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3) Chavela
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The captivating look at the unconventional life of beloved performer Chavela Vargas, whose passionate renditions of Mexican popular music and triumphant return to the stage late in life brought her international fame.
4) Leona
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Tells the story of a young Jewish woman from Mexico City who finds herself torn between her family and her forbidden love. Ripe with all the drama and interpersonal conflicts of a Jane Austen novel, Ariela navigates the labyrinth of familial pressure, religious precedent, and her own burgeoning independence as she struggles with her heart to find the right path.
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Maria is a young girl that happens to live with her grandmother, Dona Tere, in downtown Mexico City. Dona Tere is the owner of a traditional Mexican restaurant named 'El Molcajete, ' the restaurant is run by chef Rosi. Following the death of her daughter, Dona Tere has lost her passion for the kitchen and has stopped working in 'El Molcajete.' Mara̕ does her best to try to get Dona Tere back to the restaurant. Meanwhile, chef Rosi is not following...
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Después de que se rechazó la solicitud de visa de su hija a visitar a sus abuelos en los Estados Unidos, un solo padre y su leal mejor amiga hacen todo lo que se necesita para ganar sobre el trabajador de la embajada que la rechazó.
After his daughter's Visa request to visit her grandparents in America is rejected, a single father and his loyal best friend do everything it takes to win over the Embassy worker who turned her down.
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A heartwarming comedic film about family love and the hard choices that come with opportunity. Set in Sonora, Mexico, Jerema's 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.
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"After the death of her father, a young Spanish woman discovers a partial letter that leaves her with many unanswered questions. As she searches for the answers, she embarks on a journey that takes her back to the African Island in Spanish Guinee, Fernando Poo. There, she unfolds the secrets of her family"--IMDb.
11) Museo =: Museum
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Well into their 30s, Juan Nunez and Benjamin Wilson still can't seem to finish veterinary school or leave their parents' homes. Instead, they wallow in comfortable limbo a suburb of Mexico City. On a fateful Christmas Eve, however, they decide it's finally time to distinguish themselves by executing the most infamous cultural artifacts heist in all of Mexican history, looting the country's iconic National Anthropology Museum in an act worthy of the...
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When his ex-wife Nora dies right before Passover, José is forced to stay with her body until she can be properly put to rest. He soon realizes he is part of Nora's plan to bring her family back together for one last Passover feast. This leads Jose to reexamine their relationship and rediscover their undying love for each other.
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"Julian Perez, Mexico's most powerful crime lord, must embark on a mission given to him by the only authority he respects...his mother. Joined by a colorful band of unlikely heroes, Julian must risk his life to fulfill his mother's wish and rescue his enlisted brother from the war-torn Iraq."--Container.
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Mexico and the United States share the greatest border between the first and third world. Thousands of migrants expose themselves to every danger as they travel north on a train called The Beast. That's where they meet the Patronas, a group of Mexican women who, every day since 1995, make food and toss it to the helpless as the train rushes by.
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Film Movement volume year 8, film 7
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"Jorge has only a few weeks before his five-year-old son Natan leaves to live with his mother in Rome. Intent on teaching Natan about their Mayan heritage, Jorge takes him to the pristine Chinchorro reef, and eases him into the rhythms of a fisherman's life. As the bond between father and son grows stronger, Natan learns to live in harmony with life above and below the surface of the sea."--
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