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"In a rundown circus on the outskirts of Mexico City, 13 year-old Alma earns a living as a trapeze artist. When her fellow performers find out that she is pregnant, Alma is expelled from the circus. She lives on the streets until she meets a troupe of traveling puppeteers that preach the word of God. Alma sees a promise in them, a glimpse of hope. This is a story of a young girl's search for redemption and forgiveness."--Container.
2) Canoa
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"One of Mexico's most highly regarded works of political cinema, Canoa: A Shameful Memory reimagines a real-life incident that had occurred just eight years before its release, when a group of urban university employees on a hiking trip were viciously attacked by residents of the village of San Miguel Canoa who had been manipulated by a corrupt priest into believing the travelers were communist revolutionaries. Director Felipe Cazals adopts a gritty...
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"Historia de Dionisio Pinzón, anunciador de palenques, y de un regalo que le cambia la vida; un gallo moribundo. Tras la muerte de su madre y la recuperación del gallo, éste hace ganar dinero a Dionisio en los palenques. La fortuna parece sonreírle, y más aún cuando la mujer que ama accede a casarse con él".
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"Natividad, a beautiful young woman, who dreams of leaving her small town behind and traveling the world, is looking for help to achieve her goal. Is her best bet the handsome delivery man, Leandro, or the middle-aged, somewhat slow-witted Benjamin, who is secretly in love with her? Acting on his friends' ill-advised suggestions, Benjamin kidnaps Natividad in hopes of forcing her to love him, which sets into action a series of unforeseen events"--Container....
7) Matinée
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Two young boys skip school to go to a matiňe. Instead they take a ride with a truck driver who is hijacked and find themselves in a bigger adventure than any at the movies. While their adventure is exciting it is not very safe and they learn some truths about life they hadn't intended to learn.
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Esta es la historia de dos mercenarios que crecieron juntos, como hermanos, y de su celosa relación con la imponente Casilda. Al terminar la Guerra de la Reforma, Pedro y Damián emprenden un camino que los conduce a jugar, robar y matar. Las cartas con que juegan parecen determinar su destino.
The story of two mercenaries, raised as brothers, and their jealous relationship with the stunningly beautiful Casilda. At the end of the Reform War, Pedro...
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Una escritora de edad madura ha decidido romper con su presente incierto que le impide crear la novela que durante años ha anidado en su mente y va a su país natal en busca del pasado lleno de fantasmas y quimeras.
A middled-aged writer decides to break away from her uncertain present that does not allow her to write the novel she has had in mind for years, and so she determines to leave for her native country in search of a past full of ghosts...
13) Pueblo de madera
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"The description of life in a timber-producing town, San Miguel de las Cruces, Durango, as seen by two of the male protagonists during their visit."--Container.