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600 Miles
(600 Millas)
A Separate Wind
(Viento aparte)
All of Me
(Llévate mis amores)
Gabriel Ripstein/Mexico, USA/2015/85 min
Cast: Tim Roth, Kristyan Ferrer, Aurora
Herrington-Auerbach
THU 18 JUNE 20:20 ODEON
FRI 19 JUNE 18:10 ODEON
PRICE: £10.00 (£8.00 CONCS)
A clever crime film which makes the most of
its road movie structure, 600 Miles marks the
assured directorial debut of Gabriel Ripstein,
son of acclaimed Mexican director Arturo
Ripstein. Tim Roth (also one of the film’s
executive producers) provides a good deal
of edge and personality as Hank Harris, an
American federal agent who, whilst tracking
arms traffickers, finds himself taken prisoner
by a young wannabe criminal (talented
newcomer Kristyan Ferrer).
Alejandro Gerber Bicecci/Mexico/2014/
100 min
Cast: Mario Balandra, Valentina Buzzurro,
Margarita Chavarría, Sebastián Cobos,
Desiderio Däxuni
SUN 21 JUNE 18:50 FILMHOUSE 2
SUN 28 JUNE 18:15 ODEON
PRICE: £10.00 (£8.00 CONCS)
A brother and sister’s rite-of-passage road
trip across the parched Mexican landscape.
When teenagers Omar and Karina’s mother
suffers a stroke, they set off across Mexico
to visit their grandmother. Their journey
exposes them to people and situations they
are ill-equipped to deal with, and tensions
run high as they contend with a complex,
unforgiving adult world. Social divisions,
unrest and violence are evidenced in the
world around them in a multi-layered,
naturalistic tale of the bonds of family and
the intricacies of Mexican society.
Arturo González Villaseñor/Mexico/2014/
87 min
THU 18 JUNE 18:20 FILMHOUSE 3
TUE 23 JUNE 20:45 FILMHOUSE 2
PRICE: £10.00 (£8.00 CONCS)
Every day since 1995, a determined group of
women have been using all their resources
to feed hundreds of migrants passing through
La Patrona, a small village in Central Mexico,
onboard ‘The Beast’ - a seemingly never-
ending train carrying people’s hopes for a
better life. The women’s personal reflections
on life lend emotional support to a story
filled with passion and generosity.
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Mexico has a long tradition as one of the
most prolific film production countries
in Latin America. In partnership with,
and as part of, the Year of Mexico in
the UK, EIFF is bringing the very best
of Mexican cinema to Edinburgh and
the UK. Paying particular attention to
some of the most discussed films on
the international film festival circuit,
this Focus on Mexico presents a unique
selection of new feature films, classics
and a short film programme, altogether
featuring 20 films from a wide range of
genres, that we hope will nurture the
current debate on Mexican cinema.
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The Dance of the
Memory
(La danza del
hipocampo)
Eldest Brother
(Bankilal)
I Stay with You
(Me quedo contigo)
Bernardo Arellano/Mexico/2014/110 min
Cast: Antonio Perez Carbajal, Bertha Olivia
Ramirez, Francisco Barreiro, Jose Sefami
SAT 20 JUNE 18:10 FILMHOUSE 2
SUN 21 JUNE 12:00 FILMHOUSE 2
PRICE: £10.00 (£8.00 CONCS)
A portrait of ageing and survival during
economic and social unrest in Mexico.
Antonio and Bertha are in their 90s and
struggling to survive after government state
pensions are suspended. The return of their
son (and unknown grandson Paco) brings
some hope to their lives, but can they rely
on family and friends to keep on going? A
dark, tender tale of life and its cycles in
times of financial crisis that is now more
universal than ever.
Gabriela Domínguez Ruvalcaba/Mexico/
2014/86 min
MON 22 JUNE 20:05 FILMHOUSE 3
WED 24 JUNE 18:00 FILMHOUSE 3
PRICE: £10.00 (£8.00 CONCS)
If you could choose seven moments to
narrate your life, what would they be?
