Daniel Giménez Cacho
1) The raft
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
In the summer of 1973, a young international crew of six women and five men embarked together on a most unusual sea voyage-a close-quarters trip across the Atlantic from Spain to Mexico on a free-floating raft christened the Acali, initiated by Mexican anthropologist Santiago Genovés, who proposed to use the group as guinea pigs in his investigation of the origins of violent conflict and dynamics of sexual attraction. Contentious from the get-go,...
Pub. Date
2002.
Edition
Unrated version [This film is unrated but contains sexual content and language. Parental discretion is advised.].
Language
Español
Description
Dos adolescentes emprenden un viaje loco al campo con la seductora Luisa, de 28 años. Luisa los educa en los puntos más finos de la pasión, pero puede que el deseo de los adolescentes para ella destruirá su amistad para siempre.
Two teens set off on a wild cross-country trip with seductive, 28-year-old Luisa. Lisa schools them in the finer points of passion, but will their mutual desire for her destroy their friendship forever?
7) Zama
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Español
Description
Zama, an officer of the Spanish Crown born in South America, waits for a letter from the King granting him a transfer from the town in which he is stagnating, to a better place. His situation is delicate. He must ensure that nothing overshadows his transfer. He is forced to accept submissively every task entrusted to him by successive Governors' who come and go as he stays behind. The years go by and the letter from the King never arrives. When Zama...
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
[English subtitled, widescreen version].
Language
Español
Description
In war torn 1980's El Salvador, Chava, an eleven-year-old boy, suddenly becomes the 'man of the house' in a time when the government's army is forcibly recruiting children for civil war. As his single mother fights to protect her children, their village becomes both playground and battlefield. This is about life, love, the hope of peace, and the ennobling power of the human spirit. Based on a true story.
9) Nicotina
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
Español
Description
A computer hacker teams with two amateur criminals in a deal with a Russian mobster involving the exchange of diamonds for computer access to Swiss bank accounts. However, his obsession with a woman distracts his focus, leading to a terrible mistake.
10) Blancanieves
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
None
Description
"Once upon a time there was a little girl named Carmen, who never knew her mother. She learned the art of her father, a famous bullfighter, but was hated by her evil stepmother. One day she ran away with a troupe of dwarves, and became a legend. A re-telling of the classic 'Snow White'"--Container.
Series
Criterion collection volume 723
Pub. Date
2014
Edition
Director-approed two-DVD special edition.
Language
Español
Description
A pair of horny Mexico City teenagers from different classes who, after their girlfriend's jet off to Italy for the summer, are bewitched by a gorgeous older Spanish woman they meet at a wedding. When she agrees to accompany them on a trip to a faraway beach, the three forms an increasingly intense and sensual alliance that ultimately strips them both physically and emotionally bare.
12) Tales of Mexico
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Español
Description
Told across eight different stories taking place in one 100-year-old room, the film explores the secret lives of its inhabitants, from the beginning of the twentieth century to the dawn of the new millennium. This intricately-woven film gives a compelling and profound portrait of modern Mexico from eight of the country's new breed of cinematic storytellers.
13) The promise
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
[Blu-ray].
Language
English
Description
Empires fall, love survives. When Michael, a brilliant medical student, meets Ana, their shared Armenian heritage sparks an attraction that explodes into a romantic rivalry between Michael and Ana's boyfriend Chris, a famous American photojournalist dedicated to exposing political truth. As the Ottoman Empire crumbles into war torn chaos, their conflicting passions must be deferred while they join forces to get their people to safety and survive themselves....
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
Español
Description
A heartwarming comedic film about family love and the hard choices that come with opportunity. Set in Sonora, Mexico, Jeremy, a bright misfit and pessimistic eight-year-old, finds out he is a gifted child and initiates a journey of self-discovery to find out what he wants to be when he grows up.
Series
Criterion collection volume 723
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
Director approved Blu-ray special edition.
Language
Español
Description
Two Mexico City teenagers from different classes are bewitched by a gorgeous older Spanish woman they meet at a wedding. When she agrees to accompany them on a trip to a faraway beach, the three forms an increasingly intense and sensual alliance that ultimately strips them both physically and emotionally bare.
Dos adolescentes emprenden un viaje loco al campo con la seductora Luisa, de 28 años. Luisa los educa en los puntos más finos de la pasión,...
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