María Rojo
1) Midaq Alley
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
Heated tempers, frustrated desires and dashed hopes plague a diverse group of individuals whose lives cross paths in Mexico City. There is the bar-owner's son, Chava (Juan Manuel Bernal), who yearns to emigrate to America. A poor barber, Abel (Bruno Bichir), is madly in love with the gorgeous Alma (Salma Hayek), who eventually becomes a high-class prostitute. Finally, there is Susanita (Margarita Sanz), the desperate spinster who pursues many love...
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
Español
Description
It is said that Nobel Prize winner Gabriel García Márquez never allowed for a film adaptation of his singular masterpiece *One Hundred Years of Solitude*, arguably the most influential novel in any language of the second half of the twentieth century, to be produced. However, the prolific Colombian writer had strong ties to the movies. GABO & CINEMA is a commendable and well documented contribution to the general study of Gabriel García Márquez’s...
3) Naufragio
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
Español
Description
"Amparito fantasizes about the return of her son, Miguel Angel, who left home years earlier to travel around the world as a sailor. She has left his room intact with all of his personal effects. Leticia, a young colleague who shares the apartment, becomes progressively invested in Amparito's obsession. The freedom of Miguel Angel's idealized wandering contrasts with the drudgery of the clerical jobs held by these two women. One night, while Amparito...