We Are What We Are

We Are What We Are 2010

6.00

After the death of a patriarch, a family must try to continue on with a disturbing, ritualistic tradition.

2010

Violet Perfume: No One Is Listening

Violet Perfume: No One Is Listening 2001

7.83

Yessica is a rebellious girl who forms an unlikely friendship with quiet schoolmate Miriam. Yessica's home life is ruled by her brutal stepfather and her amoral stepbrother, Jorge, while Miriam shares a calm, loving household with her mother. The girls' friendship is shattered after Jorge arranges to have one of his friends rape Yessica.

2001

Benjamín's Wife

Benjamín's Wife 1991

7.10

Benjamin is an old bachelor who lives with his sister. One day he falls in love with the young Natividad. Seeing that the love letter strategy doesn't work with the girl, Benjamín decides to kidnap her.

1991

The Tiniest Place

The Tiniest Place 2011

8.20

Years after the Salvadoran military destroyed the village of Cinquera in that country’s civil war, survivors have returned to rebuild their community. Soulful, beautifully rendered, this amazing debut is an evocative testament to place, memory and the power of life to rebound from tragedy.

2011

Evaporated

Evaporated 2017

3.60

A teenager has a crush on his best friend's mom.

2017

The Violin

The Violin 2005

7.00

In an unnamed Latin American country that closely resembles Mexico, the government fights a rural insurgency with torture, assault, rape, and murder. Soldiers descend on a town, cutting off the rebels from their cache of ammunition hidden in a field. A family of grandfather, son, and grandson are among the rebels in the hills. The grandfather, with his violin over his shoulder, tries to pass the checkpoint, ostensibly to tend his corn crop. The commanding officer lets him pass but insists on a daily music lesson.

2005

A Banishment, A Refuge

A Banishment, A Refuge 2024

1

Pato, is a woman who must face her way, while struggling with the memory of a miscarriage. Lupita is a teenager looking for her place in the world.

2024

Hora Petrolera

Hora Petrolera 2022

1

Alberto, a collective taxi driver, observes through the lives that pass through his car, the beauty hidden in the decadence of the oil city where he works.

2022

Family Bonds

Family Bonds 2003

1.00

A young man is madly in love with his mother, until he discovers a horrible truth about her sexual behavior.

2003

Bath of Life

Bath of Life 2019

6.00

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.

2019

Dying in the Gulf

Dying in the Gulf 1990

6.00

The story of the oil leader Lázaro Pizarro, of his political and personal wars, the use of crime to settle conflicts and the course of his power between the basements and the domes of Mexican politics, have a narrative record made in the Gulf of accuracy and dexterity

1990

The Tears

The Tears 2012

7.40

Fernando and Gabriel are two brothers living in a broken home. The anger and sadness that fill the house forces them to escape for a weekend into the woods. Gabriel will witness his eldest brother's self-destruction.

2012

Summer White

Summer White 2020

6.00

Rodrigo is a solitary teenager, a king in the private world he shares with his mother. Things change when she takes her new boyfriend home to live. He must decide if he fights for his throne and crushes the happiness of the person he loves the most.

2020

AM (Ante Meridiem)

AM (Ante Meridiem) 2020

1

A bullet stuck in the throat, a lost radio, a grandfather whose memory evaporates; and Hector, the grandson who must recover something larger than Troy.

2020

Eufrosina’s Revolution

Eufrosina’s Revolution 2012

7.20

Eufrosina Cruz Mendoza is from Santa Maria Quiegolani, an indigenous community located in Oaxaca, Mexico. After she was denied the right of becoming president of her community, just because she was a woman, Eufrosina began a struggle to achieve gender equality in indigenous communities, questioning the uses and traditions and defying the zone’s chiefs.

2012

The Thin Air

The Thin Air 2018

6.80

Sonia and Mateo embark on a road trip with the excuse of mending the cracks in their relationship. Traveling along the highway and riding an emotional rollercoaster, they’ll soon find out whether there’s more friction and aggression in the world around them or deep inside them as a couple. There’s always a final straw.

2018

Apnea

Apnea 2023

1

Renata has a secret relationship with Liliana, her swimming coach. The game of power in which the couple dwells can transform the love and passion they profess for each other into the same force that destroys them.

2023

Walking Distance

Walking Distance 2015

7.82

Fede is an overweight man, who finds it difficult to move around his own house. One day he finds in photography a way to change his life forever.

2015

Reacciones adversas

Reacciones adversas 2011

6.70

Daniel is a young man suffering from low selfesteem, who is incapable of defending himself from the abuses of employers and of society in general. He is medicated with antidepressants to make his monotonous life more bearable; however, far from helping him, the medication worsens hiscondition with hallucinations and psychotic thoughts of vengeance that lead him to a state of total confusion.

2011

Shotgun

Shotgun 2023

1

A shy boy wants to befriend three kids that reject him. Determined to fit into the group, he has to decide whether he’s capable of shooting an animal to earn the respect of the kids.

2023