Director:
Arturo RipsteinWriter:
Paz Alicia Garciadiego
sábado, 15 de enero de 2011
Such Is Life (2000)
Original Title : Asi es la vida
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 MailléMedellín, 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?
viernes, 14 de enero de 2011
Manito
Director:
Eric EasonWriter:
Eric EasonFifteen years ago, their Washington Heights neighborhood was dubbed the crack-cocaine capital of the world, but today it is transforming into one of the most vibrant, Spanish-speaking communities in the United States. While the drug dealers continue to disappear, their violent legacy still casts a shadow over the neighborhood and its residents. Junior, an ex-convict struggling to get his life back on track, is a product of this legacy. His younger brother Manny, the salutatorian of his high school class, embodies the hope of the future. On the night of his graduation party, Manny finds himself faced with an ill-fated decision that could change his life forever
King Rikki
Director:
James Gavin BedfordIn life, there's silver, and there's lead, says Rikki Ortega, as he moves to be king of the street in "Ánglio," L.A.'s east side. Older brothers and a brother-in-law are in his way. While they think they are driving out the Rojas, a local gang that runs the meth trade for bosses in Cabo San Lucas, Rikki is running an elaborate double-cross on his own family. He's not happy just to run this fratricidal con, he also wants to cash in as much as he can of one hundred kilos of crystal meth that he stole from the Rojas (and the Mexicans), seduce the girlfriend of one of his victims, and stay ahead of a cop who was a childhood friend. Will he end up with the silver?
jueves, 13 de enero de 2011
Carandiru
| Directed by | Hector Babenco |
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| Produced by | Hector Babenco Oscar Kramer |
| Written by | Hector Babenco Fernando Bonassi Victor Navas Story: Dráuzio Varella |
| Starring | Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos |
| Music by | André Abujamra |
| Cinematography | Walter Carvalho |
| Editing by | Mauro Alice |
| Distributed by | Sony Pictures Classics Globo Filmes |
| Release date(s) | Brazil: March 21, 2003 United States: January 16, 2003 Argentina: March 18, 2004 |
| Running time | 147 minutes |
| Country | Brazil Argentina |
| Language | Portuguese |
This episodic story is set in São Paulo's notorious jail known as Carandiru, one of Latin America's largest and most violent prison systems.
The doctor (Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos) is an oncologist who arrives in the jail as a volunteer to test the prisoners for HIV infection.
Seeing the disease, overcrowding, and rampant circulation of drugs, the doctor realizes much of the prison is controlled by the inmates. They decorate their cells and have an established pecking order. The strong inhabit messy individual suites, and the weak are jammed together, as many as sixteen sharing a 100-square-foot (9.3 m2) cell.
Several narratives develop in the film: the attempted murder of Peixeira (Milhem Cortaz), the solitary confinement of Chico (Milton Gonçalves), and the romance between Lady Di (Rodrigo Santoro) and No Way (Gero Camilo).
The doctor establishes a routine and comes to see the prisoners as survivors.
The picture ends with a violent prison riot that historically took place on October 2, 1992. The repression of the riot became known as the Carandiru Massacre
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City of Men
Original title: Cidade dos Homens
| Directed by | Paulo Morelli |
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| Produced by | Guel Arraes Andrea Barata Ribeiro Bel Berlinck Fernando Meirelles Paulo Morelli |
| Written by | Elena Soarez Paulo Morelli |
| Starring | Douglas Silva Darlan Cunha Jonathan Haagensen Rodrigo dos Santos |
| Music by | Antonio Pinto |
| Editing by | Daniel Rezende |
| Distributed by | Miramax Films (USA) Buena Vista International 20th Century Fox (Brazil) |
| Release date(s) | August 31, 2007 (Brazil) |
| Running time | 106 minutes |
| Country | Brazil |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Preceded by | City of God |
Best friends Acerola and Laranjinha live in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, and have been raised without their fathers. They are turning eighteen as a war between rival drug gangs[2] begins around them. Each discovers things about his missing father that will compromise their solid friendship.
