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Contracorriente
An unusual ghost story set on the Peruvian seaside; a married fisherman struggles to reconcile his devotion to his male lover within his town's rigid traditions. (IMDB) -
El hijo de la novia
At age 42, Rafael Belvedere is having a crisis. He lives in the shadow of his father, he feels guilty about rarely visiting his aging mother, his ex-wife says he doesn't spend enough time with their daughter and he has yet to make a commitment to his girlfriend. At his lowest point, a minor heart attack reunites him with Juan Carlos, a childhood friend, who helps Rafael to reconstruct his past and look at the present in new ways. (IMDB) -
El violín
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. Can the old man ferry out the ammunition in his violin case under the soldiers' nose? (IMDB) -
En la puta vida
Montevideo, Uruguay. In this comedic drama, Elisa, 27, dreams of opening her own hairdressing salon in one of the rich districts of the Uruguayan capital. A bit of a rebel, one day Elisa moves out of her mother's house with her two children and breaks up with Garcia, her boss and lover who has infuriated her by not wanting to get married. So, in the space of twenty-four hours, Elisa finds herself without a roof over her head, without a man, without a job and without money. Her best friend Loulou finds her a job - in the brothel run by Dona Jacqueline. And without really being aware of it, Elisa slides into prostitution, which leads her to Barcelona. She falls in love, she is exploited, she gets involved in transvestite gang wars, and meanwhile just dreams of earning enough money for her little beauty salon back home. (IMDB) -
Fresa y chocolate
Diego, a cultivated, homosexual and skeptical young man, falls in love with a young heterosexual communist full of prejudices and doctrinal ideas. First come rejection and suspicion, but also fascination. Fresa y chocolate is a coming-of-age story, told through the development of a great friendship which overcomes incomprehension and intolerance. (IMDB) -
Historias de fútbol
Three stories about football, one of the most important twentieth-century rituals. A third division player from Santiago de Chile is bribed, but does not realise that his behaviour betrays more than the loyalty of his team-mates. A boy from Calama, Chile wins the local derby pichanga, a soccer match that can last all afternoon, but he loses the few pesos he acquired by pawning his mother's last possessions. Francisco, a boy from the city, is stuck in a remote corner of the southern island of Chiloé on the day that Chile has to play its qualifying match for the World Cup. The only TV is in the house of the Serón sisters. While the local male population gathers to watch the match, the sisters decide which of them will initiate the young Francisco into love. (IMDB) -
Madeinusa
Madeinusa is a girl aged 14 with a sweet Indian face who lives in an isolated village in the Cordillera Blanca Mountain range of Peru. This strange place is characterized by its religious fervor. From Good Friday at three o'clock in the afternoon (the time of day when Christ died on the cross) to Easter Sunday, the whole village can do whatever it feels like. During the two holy days sin does not exist: God is dead and can't see what is happening. Everything is accepted and allowed, without remorse. Year after year, Madeinusa and her sister Chale, and her father Don Cayo, the Mayor and local big shot, maintain this tradition without questioning it. However, everything changes with the arrival in the village of Salvador, a young geologist from Lima, who will unknowingly change the destiny of the girl. (IMDB)Tags Quechua -
Prometeo deportado
