 10 Jan 2007 Director: Luis Mandoki Mexico, USA, Puerto Rico 2004 120 min Based on a true story of Luis Mandoki’s embattled childhood. This is a poignant tale of Chava, an 11-year-old boy, who finds he has to grow up quickly in war torn El Salvador. At the age of 12 the government… Continue reading Voces inocentes
Tag: Mexico
El Laberinto Del Fauno
Pan’s Labyrinth 6 Feb 2008 Director: Guillermo del Toro Mexico, Spain, USA 2006 119 min Enter Pan’s Labyrinth as Guillermo del Toro leads you into a gothic fairytale of breathtaking originality. Ofelia, a young and imaginative, girl lives in the Fascist Spain of 1944. She travels with her pregnant mother to meet her new stepfather,… Continue reading El Laberinto Del Fauno
Amores Perros – Love’s a Bitch
5 Feb 2003 Mexico 2000 147 min Director Alejandro: Gonzalez Inarritu Amores Perros is a bold and intensely emotional look at the lives that collide in a Mexico City car crash. The film is structured in three overlapping stories. Octavio is a young aimless loser who has a crush on Susana who is married to… Continue reading Amores Perros – Love’s a Bitch
Frida
3 Nov 2004 Director: Julie Taymor USA, Canada, Mexico 2002 123 min Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera were the most acclaimed artists in Mexican history. Their outrageous personas and tempestuous love affair made them 20th Century icons. Julie Taymor’s biopic took years of devotion to develop it for the screen. It mixes colour with the… Continue reading Frida
Birds of Passage
04 Dec 2019 Directors: Cristina Gallego, Ciro Guerra Colombia, Mexico 2019 125 min Birds of Passage is gripping tale of the origins of the Colombian drug trade as seen through the eyes of a Wayúu family. They became involved in the booming business of selling marijuana to American youth in the 1970’s and the film… Continue reading Birds of Passage
La Jaula de Oro – The Golden Dream
18 Feb 2015 Director: Diego Quemada-Diez Mexico 2013 102 min A Mexican ballad, La Jaula De Oro, tells of the despair of immigrants who have actually made it into the USA. They find it a “golden cage” because America accepts illegals’ cheap labour without allowing them the proper residency papers they need to rise beyond… Continue reading La Jaula de Oro – The Golden Dream
Like Water For Chocolate
18 Oct 1995 Director: Alfonso Arau Mexico 1992 116 min The youngest daughter of the widowed Mama Elena is prevented by tradition from marrying the man she loves. Consigned to the kitchen, and under the tuition of the beloved Nacha, the family cook, Tita learns the magical ability to transmit her feelings to anyone who… Continue reading Like Water For Chocolate