Scorched Water
Apr 24, 2015 | IMDB 0
76 min Watch NowDocumentary
Searching for the unique Axolotl, a endemic salamander that used to live in the former lake of Mexico, Atl Tlachinolli is an essayistic inquiry into survival and adaptation, the film casts its gaze on that which remains.
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Hidden Memory
Tales from the Inside
Takeda
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Remembrance
Pulque Song
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1973
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IMDB 10 | Mar , 2015
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IMDB 10 | Oct , 2014
Diana Mariscal reached a moment of fame in the sixties, when at just 18 years of age she was the lead actress of the movie Fando and Lis by Alejandro Jodorowsky. The moment seemed to trigger a promising career, but her public image faded little by little until disappearing. Forty years later the traces of her existence have not been entirely erased.Grandpa Cheno and Other Stories
IMDB 6.8 | Jul , 1995
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IMDB 10 | Sep , 2013
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IMDB 7.2 | Oct , 2004
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IMDB 7.9 | Jun , 2011
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IMDB 6.5 | Mar , 2016
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IMDB 7.2 | Nov , 2012
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IMDB 8.8 | Mar , 2016
An emotional journey that takes us into one father – daughter relationship, through their struggles and dificultéis, ending in the house by the sea where they were happy together.A Family Love Story
IMDB 2 | Feb , 2017
There are promises that are impossible to keep. My uncle José made such a promise as a child in 1963 to my mother Ana Luisa, to whom he declared a special kind of devotion. There are always bonds like this between siblings establishing mysterious complicites. This is what José declared to little Ana Luisa: "The day that you die, I´m going to die with you".Bath of Life
IMDB 6 | Mar , 2019
Immersive documentary which takes us n an intimate journey to the inner life of public baths through the voices of three characters: Felipe, the main clerk since 1984; Juana, a street sweeper in Mexico City's downtown; and Jose, a frequent client of more than forty years. Bath of Life becomes a confessionary for those who gather around the same place: the sauna.Hidden Memory
IMDB 8.8 | Oct , 2014
We follow the filmmaker's struggle to reconstruct a period of her life when she lost her memory.Tales from the Inside
IMDB 6 | Jan , 2004
Tales from the Inside Women inmates of Puente Grande Federal Prison in the state of Jalisco give testimonies of their lives and convey the emotional experience of their confinement. Speaking from their own experience, they reflect upon the human condition, survival, and the concept of freedom.Takeda
IMDB 7 | Oct , 2017
Takeda is a film about the universality of the human being seen thru the eyes of a Japanese painter that has adopted the Mexican culture.Benny
IMDB 8.8 | Oct , 2015
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IMDB 6.3 | Nov , 2013
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IMDB 10 | Jul , 2003
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IMDB 10 | Mar , 2003
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IMDB 8.3 | Nov , 2009
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IMDB 8.3 | Mar , 2006
“1973” Is the tale on the life of three people who were born in Mexico City in the year of 1973, it starts since their first memory until today. The three of them want to be someone they can’t achieve, they share the dream of running away from the city, but finally they fail and find three different ways of personal destruction.