In an unknown first world airport the arrival of an Ecuadorian flight is heard. The 'members of the European Union' passby migration, while the 'others', in the other line, wait. In the middle of the claims, a group of Ecuadorians is arrested. They are taken to the Room, where they wait to be deported. Seems like everyone hides something, like PROMETEO the young magician with his hands tied like a delinquent who has a 'magical' trunk as luggage. Time passes, it seems like there is no possible exit. Meanwhile, a different but well-known way of life takes place. The only thing left as a promising way out is illusion. (IMDB) -
Sólo con tu pareja
Yuppie and womanizer Tomas is caught in a trap when falsely diagnosed with A.I.D.S. by Silvia, a nurse who finds herself cheated by the young Casanova. Looking for a quick death (putting his head into a microwave oven) Tomas falls in love with Clarisa, a beautiful stewardess who is also suicidal because her boyfriend is having a love affair with a blonde stewardess from Continental Airlines. (IMDB) -
Tropa de Élite
In 1997, before the visit of the pope to Rio de Janeiro, Captain Nascimento from BOPE (Special Police Operation Battalion) is assigned to eliminate the risks of the drug dealers in a dangerous slum nearby where the pope intends to be lodged. Captain Nascimento is trying to find a man to replace him because his wife is pregnant and he intends to quit the command and become a trainer of the new recruits. Meanwhile, the two idealistic friends Neto and Matias join the Military Police force expecting to become honest policemen and fight the criminals. However, they see only corruption, lack of competence and stupid bureaucracy in the Military Police, and after a serious incident in the Morro da Babilônia, they decide to join the BOPE. The lives of Capitain Nascimento, Neto and Matias are entwined along the next months, first in the tough training period and then in action against drug dealers. (IMDB) -
Whisky
When his long-lost brother resurfaces, Jacobo, desperate to prove his life has added up to something, looks to scrounge up a wife. He turns to Marta, an employee at his sock factory, with whom he has a prickly relationship. (IMDB) -
La nana
Raquel, una mujer agria e introvertida, lleva 23 años trabajando de nana para los Valdés, una numerosa familia de clase alta. Un día, Pilar, su patrona, contrata a otra nana para ayudarla. Raquel, sintiendo peligrar su lugar en la familia, espanta a la recién llegada con crueles e infantiles maltratos psicológicos. Esto se repite una y otra vez hasta que llega Lucy, una risueña mujer de provincia, que logra penetrar la coraza de Raquel y cambiar su forma de ver la vida. (DVD container) -
El estudiante
Roque llega a Buenos Aires para iniciar sus estudios universitarios. Sin vocación ni rumbo se dedica a deambular por la facultad, a hacer amigos, a conocer chicas. Una de ellas lo introduce en la militancia política y le presenta a un viejo político retirado. Junto a él, Roque aprende a manejarse como un dirigente estudiantil, y siente que por fin ha encontrado su vocación, que la política es su Universidad. (DVD container) -
No
In 1988, Chilean military dictator Augusto Pinochet, due to international pressure, is forced to call a plebiscite on his presidency. The country will vote YES or NO to Pinochet extending his rule for another eight years. Opposition leaders of the NO vote persuade a brash young advertising executive, René Saavedra (Gael García Bernal), to spearhead their campaign. Against all odds, with scant resources and under scrutiny by the despot's minions, Saavedra and his team devise an audacious plan to win the election and set Chile free. (DVD container) -
Viva Cuba
Malú is from an upper-class family and her single mother doesn't want her to play with Jorgito, who she looks down on because of his lower-class background. Jorgito's mother, a poor socialist proud of her family's social standing, places similar restrictions on her son. What neither woman recognizes is the immense strength of the bond between Malú and Jorgito. When the children learn that Malú's mother is planning to leave Cuba, they decide to run away and travel to the other side of the island to find Malú's father and persuade him against signing the forms that would allow it. (DVD container) -
