Organ trafficking runs rampant in the sinister and chaotic city of Guadalajara, Mexico. When a tabloid photographer arrives at the scene of a supposed accident, he finds himself involved in a situation where his life is at stake.
Matilde is a nun convinced that faith moves mountains. She secretly begins a mystic fasting to end what she considers to be the second great flood. Elena is a thin and fashion-conscious woman ashamed of her daughter's chubbiness. She's willing to do the impossible to make her daughter Linda thin so Linda will look like a little princess on the day she receives her first communion. At the same time Elena's husband Gustavo - a professor of architecture - cannot cope with his wife's bones poking him during intimate moments so he turns his attention to a buxom female student with a hearty appetite.
It was the year of 1962 when I turned 12 and my breasts began to grow. Cecilia, my sister, went to study in Paris, I was left alone with my parents and their problems. I discovered that the breasts made men and women crazy, while mine began to draw the attention of my friends without adults realizing that I needed a bra.
Historical melodrama on horseback, 1840s or so in central Mexico. Pulpy, Zorro-ish...
Laura is a successful plastic surgeon who feels her life is somewhat empty. She meets a young nurse and falls in love and experiences sexuality to a extent not known to her. However, this spiral of desire and seduction is a dangerous game where no one is who they appear to be.
Hidalgo, en su celda del Hospital Militar de Chihuahua, recuerda algunos pasajes de su vida, principalmente su estancia como párroco en San Felipe Torres Mochas; donde se relacionó con las clases bajas y nació la idea emancipadora, tradujo y montó al Tartufo de Molière, se enamoró de Josefa Quintana y se alejó por algún tiempo de la vida eclesiástica.
Jimmy Morales is a young fighter with a short career but with a promising future in the world of boxing. One night, after watching a movie, he witnesses a cold-blooded murder committed by Germán Corona, a known gangster of the neighborhood. Their eyes meet, Jimmy fears the worst, but the murderer runs away inexplicably. From that moment, a peculiar relationship between the boxer and gangster develop.
Future Romcom
Three parallel stories revolving around Mexico City’s Christmas celebrations intertwine in the film’s finale. In the first story, an estranged daughter seeks reconciliation with her family. In the second, two friends put their friendship to the test when they start working as competing Santa Clauses in Alameda Central Park. In the third, a lonely chef that cooks Christmas dinners for other families confronts her feelings for her kitchen assistant.
A fairy tale about the political and socioeconomic realities of Mexico.
A man who loses his wife and goes to seclude himself in a cabin in the woods, where strange things happen.
Based on the book by Julia Alvarez. Three sisters become activists during the Dominican Republic's Trujillo regime when members of their family are killed by the government's troops.
After a police raid, commanding officer Alberto has confiscated a large sum of money from a powerful drug dealer named Bartolomé. Bartolomé is pure evil and wants his money back, so he makes a plan to recover his money that involves kidnapping Alberto's son and forcing Alberto's wife, a famous runner, to run the local marathon.
A governor wants to be president, but in order to reach his goal he needs to do what he hates most: being a politician.
Marta used to be a recognized and successful psychic, but after a dramatic experience, she loses faith in her gift and develops agoraphobia. She couldn't see the devilish side of her rapper, Mario, and now, Marta is afraid that Mario will stalk her again. As soon as she released from the asylum, she moves to Monica's uncle apartment. There, she feels safe. But soon, she has trouble with her crazy neighbors. And if this wasn't enough, a spectrum starts to haunt her, making her life impossible. Marta will have to fight against all these difficulties and manage to get her gift back before Mario finds her.
In 2033, Mexico City is a hot, mechanical and chaotic megacity ruled by the military and a tyrannical government. It is an oppressed society with its religious faith and liberty of expression stolen. Pablo, the main character, is a young finantial yuppie that gets shelter in drugs and alcohol. He leaves his privileged life in order to help the unprotected and destroy the system that controls the population.