In her debut feature, director Gabriela
Domínguez Ruvalcaba delves into her family
archive to find the memories that best
describe her life. She invites us to question
the concept of memory as she considers
whether her memories are her own, or
rather the recollections of others that she
has claimed over the years.
María Dolores Arias Martínez/Mexico/
2014/53 min
SAT 20 JUNE 16:10 FILMHOUSE 2
SAT 27 JUNE 18:45 FILMHOUSE 3
PRICE: £10.00 (£8.00 CONCS)
An observational insight into a world of near-
extinction.
Manuel Jiménez is Bankilal (eldest brother),
one of the most respected members of the
Tzotsil community in Chiapas. Serving as the
link between his compatriots and the spirits
and forces that protect the universe, he
provides advice and ensures the traditions
of their ancestors are passed on to new
generations. A colourful glimpse of a hidden
reality where millenary Mayan practices mix
with Catholic rituals and beliefs.
Screening with: The Wear of Agony (El
sudor de la agonía)/Mariano Rentería Garnica/
Mexico/2014/12 min.
Artemio Narro/Mexico/2014/99 min
Cast: Beatriz Arjona, Ximena Gonzalez-
Rubio, Anajose Aldrete, Edwarda Gurrola,
Ivan Arana, Jose Maria de Tavira
SUN 21 JUNE 21:10 FILMHOUSE 2
MON 22 JUNE 18:05 CINEWORLD 5
PRICE: £10.00 (£8.00 CONCS)
A good time takes a dark turn…
Invited by her boyfriend Esteban (Diego
Luna) to live with him in Mexico City, Natalia
(Beatriz Arjona) is disappointed when he
remains away for work upon her arrival.
Persuaded by her friends Ana and Sofia to
join free-spirited Valeria (Ximena Gonzalez-
Rubio) for the weekend, Natalia, at first
reticent, is eventually surprised at how far
she will go to have a ‘good time’. Cleverly
reversing gender roles, this brilliantly wicked
and violent tale also provocatively addresses
notions of power and control.
The Beginning of Time
(El comienzo del tiempo)
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The Obscure Spring
(Las oscuras primaveras)
María Candelaria
(Xochimilco)
Poison for the Fairies
(Veneno para las hadas)
Emilio Fernández/Mexico/1944/102 min
Cast: Dolores del Rio, Pedro Armendáriz,
Alberto Galán, Margarita Cortés, Miguel
Inclán
SAT 20 JUNE 14:05 FILMHOUSE 2
PRICE: £7.00 (£5.00 CONCS)
A magnificent and enthralling melodrama.
One of the first Mexican films to be screened
at the Cannes Film Festival (where it
won a Grand Prix), this is one of the best
films from legendary director (and actor)
Emilio Fernández, starring Dolores del Rio
as a young indigenous woman who faces
intolerance from her own people for being
the daughter of a prostitute. A magnificent
melodrama set against the backdrop of pre-
revolution Mexico, it is one of the country’s
most beloved films.
Print courtesy of Cineteca Nacional de
México
Roberto Gavaldón/Mexico/1960/91 min
Cast: Ignacio López Tarso, Pina Pellicer,
Enrique Lucero, Mario Alberto Rodríguez,
José Gálvez, José Luis Jiménez
SUN 21 JUNE 14:30 FILMHOUSE 2
PRICE: £7.00 (£5.00 CONCS)
An acclaimed supernatural drama.
The first Mexican film to be nominated
for the Academy Award for Best Foreign
Language Film, Roberto Gavaldón’s
enthralling film is based on B Traven’s
novel, The Third Guest (itself based on the
Brothers Grimm story Godfather Death). A
poor indigenous woodcutter named Macario
(Ignacio López Tarso) is befriended by
‘Death’, and given miraculous water that will
heal any disease. But his newfound powers
attract the attention of the Inquisition...