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María Candelaria
En 1909, María Candelaria y Lorenzo Rafael, pareja nativa de Xochimilco, desean casarse a pesar de que las circunstancias les son totalmente adversas. La gente del pueblo hostiliza a María Candelaria por ser hija de una prostituta y la pareja debe enfrentar la avaricia del tendero Don Damián, quien en secreto desea a la joven. Cuando María Candelaria enferma de paludismo, Lorenzo Rafael roba quinina y un vestido en la tienda de Don Damián. El robo desencadena la tragedia para la joven pareja de enamorados. (Portal del cine y audiovisual Latinoamericano y caribeño) -
Año Bisiesto
Laura's personal life consists of one affair after another. She meets Arturo, and the pair enter into an intense, violent sexual relationship. As days go by, Laura crosses out the days on a calendar, revealing her secret past to her lover. (IMDB) -
El chacal de Nahueltoro
Basada en un hecho real y en las crónicas noticiosas de la época, el filme cuenta la historia de José del Carmen Valenzuela autor de un brutal asesinato múltiple en la zona de Nahueltoro. Víctima además de la marginalidad en la que ha vivido, es condenado a muerte por sus actos, aunque antes de la sentencia es rehabilitado: aprende a leer, escribir y sociabilizar. Pero ello no impide que la sentencia se cumpla y que el castigo social caiga sobre él. (Cine Chile) -
Vidas secas
A andança de Fabiano e sua família de propriedade em propriedade, a dificuldade em ser gente e os sonhos de conforto material. A oscilação entre o servilismo e a revolta do cangaço, o retorno à andança pelas caatingas. (Cinemateca Brasileira) --- A poor family in the Northeast of Brazil (Fabiano, the father; Sinhá Vitória, the mother; their 2 children and a dog called Baleia) wander about the barren land searching for a better place to live, with food and work. But the drought and misery destroy their hopes. (IMDB)Tags Cinema Nôvo -
Cuba baila
Los deseos y esfuerzos de una familia de muy pocos ingresos, para realizar el sueño de celebrar los quince años de su hija a un nivel mayor que el permitido por su posición económica llevan al padre al punto de la locura. (Kimbara Cine Cubano) -
Quanto vale ou é quilo?
Uma analogia entre o antigo comércio de escravos e a atual exploração da miséria pelo marketing social, que forma uma solidariedade de fachada. No século XVII um capitão-do-mato captura um escrava fugitiva, que está grávida. Após entregá-la ao seu dono e receber sua recompensa, a escrava aborta o filho que espera. Nos dias atuais uma ONG implanta o projeto Informática na Periferia em uma comunidade carente. Arminda, que trabalha no projeto, descobre que os computadores comprados foram superfaturados e, por causa disto, precisa agora ser eliminada. Candinho, um jovem desempregado cuja esposa está grávida, torna-se matador de aluguel para conseguir dinheiro para sobreviver. (Cinemateca Brasileira) -
O Som ao Redor
A vida numa rua de classe-média na zona sul do Recife toma um rumo inesperado após a chegada de uma milícia que oferece a paz de espírito da segurança particular. A presença desses homens traz tranqulidade para alguns, e tensão para outros, numa comunidade que parece temer muita coisa. Enquanto isso, Bia, casada e mãe de duas crianças, precisa achar uma maneira de lidar com os latidos constantes do cão de seu vizinho. Uma crônica brasileira, uma reflexão sobre história, violência e barulho. (Cinemateca Brasileira) -
Machuca
Chile, 1973. Gonzalo Infante y Pedro Machuca son dos niños de once años que viven en Santiago, el primero en un barrio acomodado y el segundo en un humilde poblado ilegal. Ambos son compañeros de un colegio privado (al cual Pedro accede por becas que ofrece el director). Pero a las dificultades objetivas de este intento de integración se agregan las que se derivan del clima de abierto enfrentamiento social que vive la sociedad chilena. (Portal del cine y audiovisual Latinoamericano y caribeño) -
Orfeu
