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In the Pit
Mexico, 2006, 80 min.
In the chaos of Mexico City, a crew of construction works toil away to rebuild the city’s highway. Like Shakespearean characters, they react to the work with a full range of emotions in this award-winning documentary on the nature of work and workers. ... more
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The Last Gaze
Mexico, 2006, 123 min.
In her debut film, Patricia Arriaga chronicles two different but parallel lives. A painter on the verge of blindness meets by chance a young girl hired as a maid in a remote brothel in the Mexican desert. They intertwine with surprising twists and turns in this beautiful film chronicling the surviva... more
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Never on a Sunday
Mexico, 2006, 125 min.
In trying to bury his uncle who dies on the unluckiest of Sundays, a young man becomes embroiled in a series of gruesome adventures in today’s Mexico City. This biting dark comedy with poignant dialogues and characters is one of the revelations of this year’s program.... more
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Pan's Labyrinth
Mexico, 2006, 112 min.
Iconoclast wunderkind Guillermo Del Toro crafts a profound political allegory set during the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War and the horrors of the new fascist regime, in which a little girl escapes into a world of magic—populated by pagan demigods and mythological creatures—... more
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Resisting Life
Mexico, 2006, 105 min.
Three teenage daughters and a mother who is not completely sane make of this fatherless family at the center in this story of lost dreams and lost faith. In a fine, moving portrait of Mexico City, debut filmmaker Ramon Cervantes portrays the city as much as the characters.... more
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