La virgen de la lujuria

Mexico in the 1940′s, Ignacio Jurado, “El Mikado” is a rather quiet, solitary waiter. He spends his days between Café Ofelia and his collection of pornographic photos. Everything changes when a Spanish prostitute appears in his life. She’s self-destructive, unpredictable and tender. A sadomasochist relationship develops between them. El Mikado would do anything to merit Lola’s love…. [...]

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La perdición de los hombres

An old Mexican saying affirms that “mischievous women are the ruin of men”. In fact the ruin of our story’s protagonist are two women and a baseball game. Two women fight for the corpse of the man they shared in life  in a “dangerous” game. check availability Cuenta un famoso corrido mexicano que “La perdición de los hombres son las malditas mujeres”. [...]

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El Coronel no tiene quien le escriba

The Colonel waits. They promised him a pension, which for years has remained a promise unfulfilled. Friday after Friday, solemn and dressed in his finest suit, the Colonel waits by the dock in anticipation of the letter announcing the arrival of his pension. Everyone in the small town knows that he waits in vain. Even [...]

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Profundo Carmesí=Deep Crimson

A darkly amusing tale of jealousy and obsessive love, Deep Crimson, by leading Mexican filmmaker, Arturo Ripstein, explores the extreme passion which turn everyday people into violent monsters. Set in 1949 the film is based on the infamous Lonely Hearts murder case, which also inspired Leonard Kastle’s cult film, The Honeymoon Killers. When Coral, an [...]

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El imperio de la fortuna

Based on a classic story by Latin American literature master Juan Rulfo, this drama tells the story of Dionisio Pinzón, a poor peasant who lives  in a small Mexican town with his mother. He becomes interested in cock fighting when someone gives him a badly injured gamecock ; he applies himself to look after the cock until it  eventually recovers then [...]

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El lugar sin límites

This landmark film from internationally acclaimed director Arturo Ripstein explores and dissects Latin American machismo and homophobia throught the bittersweet sotry of La Manuela. Played by Roberto Cobo (star of Luis Buñuel’s Los Olvidados), La Manuela is a transvestite who lives in a seedy village brothel run by his daughter, La Japonesita (Ana Martin) possibly [...]

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