6 Mexican films that have triumphed at various film festivals – Videocine (Courtesy)
The awards season is getting closer and closer and, with the Venice Film Festival coming to an end, there are big bets on the best of the year. This is reminiscent of those Mexican films that are now a classic thanks to the praise they have received during different industry screenings.
a police movie
Director Alonso Ruizpalacios won the Silver Bear for artistic contribution at the 71st Berlin International Film Festival for “A Police Movie”, a half-documentary, half-narrative story about police impunity in Mexico. Available on Netflix.
Memory
In an international co-production between Colombia, Germany, Thailand, France, Germany, China and Mexico, we have ‘Memoria’ with Tilda Swinton and Daniel Giménez Cacho. Its premiere took place during the Cannes Film Festival in 2021, where it received great recognition for its storyline. Available on MUBI.
Love dogs
One of the films that marked a before and after in the national industry was’Love dogs’, One of the best Mexican films, and for some even the best story of Alejandro González Iñárritu. The story starring Gael García Bernal is part of the “Trilogy of Death”, in which several intertwined plots are told. Available on Netflix.
After Lucia
On the other hand, one of the most controversial Mexican directors was Michel Franco, who in 2012 won the A Certain Regard Award for ‘After Lucia’ at the Cannes Film Festival. The story stars Tessa Ía, who plays Alejandra, a girl who suffers from physical, psychological and sexual abuse, due to an explicit video in which she appears. Available on Amazon Prime Video.
Maria Candelaria
The history of Mexican cinema in various film festivals is very long and during the first edition of Cannes in 1946, ‘Maria Candelaria’ was one of the first critically acclaimed Mexican films The story stars Dolores del Río and Pedro Armendáriz, about a beautiful woman, the daughter of a prostitute, who finds love in Lorenzo.
The forgotten
Undoubtedly, one of the best Mexican films in the entire history of national cinema is Luis Buñuel’s “Los Olvidados”, a controversial plot at that time of change in the country in 1951, and premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, where it was praised and subsequently attempted to censor from the Mexican government.
Source: Nacion Flix
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