O célebre compositor Orfeu se apaixona por uma recém chegada ao morro, Eurídice. Mas tudo se complica, pois Orfeu é desejado por várias forças. No entanto, por seu amor descerá ao mundo dos mortos. (Cinemateca Brasileira) -
No se lo digas a nadie
Joaquín siempre ha sabido que le gustan los hombres, aunque no quiera aceptarlo. Presionado por el entorno social y familiar intenta relacionarse con Alejandra, pero se enamora de Gonzalo, con quien inicia una intensa aventura. El problema es que él quiere que su amigo deje a su novia, pero Gonzalo quiere casarse y continuar los encuentros a ocultas. Decepcionado por la conducta hipócrita de Gonzalo y deprimido por su ruptura con él, decide irse a Miami a buscar una vida más auténtica lejos de los prejuicios de la sociedad limeña. Pero en su nuevo destino tampoco encuentra lo que busca. Decide regresar a Lima aceptando las reglas y convenciones para integrarse socialmente. (Cine Aparte) -
Kamchatka
The film is seen through the eyes of a ten-year-old boy, Harry (Matías del Pozo), who does not know that Argentina's 1976 coup d'état is impacting his life. After witnessing the "disappearance" of dissident friends, a human rights lawyer (Ricardo Darín) and his research scientist wife (Cecilia Roth) flee the city and hide from the military police in a vacant summer house. With them are their two kids: Harry, who is fascinated with the escape artistry of Harry Houdini, and El Enano, his little brother. (Translated as "Little Guy" in the English subtitles, played by Milton de la Canal. The actual translation is "dwarf".) The family adopts new identities and attempts to lead a normal life. Later, they are joined by a student who is using the alias Lucas (Tomás Fonzi). Their new life is difficult, but a visit with their estranged grandparents (Fernanda Mistral and Héctor Alterio) reveals that they are still a close-knit family. (IMDB) -
Hello Hemingway
A young girl's academic asperation conflict with her family's struggle against poverty. Both these aspects are made all the more potent by the clear view they have of Ernest Hemingway's mansion in their home town just outside Havana. (Film Affinity US) -
Os Inquilinos
Durante os dias de atentado do PCC em São Paulo, a realidade de uma família de periferia é alterada com a chegada de três jovens barulhentos que alugam a casa vizinha. Valter, Iara e seus dois filhos pequenos passam a dormir mal. Valter, empregado em uma banca de frutas, se atormenta com as mudanças no cotidiano de sua rua, que conhece apenas pela narrativa de Iara. Iara, desde a chegada dos novos inquilinos, lhe parece cada dia mais bonita. Logo, eles percebem que os três rapazes fazem parte do crime organizado. O uso da violência parece ser inevitável, e eles começam a se sentir acuados. (Cinemateca Brasileira) -
La revolución de mayo
Dirigido por Mario Gallo, está considerado el primer film de ficción argentino realizado con actores profesionales. Representa los acontecimientos de la Revolución de Mayo de 1810, cuyo centenario estaba por cumplirse. El film fue restaurado cien años más tarde con motivo del bicentenario. (Film Affinity US) -
Ganga bruta
A man kills his wife on their wedding night, after discovering she had been unfaithful. After being acquitted, he moves to the country, where he falls in love with an innocent girl. (IMDB) -
Las mujeres que trabajan
En una gran tienda conviven muchachas pobres y honradas, una altanera ricachona que deberá bajar el copete y el desalmado dueño de la tienda. (Film Affinity US) -
Sangue mineiro
Depois que perdeu seu pai, a jovem Carmem vivia sob a proteção de seu tutor, o capitalista Juliano Sampaio. Ambos viviam felizes no solar da província. Juliano tinha uma filha, Neuza, que estudava num colégio da capital. Numa noite de São João, Carmem, apaixonada por Roberto, amigo da família, vê seu amado dispensar os mesmos afagos que lhe dava à Neuza. Em pânico e desesperada, Carmem corre pelos campos, com a única vontade de se matar. Dois primos amigos, Christovão e Max, salvam-na de se afogar e Carmem fica sob os cuidados de Tia Martha, na fazenda do Acaba-Mundo. Integrada àquela boa gente, Carmem desperta a paixão e a discórdia entre os primos, guardando diferentes sentimentos em relação a cada um deles. Com a preocupação de Sampaio, Neuza acaba descobrindo o motivo da fuga de Carmem. Roberto e o velho Franco põe-se à sua procura. Finalmente encontrada, Carmem prefere permanecer em Acaba-Mundo, onde acredita estar sua felicidade, apesar das insistências e súplicas de Roberto e Neuza. Sem resistir aos impulsos do coração, Carmem casa-se com Christovão e partem para o Rio. Max conforma-se com seu destino. (Cinemateca Brasileira) -
