Etiqueta: Mexico
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The racer or the souls the devil carries (El corredor o las almas que lleva el diablo)
Violence, death and gasoline. An illegal race from Monterrey to Saltillo, six racers, and an award of 1,2 million pesos for the winner. A special clause: for each person who dies during the race, the sum will increase by two hundred thousand pesos. Ricardo Prieto is an old man, who is addicted to the…
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Janis Joplin’s lover (El amante de Janis Joplin)
The Mexican Forrest Gump. David Valenzuela is known as the “town idiot”, and at 20 years old he has missed out on the normal experiences for his age, from having a girlfriend to getting involved in criminal activities. One night, a girl named Carlota invites him out to dance. Although he is surprised, David agrees,…
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The Red Book: continuation (El libro rojo: Continuación)
BOOK I: 1868-1928 | BOOK II: 1928-1959 BOOK III: 1959-1979 | BOOK IV: 1980-1993 Contemporary Mexico told through its crimes. In 1870, Vicente Riva Palacio, Manuel Payno, Rafael Martínez de la Torre, Juan A. Mateos, and Francisco Zarco published The Reed Book: 1520-1867, a fictionalized history of crime and bloodshed in Mexico from 1520 to…
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The Orchard Series (Saga La huerta)
True horror is not knowing who to trust. The architect Roberto Benavídez and his family move to “the Orchad”, a house in the countryside, in provincial Mexico. There, Lorena, his wife; Patricia, his oldest kid; and Carlitos, his youngest, start a new life far away from the capital. What they don’t know is that…
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This Emptiness that Boils (Este vacío que hierve)
Secrets are hidden underground. The story takes place in 2030, Karina is a twenty-five-year-old physicist who is currently working on a new theory of universal gravitation. She lives in the south of Mexico City with her grandmother Rebeca. One night, her grandmother, while drunk, mistakes Karina for a ghost from her past, and reveals…
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Saga Sunny Pascal
Bitter Drink | The Tequila Case | A Handful of Bullets (Trago amargo | El caso tequila | Por un puñado de balas) Movie Stars, alcohol, drugs, and mysterious homicides. Bitter Drink. Mexico, 1964. Ava Gardner, Elisabeth Taylor and Richard Burton – among other Hollywood stars – travel to the beach…
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I Loved You and You Screwed Me Over (Te amaba y me chingaste) (Film/ TV Series)
A 19th century soap opera in the 21st century. Between tacos with lots of salsa, alcohol, and songs by José José and Juan Gabriel, Fosca Maria and Tito Lucio fall in love and then screw each other. Fosca Maria, like most Saturday afternoons, doesn't have any plans. At least she didn't until Tito…
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The Millionaires of War (Los millonarios de la guerra)
To make millions you don't need to win the war. December of 2006, former Mexican President Felipe Calderon declared the war on drugs, an era of blood and fire that has left hundreds of thousands dead. However, a handful of businessmen, some associated with former Secretary of Public Security Genaro García Luna, used this crisis to…
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Cherubs in Hell (Querubines en el infierno)
The harrowing story of Mexicans who fought for the U.S. in World War II. Cannon fodder: that is what the Mexican migrants who enlisted in the U.S. Army to fight in World War II were, under the promise of citizenship and recognition from a country that had reluctantly adopted them. Los Angeles, during…
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A Mexican in Every Child (Un mexicano en cada hijo te dio)
Beautiful and beloved Mexico is what it is today thanks to figures from its history. There are illustrious figures who have something, or everything, to do with what is "Mexicanness" today, often relegated to the shadows of oblivion. Beyond the official history, a group of Mexicans throughout history have had the chance to influence, for better or worse, the life and culture of the country, but whom disdain has erased from memory. Heroes of flesh and blood, villains or stars that shined only to be suddenly dimmed. Figures such as Isabel Moctezuma: the last Aztec princess; Jesús García Corona, the hero of Nacozari; Gilberto Bosques, "the Mexican Schindler"; Tezozomoc, the terrible chief of Tacuba; Lorenzillo, the terror of the seas of Campeche; Jesús Malverde, the saint of the narcos; Hilda Krüger, the Nazi spy who was also the mistress of a Mexican president;…