Print courtesy of Filmoteca de la UNAM,
México
Ernesto Contreras/Mexico/2014/100 min
Cast: José María Yazpik, Cecilia Suárez,
Irene Azuela y Hayden Meyenberg, with
the special participation of Margarita Sanz
SAT 20 JUNE 20:45 FILMHOUSE 2
SUN 28 JUNE 20:40 ODEON
PRICE: £7.00 (£5.00 CONCS)
A sexually-charged, grown-up study of
infidelity, discontent and regeneration.
Unhappily married Igor and struggling single
mother Pina work together at a photocopier
factory in Mexico. Their sudden, raw lust for
one another serves as a catalyst for upheaval
in their relatively mundane, unfulfilled
lives, leading to a shocking dénouement.
This is elegant, powerful cinema, offering
a bleak and brutally honest portrayal of the
complexities of human relationships, and the
often destructive power of sexual attraction.
(Contains explicit content.)
Carlos Enrique Taboada/Mexico/1984/90 min
Cast: Ana Patricia Rojo, Elsa María
Gutiérrez, Leonor Llausás, Carmen Stein,
Anna Silvetti
FRI 19 JUNE 20:45 FILMHOUSE 2
PRICE: £7.00 (£5.00 CONCS)
When Flavia and her wealthy family move
to a new city, she meets odd schoolgirl,
Verónica - who confesses to Flavia that she
is a witch. The two girls become friends, but
Verónica’s negative influence on Flavia soon
manifests itself when they go on a family
trip together. This final feature film from
award-winning Mexican horror master Carlos
Enrique Taboada (Blacker Than the Night,
1975) is an unusual gothic tale of witchcraft,
told from a child’s point of view.
Print courtesy of Mexican Film Institute
(IMCINE)
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Shorts: Mirroring
Mexico
Alejandro Jodorowsky/Mexico,
Italy/1989/123 min
Cast: Axel Jodorowsky, Blanca Guerra,
Adan Jodorowsky, Guy Stockwell
SAT 27 JUNE 23:10 FILMHOUSE 2
PRICE: £7.00 (£5.00 CONCS)
Sixteen years after scaling the psychedelic
heights of cult classic The Holy Mountain,
“El Topo” himself, maverick, and visionary
Chilean director Alejandro Jodorowsky,
returned to the ring with this spectacular
and surreal Mexican fantasy about a family
of travelling circus performers. Rife with
symbolism, and starring his son Axel as Fenix,
a young boy traumatised after witnessing
a deadly exchange between his mother
and father, this remains one of the most
hallucinogenic and exciting cinematic trips
you will ever take.
98 min
SUN 28 JUNE 16:00 CINEWORLD
PRICE: £10.00 (£8.00 CONCS)
An electrifying collection of shorts that
represent the exciting thematic range and
ambition inherent in contemporary Mexican
filmmaking.
Fearlessly fixing the camera upon themes and
issues central to the experience of what it
means to be a participant in Mexican society
today, Mirroring Mexico juxtaposes satirical
and factual responses to the global financial
crisis, approaches questions of cultural
acceptance of queer identity, vividly evokes
the trials of teenage years and humorously
interrogates the cultural preoccupation with
the rituals surrounding death.
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La Tirisia
Jorge Pérez Solano/Mexico/2014/111 min
Cast: Gustavo Sánchez Parra, Adriana Paz,
Noé Hernández, Alfredo Herrera, Gabriela
Cartol, Mercedes Hernández
SUN 21 JUNE 16:25 FILMHOUSE 2
SUN 28 JUNE 13:40 FILMHOUSE 3
PRICE: £10.00 (£8.00 CONCS)
“The ‘Tirisia’ is the death of spirit, it is life
detained, it is one step from dying...”
In an isolated village in Oaxaca, two
women pregnant by the same man (Gustavo
Sánchez Parra - Amores Perros) now face
incomprehension and rejection by their
families and neighbours. In a surreal place
dominated by a deserted landscape of
poetic giant cacti, the ‘Tirisia’ (‘perpetual
sadness’) takes control of people’s souls,
leading to complex consequences. Striking
cinematography imbues this well-acted
and atmospheric drama with a strong and
memorable aesthetic.
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