Yo quiero ser bataclana
Una compañía de variedades va de fracaso en fracaso, hasta que una vacante puede ofrecerle a "Catita" la oportunidad de ser algo más que una bataclana. (Cine Argentino Online) -
A Hora da Estrela
Película brasileña dirigida por Suzana Amaral (Uma Vida em Segredo) y estrenada en 1985. Se trata de una adaptación de la obra homónima de Clarice Lispector. En 1986, la actriz Marcélia Cartaxo (Bautismo de sangre) ganó el Oso de Plata como Mejor Actriz en el 36 Festival Internacional de Cine de Berlín. Macabéa (Cartaxo) es una joven de diecinueve años, inmigrante del norte, huérfana, casi analfabeta y con escasos recursos económicos. Desesperada por dar un cambio a su solitaria vida, viaja a Sao Paulo, donde encuentra un trabajo como mecanógrafa. Allí conoce a Olímpico de Jesús (José Dumont, José Dumont), obrero metalúrgico, con el que comienza un romance. Sin embargo, pronto éste rompe la relación y empieza a salir con una compañera del trabajo, Gloria (Tamara Taxman), quien está con Olímpico por recomendación de un adivino. (Sensa Cine) -
Tan de repente
Esta tragicomedia holandesa y argentina trata de una joven ingenua, Marcia (Tatiana Saphir), que aprende acerca de su sexualidad. Marcia es secuestrada por dos mujeres punky, Mao (Carla Crespo) y Lenin (Veronica Hassan). Ellas la llevan a una costa, la cual Marcia nunca había estado. Finalmente, las tres mujeres se familiarizan y terminan en la casa de una amiga de la abuela de Lenin, la tía Blanca (Beatriz Thibaudin). Allí todas descubren y redescubren las relaciones y los sentimientos que hay entre ellas. Película dirigida por Diego Lerman ('Porfirio', 'La familia invisible') (Sensa Cine) -
Vámonos con Pancho Villa
Durante la revolución mexicana, un grupo de valientes campesinos, conocidos como los "Leones de San Pablo" se unen al ejército de Pancho Villa. Después de algunas batallas, con más derrotas que victorias, el grupo original es reducido a dos: Tiburcio Maya y el joven "Becerrillo". Una epidemia de viruela se desata entre la tropa y "Becerrillo" cae enfermo. Villa ordena a Tiburcio matar al joven e incinerar su cuerpo. Desencantado, Tiburcio abandona la revolución y regresa a su pueblo. (Cine Mexicano) -
Tony Manero
A man is obsessed with John Travolta's disco dancing character from Saturday Night Fever (1977). (IMDB) -
La noche de los lápices
En septiembre de 1976, durante los primeros meses de la dictadura militar argentina, siete adolescentes de la ciudad de La Plata son secuestrados, torturados y asesinados a raíz de sus protestas por el aumento del boleto estudiantil. El film relata estos sucesos desde la voz y presencia de uno de los supervivientes. (Cine Nacional Argentino) -
Hombre mirando al sur
En un hospital psiquiátrico aparece un nuevo paciente que dice llamarse Rantés (Hugo Soto), mensajero de otro planeta, que vino a investigar la "estupidez humana". El Dr. Julio Denis (Lorenzo Quinteros) se muestra escéptico sobre esta historia, pero Rantés irá introduciéndose en su vida, haciéndolo dudar si realmente está loco, con lo que, sutilmente, lo obliga a replantear su vida y profesión. (Cine Argentino Online) -
Garage Olimpo