Iliteracy today seems to be a small problem globally, but it is hell for the individual illiterate that struggles alone in a hyper communicative era.
In a highly dysfunctional family consisting of father, mother and young daughter, dwells conflicts and dangers in a paralyzing silence.
Based on the true story of the collapse of a mine in San Jose, Chile—that left 33 miners isolated underground for 69 days.
A manipulative mama deftly manages the life of her homosexual son so that he can have his cake and eat it too. A woman of means, she does this by allowing her son, a doctor, to tryst in her home with his lover. Putting her son's happiness above all else, she then arranges a marriage of convenience to a woman.
An astronomer who works at the Mexican Large Millimeter Telescope discovers a misterious signal coming from the Cygnus constellation, which starts causing strange events at the observatory.
Returning to Earth as an imitator, the legendary Mexican artist Pedro Infante must prove that he is no longer a womanizer to enter paradise.
By night, Esteban (Sebastian Ligarde) is an assassin for the mob. By day, Esteban is a pimp and his boss explains to him that the demand right now are prostitutes that are very average looking. He manages to find one girl and her name is Julia (Vanessa Yudic). Julia is a young secretary who mostly keeps to herself, but still longs for a good man in her life. Julia at first is contemplated by the job offer Esteban has offered her considering it's prostitution, but since she's very attracted to Esteban, she takes the job and let's him take fully advantage of her and her innocence. Julia, young, naive, and virginal, thinks Esteban really loves her because she gives herself up to him. She thinks all that he does is out of love and "tough" love.
A middle-aged man calls into question his life choices and his own morals after a flirtation with a teenage girl at the beach.
After leaving a desolate mother and an abandoned home, Julian returns 10 years later in search for his past, only to find his ex-wife Maria partnered with Santiago, a writer in whom she has found a refuge. Julian's arrival will give a new direction to the lives of the three, creating a love triangle full of reconciliations, secrets and death.
In the late 40's, in a post-war environment, Luis is nine years old and lives the constant absence of his mother. Mrs. Acela has an unusual job, helps "to die", but her son does not know exactly what his job is and all the time he is worried. About to turn years Luis makes a request that will mark his life.
Carlos is tired of how a TV Network manipulates information and abuses its power. In order to bring justice, he kidnaps one of his main executives.
10 fantastic and dark conversations tell us the story of a Mexican family through the relations and conflicts of two brothers.
A sadist kidnaps & struggles to keep several women captive till he meets one that's all too willing to cater to his cruel desires.
In a forgotten village of the Yucatán, Lena, a 68-year-old widow, crosses paths with Leon, a 62-year-old Mayan guardian of nature’s secrets and spirits. Lena finds an unexpected companion in Leon. Despite their differences and seemingly opposite worlds, a deep connection forms between them—one that will bind them until death. In his new film, Germinal Roaux, one of the most unique voices of contemporary European cinema, delivers a philosophical story about aging and the decay of the body. Above all, it’s about solidarity and the small gestures of love that give meaning—and dignity—to our existence. True to the aesthetic codes established in his previous works, Roaux’s film, shot in black and white and unfolding with a ritualistic rhythm that mirrors the slow passage of time at the twilight of life, speaks poetically and with genuine emotion about the most essential bond that connects us: love.
A pathological murderer who focuses on models has the police bewildered. Their only hope of finding the murderer is with the help of a model, Tania. She can feel everything the victims go through in their final hours of life.
Juan Camaney returns with his large group of soldiers, all of them dedicated to action & battle.
Roger Ramirez is an experienced stock car racer in Mexico. The team that leads the current season offers him to join their ranks and with it, the opportunity to race abroad. His decision means abandoning the team and the people who have supported him to get where he is.
Tells the story behind an assassination attempt perpetrated in 1897, by a dipsomaniac man, against the President of the Mexican Republic, General Porfirio Diaz.