Daniel Giménez Cacho
2) Zama
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
Zama, an officer of the Spanish Crown born in South America, waits for a letter from the King granting him a transfer from the town in which he is stagnating, to a better place. His situation is delicate. He must ensure that nothing overshadows his transfer. He is forced to accept submissively every task entrusted to him by successive Governors who come and go as he stays behind. The years go by and the letter from the King never arrives. When ZAMA...
3) Blancanieves
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Set in southern Spain in 1920s, BLANCANIEVES is a re-imaging of the classic tale of *Snow White* and tribute to silent films. Once upon a time there was a little girl who had never known her mother. She learned the art of her father, a famous bullfighter, but was hated by her evil stepmother. One day she ran away with a troupe of dwarves, and became a legend. Winner of 10 **Goya Awards**, including Best Original Screenplay, Best Actress (Maribel Verdú),...
4) Deep crimson
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
Español
Description
Based on the true story of the Lonely Hearts Murders, Nicolas and Coral roam the back roads of Mexico looking for lonely women who Nicolas seduces and the insanely jealous Coral then murders.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A career criminal ... pulls off the heist of a lifetime, but his getaway plans go south of the border when a high-speed car chase lands him in a hard-core Mexican prison community known as "El Pueblito." Now, in order to survive, he'll have to fend off corrupt cops, take down ruthless druglords--and team up with a streetwise ten-year-old who has a few secrets of his own"--Container.
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
Español
Description
Set in El Salvador in the 1980s, the story of an eleven-year-old boy and the pressures on his life from the civil war. Based on the true story of screenwriter Oscar Torres's embattled childhood.
Situado en El Salvador en la década de 1980, la historia de un niño de once años de edad, y las presiones sobre su vida desde la guerra civil. Basada en la historia real de la infancia del guionista Oscar asediado Torres.
7) Zama
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Español
Description
"Zama, an officer of the Spanish Crown born in South America, waits for a letter from the King granting him a transfer from the town [in Asunción, Paraguay] in which he is stagnating, to a better place. His situation is delicate. He must ensure that nothing overshadows his transfer. He is forced to accept submissively every task entrusted to him by successive Governors who come and go as he stays behind. The years go by and the letter from the King...
8) The promise
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Empires fall, love survives. When Michael, a brilliant medical student, meets Ana, their shared Armenian heritage sparks an attraction that explodes into a romantic rivalry between Michael and Ana's boyfriend Chris, a famous American photojournalist dedicated to exposing political truth. As the Ottoman Empire crumbles into war torn chaos, their conflicting passions must be deferred while they join forces to get their people to safety and survive themselves....
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
Español
Description
"Es la historia de un nįo brillante, inadaptado y pesimista, que tras enterarse de que es un genio, lucha por salir adelante a pesar de la ignorancia y los escasos recursos de su familia. Con s̤lo ocho ąos de edad, tiene que adelantar la decisi̤n m̀s dif̕cil de su vida: ¿Qǔ quiere ser de grande?"--Filmaffinity.com.
A heartwarming comedic film about family love and the hard choices that come with opportunity. Set in Sonora, Mexico, Jerema's...