Discoveries from Mexico World Cinema

Kidnapping band has a system set up to transport infants and older children to black-market adoptive parents in the USA.

Desperate to save his family from death threats by a notorious drug dealer, Mateo Cruz steals the venerated image of the Virgin of Guadalupe causing pandemonium throughout Mexico.

Pedro Gonzalez first gets into trouble as part of a criminal gang and then works honourably to become rich. Money is his undoing allowing him to become a womanizer and drinker, almost losing his wife. Finally he rejoins her, they have a son and he pays for his mistakes.

When a dedicated jockey finds that the local politicians are not to be trusted and begins to feel his romance with a beautiful woman slowly slipping away, his last-ditch effort to risk it all for his trusted horse Palomo shows that sometimes animals are truly man's best friend.

A young man is torn between his family at home and his gang on the street. His uncle, a wrestling champion, tries to help him follow the right path. But his gang members influence him to take drugs and commit robberies.

Behind the dark, sensuous and almost hallucinatory images, a grim story is smouldering about a school teacher and social activist, who after a questionable trial was convicted for killing four police officers in a Mexican province.

Rich widow recovers from a thirty-year alcoholic fugue and resumes her previous life.

The story of two women, a mother and her daughter, who during the Cristero War set traps for government soldiers passing by their house, using seduction that was never consummated. The idea was to deceive the soldiers by making them feel safe, then hand them over, almost with their hands tied, to the Cristero guerrillas. But then one of the women, the daughter, truly falls in love with one of the soldiers, allows herself to be seduced by him, and then tries to save him, only to be killed, in the circumstances, by the soldier himself.

On Carnival Night, many people come together at a nightclub near the docks. The stories of an aging beauty and her cousin, a faded poet, young Marxists, corrupt politicians, and a group of dock workers cross in a night of ribald fun with a darker edge.

A trio of masked Mexican wrestlers take on a mad scientist, killer dwarfs, and a horde of re-animated mummies in Guanajuato.

Nostalgic comedy about medical students circa 1905.

Bumbling oaf takes custody of his god-daughter and helps her advance her singing career.

When a robbery goes wrong, the thief takes a singer as hostage, they fall in love and try to rebuild their lives, but tragedy surges in the most unexpected way.

Every abandoned woman has dreamed of taking revenge on her husband. Fate gives Eva that possibility. On the first anniversary of running away to find the love of a younger woman, Joaquín, her ex-husband, has to return to the family home temporarily disabled. Eva will be in charge of taking care of him. A film about women's fear of abandonment and men's fear of impotence.

Viri owns "Amores", one of the last video stores in Mexico City. She's sad because nobody remembered her birthday. Augustin comes to rent an old movie almost at closing time. While they look for the movie, an employee closes the Video Store thinking it's empty. Filmed in real time and in one single shot, both, Viri and Agustin, will realize that love always operates in unexpected ways, as in the movies.

A villain has his cronies kidnap a teacher and pretends to be him, teaching in a hidden town.

At the highest place in Tarahumaran mountain, a Shaman was brutally murdered. The investigation leads detective Aguilar to ask for help to a veterinarian and a priest, to find out that the crime is just the beginning of a series of brutal murders by a nahual (Wolfman)

The dead body of a young man who was kidnapped is found, the police looks for the kidnappers as a web of corruption its uncovered in the police department.

This musical comedy tells the story of two men whose friendship (whose beginning is told in "A toda máquina") is affected by assumptions love triangles and misunderstandings between the two, however, the value of that friendship overcomes all difficulties.

The cabaret life truly satisfied her; she thrived in that environment of lust and unbridled passions. They called her 'the lioness.' Her life changed when two men vied for her love, leading to a journey from vulgar passion to acts of bloodshed.

Vicky The Devil is an urban Cinderella drag queen in the quest for a prince charming and her own “happy ending”. One night, Vicky gets hit by Concepcion’s car, an ultra conservative retired teacher addicted to casino slot machines. Despite belonging to opposite worlds, Vicky and Concepcion will become close friends. Their friendship will put to the test when Vicky’s dark side shows its head.

Verónica, a middle-aged highschool history teacher, leads a non eventful life: she has grownup children, grandchildren and a less than perfect marriage. This dynamic seems to be the only thing she can hold on to, as she battles a terminal illness. As she reluctantly accepts her fate, she meets Eva, an irreverent and misunderstood new student who unknowingly injects some life and enthusiasm back into her and provides her with the tools to deal with her destiny.

A young woman inherits a mansion, only to discover that it is haunted by witches and evil spirits.

Two rats rampage the clergy in search of food.

Ernesto participates in a race in which another competitor runs over a blind man and runs away. Ernesto is guilty and his only way to escape prison is disguised as a woman. In his new role, Ernesto falls in love with a young woman, but unfortunately he cannot tell her the truth or what he feels until the culprit is caught.

