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Raindance Film Festival · 2012

Raindance Film Festival 2012

Mexican Films

Programme

7 films

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Barbarous Mexico

An expose of the slave trade that still exists in present day Mexico.

(Country: Mexico; Year: 2012; Director: Luis Rincón; Writer: Luis Rincón)

Brilliant Soil

A documentary about a potter and her political battle to protect her people, the indigenous Purépechas, from lead poisoning.

(Country: Mexico; Year: 2012; Director: José Luis Figueroa Lewis, Sebastián Diaz Aguirre; Writer: Sebastían Díaz Aguirre, José Luis Figueroa Lewis, Lorena Fuentes Aymes; Stars: Herlinda Morales Jerónimo, Víctor Águila Sánchez)

Die Standing Up

A documentary about social justice campaigner Irina Layevska.

(Country: Mexico; Year: 2012; Director: Jacaranda Correa; Writer: Jacaranda Correa, Martha Orozco, Rodolfo Santa Ma Troncoso; Stars: Irina Layevska, Nélida Reyes)

Donkeys

The magical realist tale of a boy striving to keep his family together after his father is murdered.

(Country: Mexico; Year: 2012; Director: Odín Salazar Flores; Writer: Odín Salazar Flores; Stars: Abimael Orozco, Leticia Gutierrez, Alfredo Herrera)

Flower In The Slime

An orphaned girl seduces the man who adopts her, who then abandons his wife to try and find her after another lover draws her into the sex industry.

(Country: Mexico; Year: 2012; Director: Guillermo González Montes; Writer: Guillermo González Montes; Stars: Odiseo Bichir, Claudia Zepeda, Claudia Ramírez)

Here Comes The Devil

An Argentinian couple's children vanish when exploring a cave near Tijuana. When they are found again the next day, something about them has changed.

(Country: Mexico; Year: 2012; Director: Adrían García Bogliano; Writer: Adrían García Bogliano; Stars: Francisco Barreiro, Laura Caro)

My Universe In Lower Case

A young Spanish nurse explores Mexico City, looking for the father she thought was dead.

(Country: Mexico; Year: 2012; Director: Hatuey Viveros; Writer: Ana Mata, Inti Aldasoro; Stars: Aida Folch, Diana Bracho, Tara Parra)