Felipe Cazals
Series
Publisher
Desert Mountain Media
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
Español
Description
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...
2) El Apando
Publisher
Excalibur Media Group
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
Español
Description
"Los presos drogadictos, Albino, Polonio y El Carajo están encerrados en 'el apando, ' celda de castigo en la cárcel capitalina. Entre ellos surge una riña en la que resulta golpeado El Carajo, por quien sienten gran repulsión, y que acostumbra cortarse las venas para poder inyectarse la droga que Polonio le vende por veinte pesos."--Container.
Stark dramatization of the lives of drug addicts in a Mexico City prison.
4) Chicogrande
Publisher
Venevision Films
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
Español
Description
Butch Fenton, major of the American army, comes for Pancho Villa's head and he's gonna get it. The 'Punitive Expedition' proved to be the last major campaign of the U.S. Cavalry. The U.S. government responded by sending its General Pershing to try to capture or kill Villa, and that 'Punitive Expedition' lasted from March 14, 1916 until February 7, 1917. Chicogrande is the military 'right-hand man' to Villa.
5) Canoa
Series
Criterion collection volume 862
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
Español
Formats
Description
"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...