Maria (Antonella Costa) is a militant activist in an organization that is fighting the oppressive dictatorship. She teaches reading and writing in the suburbs of Buenos Aires in an area of shantytowns. She lives in a decrepit rooming house with her mother Diane (Dominique Sanda), who rents out some rooms. One of the lodgers, a shy young man named Felix (Carlos Echeverria), is in love with Maria. He seems to have come from nowhere and is supposed to be working in a garage. One morning, Maria is kidnapped by a military squad in civilian clothes in front of her mother and is taken to the garage 'Olimpo,' one of the many well-known torture places in the city, which operate to the general indifference of the inhabitants. Tigre, the head of the center (Enrique Pineyro) appoints their best man -- Felix -- to the job of making Maria talk. Felix is overcome by his feelings for Maria, but Maria is determined to exploit the situation for her survival. (Film Affinity US) -
Familia rodante
A wedding invite from an estranged sibiling inspires a grandmother to assemble her family and embark on a roadtrip in a broken down caravan. (IMDB) -
Nueve reinas
La historia de Nueve reinas comienza una madrugada y termina a la mañana del día siguiente. En esas 24 horas o un poco más, Juan y Marcos pasarán por la experiencia de sus vidas, por algo nunca antes vivido, por lo que Marcos insiste en llamar "una en un millón". Dos minúsculos estafadores que habitualmente trabajaban por unos pocos pesos, se conocerán fortuitamente una madrugada, e imprevistamente se verán envueltos en un negocio de centenares de miles. (Portal del cine y audiovisual Latinoamericano y caribeño) -
Bar "El Chino"
Jorge (48) is shooting a documentary film trying to capture the essence of Bar El Chino, a bar/restaurant in Buenos Aires (Argentina) where amateur singers come to sing Tango. During the production he befriends the bar's owner, El Chino, and the tango singers. Heartbroken when El Chino dies, Jorge decides to stop the shooting of his film returning to the production of uninspiring corporate videos. (IMDB) -
El niño pez
Lala, una adolescente que vive en el barrio más exclusivo de Buenos Aires, está enamorada de la Guayi, la criada paraguaya que trabaja en su casa. Sueñan con irse a vivir juntas a Paraguay, a orillas del lago Ypoá. El asesinato del padre de Lala apura sus planes. Este es el punto de partida que apura la huida en la ruta que une el norte de Buenos Aires con Paraguay. (Film Affinity US) -
El automóvil gris
Una banda de ladrones aterroriza a la alta sociedad de la Ciudad de México en 1915. Los asesinatos, robos y secuestros se suceden mientras un detective sigue la huella de los criminales. (Cine Mexicano) -
El día que me quieras
Carlos Argüelles is the son of a wealthy man whose only interests in life are business and making money. While trying to succeed in show business he falls in love with a dancer and they elope to marry. But success is not easy to obtain. (IMDB) -
Allá en el Rancho Grande
Un hacendado y su caporal, amigos desde la infancia, se enfrentan después de que el primero intenta "abusar" de la novia del segundo. Lo que pudo ser tragedia se transforma en una idílica visión de una hacienda por la cual pareciera que nunca pasó la Revolución. Este filme cimentó las convenciones de un género sumamente exitoso entre el público mexicano, ligado aún a las tradiciones provinciales: la comedia ranchera; además, obtuvo el primer premio internacional para nuestro cine en el Festival de Venecia de 1938 por la fotografía de Gabriel Figueroa. (Cineteca Nacional México) -
Puerta cerrada
Nina Miranda (Libertad Lamarque), vuelve a ser libre después de pasar 20 años encarcelada por un asesinato que ella insiste que no cometió y rememora la época de su juventud. Recuerda al novio que eligió su amor (Agustín Irusta) pese a la amenaza de sus tías millonarias (Ilde Pirovano y Angelina Pagano) de desheredarlo si se casaba con la artista. (Film Affinity US) -
Río Escondido
Por encargo del propio presidente de la república y a pesar de que está enferma del corazón, la maestra rural Rosaura Salazar sale rumbo al pueblo de Río Escondido para encargarse de la escuela que lleva meses cerrada. Tras su llegada, Rosaura debe enfrentar al cacique Regino Sandoval, quien explota y niega el agua a los campesinos y ha clausurado la escuela.(Cine Mexicano)