Oedipus mayor

Original title: Edipo Alcalde

Directed by	Jorge Ali Triana
Produced by	Jorge Sánchez
Screenplay by	Gabriel García Márquez Stella Malagon
Starring	Jorge Perugorria Ángela Molina Francisco Rabal Jairo Camargo
Music by	Blas Emilio Atehortúa
Cinematography	Rodrigo Prieto
Editing by	Sigfrido Barjau
Release date(s)	23 August 1996
Running time	100 min.
Country	Colombia
Language	Spanish

Set amidst the rebel wars (representing the Theban plagues) of contemporary Colombia, young Mayor Edipo must mediate a peace deal between conflicting guerrilla groups and the army. It is raining when he leaves. His journey is interrupted when he gets into a shoot-out on a lonely bridge. Returning fire, Edipo somehow escapes. As soon as he gets to town he hears that a prominent leader Layo was brutally slain. No one knows who shot him. Meanwhile a blind coffin-maker Tiresias wanders town making dire prophecies concerning Edipo's future. It is he who tells the mayor that Layo was murdered by a family member. Edipo's fate is sealed when he gets involved with the beautiful and much older Yocasta, a woman who last had sex thirty years before with her husband Layo. She got pregnant and bore a son ... tragedy ensues.

 

 

 

Chicano Blood (2008)

Director:

Damian Chapa

Writers:

Damian Chapa, Ignacio Rinza

Stars:

John Bryant Davila, Damian Chapa and Luis Arrieta

 

 

 

 

Mexican Gangster (2008)

directed by:  Damian Chapa

Writer:

Damian Chapa

Stars:

Damian Chapa, John Loretto and Tom Druilhet

 

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

25 November 2009 (USA) See more »

Filming Locations:

Farr Land Films, California, USA

Johnny Sunshine (Damian Chapa), born in a Mexican American Ghetto family to a white mother and a Mexican dad, witnesses his parents slaying as a youth. At only eight years old he takes revenge on the man who killed his mother. Johnny grows ... Full Descriptionup hard as a gangster in a ruthless world as an entrepreneur in the drug and smuggling business. As he gets older he realizes that it's not the life he wants for his little brother, Ricky. He tries to change but it's too late. All the other gangs want him dead thinking he's turned. He has to fight to the end to prove he is still a Mexican Gangster. 

Violet Perfume: Nobody Hears You (2001)

Nadie te oye: Perfume de violetas (original title)

Director:

Marisa Sistach

Writers:

José Buil (screenplay), José Buil (story), and 1 more credit »

Stars:

Ximena Ayala, Nancy Gutiérrez and Arcelia Ramírez

A poignant and moving urban drama, focusing on the growing problem of sexual assault in Mexico City. Director Sistach fictionalizes the true story of a friendship between two adolescent girls which is torn apart when one of them is brutally raped. Rebellious tomboy Yessica is frequently in trouble at school and at home, with its lower middle-class limitations. She is always at odds with her mother, bullying stepfather, and despicable stepbrother, Jorge. Then Jorge strikes a deal with a friend, helping the man trap Yessica and rape her, in exchange for money. Terrified and ashamed of the attack, Yessica remains silent, seeking comfort in her friendship with innocent and childlike Miriam, from a more stable home, though reared by a poor single mother. Tragedy unfolds as Yessica increasingly relies on Miriam and begins to get the naive girl into trouble, until Miriam finds she is no longer in control of her fate.

Such Is Life (2000)

 Original Title : Asi es la vida

Director:

Arturo Ripstein

Writer:

Paz Alicia Garciadiego

Stars:

Arcelia Ramírez, Patricia Reyes Spíndola and Luis Felipe Tovar

 

 

Based on the Greek tragedy MEDEA, this is a present day Mexican version, set in the seediest possible milieu of Mexico City. A woman abandoned by her husband, is thrown out of her apartment by her landlord - who is also her husband's new father-in-law. She is also about to lose custody of her two children to her husband, a low-life, second-rate boxer and opportunist. With the help of her godmother, she plans to take revenge on her husband.

Rosario Tijeras (2005)

Director:

Emilio Maillé

Writers:

Marcelo Figueras, Jorge Franco Ramos (novel)

Stars:

Flora Martínez, Unax Ugalde and Manolo Cardona

 
Medellín, 1989. Antonio brings Rosario to the hospital; she's shot, bleeding badly. Flashbacks, mixed with Antonio's wait at the hospital during her surgery, tell the story: Antonio and Emilio are friends; Emilio attracts women, but is never serious about any until he meets Rosario, who has a mysterious connection to the underworld. Emilio falls for Rosario; she likes him, but she keeps their relationship compartmentalized, apart from her work. Antonio is the loyal friend who slowly falls in love with her and sticks by her in ways Emilio is incapable of. She begins to see that real love might be possible. Is it all moot in Medellín's violent landscape, or is there hope?