Cristina Carver (Angelica Maria) finds herself in dire straits after she arrives to spend some time with her TV-reporter husband (Dean Stockwell) who is visiting a Latin American country run by a military dictator. After a car accident one day, Cristina brings the helpful Col. Kostik (Donald Pleasence) home and then kills him in self-defense when he violently attempts to rape and murder her. Terrified, she covers up her act and hides the body, yet in spite of her husband's efforts to protect her, a local police detective starts to figure out what really happened.

To save their father's life, three siblings skilled in magic, escapism, and swindling must steal a priceless mummy from an old hacienda during the "Night of the Dead" party. Success means fortune and peace; failure brings severe consequences.

Days before her wedding, young Sara starts experiencing disturbing visions that may be related to her recently acquired wedding gown.

While tracking down the three men that killed his father, a notorious bad-ass commits other misdeeds, seemingly based on his desire to wreck as many lives as possible. Doesn't really have anything to do with the historical figure known as Remington, though they used his name for the character here.

Piporro doesn’t need to use his gun to get away with murder.

Three short films about intimacy, infidelity and life as a couple (or almost)

Graciela grows tiresome & jealous of her husband Diego's dog "Ixchel". Ixchel is pampered and always given the attention she wants. When Graciela leaves Diego for good because of Ixchel; she ends up stuck outside of town and that is where she meets the individual who's been killing people all-around there and it is someone or something unexpected..

After her father has been murdered, the beautiful but allegedly insane Isabella lives in the house of her two nephews. A scenarist in need of inspiration walks on the beach and slowly unravels a series of murders.

Rogelio’s story, a young man of humble origin in the neighborhood of Tepito, who falls in love with the daughter of a wealthy grocer, Michelle, but his marriage to her will be a failure and he will end up as a one more drunk.

Brought back to life by his grandson, a diabolical scientist with an unquenchable thirst for blood goes on a rampage. A revision of the Mexican horror film LA MARCA DEL MUERTE, considerably edited and with 20 minutes of new American-made footage.

Through Germán Camus y Cía., Colonial Film has presented its first film, based on the poem Fray Juan, by José Velarde.

A soldier is assigned to guard the body of a man who was shot. During the night, he encounters a widow who is watching over the burial of her ex-husband.

Two boys and two girls hook up at the big festival in a neighboring town. Once they get back home they have to deal with their families' plans for them, which may not include their new sweethearts.

Three episodes: 1) "A Christmas dinner" where the family members fantasize about being somewhere else. The fetishist father wants to put on feminine clothes. The son longs for another transvestite adventure. The daughter yearns to be a singer and destroy the saints of the church with her voice. The youngest son wants to stab everyone dead. 2) "Game of mirrors". Two young classmates kiss on a picnic, but the girl's brother accuses the couple of being immoral. Bizarre things develop. 3) "Tetrahedron". A very fat man faces his girlfriend's longing for love.

The disembodied head of Pancho Villa, kept in a glass jar in a research institute, is the narrator of several short stories from his own life, stories that might or might not have happened but are the stuff of legend.

One night, when returning home, an accident occurs on the subway and it stops providing service. On Natalia's path, she will meet characters and situations that will move her in an unexpected direction.

A chronicle of the Mexican oil expropriation in 1938 through the eyes of President Lazaro Cardenas and journalist Alberto Miranda.

Kern has to fight an evil menace that could destroy the earth when Veritas, his favorite comic book hero, comes to life and seeks his help.

Sofía tries to decide which is the most important virtue of all, while Faith, Justice and Charity try to gain her attention.

Ruled by a tough grandma, the Garcías are three charro cousins who fall in love with young American-born Lupita and fight for her love until grandma quiets them.

Blind man with no family relies on his mayor-domo for everything from domestic chores to administrating his estate. Surprise: the mayor domo is blind too. Somehow it all works out.

Wrestling melodrama: crooked gamblers, boy/girl stuff and a priest who needs money to run his orphanage.

India María raises a kidnapped newborn and is pursued by criminals who want the boy.

Irma, a woman originally from an indigenous region in Mexico, migrates to the city. As she navigates the streets of this new environment, she engages in a dialogue with herself. With each word, memories of a past life in which Irma was a jaguar roaming the vast Chinantec region start to emerge.

Triplemanía XXIII was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) produced by the Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) promotion that took place on August 9, 2015, at Arena Ciudad de México in Mexico City, Mexico. The event was the twenty-third year in a row that AAA has held a Triplemanía show, and was the thirtieth show held under the Triplemanía name since 1993 as AAA held multiple Triplemanía shows some years. The annual Triplemanía show is AAA's biggest show of the year, serving as the culmination of major storylines and feature wrestlers from all over the world competing in what has been described as AAA's version of WrestleMania or their Super Bowl event.