City of God (2002)
| Original Title: Cidade de Deus |
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| Directed by | Fernando Meirelles Kátia Lund (co-director) |
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| Produced by | Andrea Barata Ribeiro Mauricio Andrade Ramos Elisa Tolomelli Walter Salles |
| Written by | Paulo Lins Bráulio Mantovani |
| Starring | Alexandre Rodrigues Alice Braga Leandro Firmino Phellipe Haagensen Douglas Silva Jonathan Haagensen Matheus Nachtergaele Seu Jorge Roberta Rodrigues Graziella Moretto |
| Music by | Ed Cortês Antonio Pinto |
| Cinematography | César Charlone |
| Editing by | Daniel Rezende |
| Studio | O2 Filmes Globo Filmes StudioCanal Wild Bunch |
| Distributed by | Miramax (USA) Buena Vista International |
| Release date(s) | August 30, 2002 |
| Running time | 130 minutes |
| Country | Brazil |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Budget | R$ 8,5 million |
| Gross revenue | $30,641,770 |
| Followed by | City of Men |
The movie begins depicting chickens being prepared for a meal. A chicken escapes and an armed gang chases after it. The chicken comes to a stop between the gang and a young man named Rocket (Buscapé), who believes that the gang wants to kill him. The timeline then flashes back to ten years earlier, as Rocket tells the story of how he got himself into that position.
Three thieves known as the "Tender Trio" (Trio Ternura)—Shaggy, Clipper, and Goose (Cabeleira, Alicate and Marreco)—are terrorizing local businesses with armed holdups; Goose is Rocket's brother. In Robin Hood fashion, they split part of the loot with the citizens of a favela called the City of God (Cidade de Deus), and are protected by them in return. Several younger boys idolise the trio and follow them around—one such hanger-on, known as Li'l Dice (Dadinho), convinces them to hold up a motel and rob its occupants. The gang agree but, resolving not to kill anyone, tell Li'l Dice that he is too young to accompany them and must serve as lookout. They give him a gun and tell him to fire a warning shot if the police arrive. Unsatisfied with this, Li'l Dice fires a warning shot mid-robbery and proceeds to fulfill his bloodlust by slaughtering all the inhabitants of the motel once the gang have run off. The massacre brings on the attention of the police, forcing the Tender Trio to leave the slum. Clipper joins the church, and Shaggy is shot by the police while trying to escape with his girlfriend. Goose is shot by Li'l Dice after attempting to rob the younger boy and his friend Benny (Bené), who both have been hiding out and committing crimes on their own since the motel incident.
The timeline jumps forward a number of years. Rocket has become a part of the "Groovies", a hippie-like group of youths that enjoy smoking marijuana. He develops an interest in photography by taking pictures of his friends, especially one girl that he is infatuated with, but his attempts to get close to her are ruined by a group of younger troublemakers known as "The Runts" (Caixa Baixa, "Low Gang"). Li'l Dice now calls himself "Li'l Zé" ("Zé Pequeno"), and along with his childhood friend Benny has established a drug empire by eliminating all of the competition—except for one dealer named Carrot.
A relative peace has come over the City of God under the reign of Li'l Zé, who avoids the police's attention by accosting and having his henchmen kill one of the Runts, who had been committing petty crimes in the area. Zé plans to kill his last rival, Carrot, but is stopped by Benny, who is a friend of Carrot's. Eventually, along with the girl that he has wooed away from Rocket, Benny decides to leave the criminal life behind to live on a farm and throws a farewell party. Zé, unable to find a girl who will dance with him at the party, humiliates a peace-loving man named Knockout Ned (Mané Galinha). Later, Benny is gunned down by a former drug dealer, Neguinho, who was aiming for Zé. Benny was the only man holding Li'l Zé back from taking over Carrot's (Cenoura) business. His death leaves Zé in danger and Carrot in fear.
Following Benny's death, Zé rapes Ned's girlfriend, then kills his uncle and younger brother. Ned, looking for revenge, sides with Carrot. After Ned kills one of Li'l Zé's men and wounds Zé himself, a war breaks out between the two rival factions that engulfs the whole of the Cidade de Deus. Both sides enlist more and more "soldiers", with Zé providing weapons for the Runts on the condition that they will fight for him. Jealous of Ned's notoriety in the newspapers, Zé has Rocket take photos of him and his gang. Unknown to Rocket, a reporter decides to publish the developed prints in the daily paper. Rocket then fears for his life, mistakenly believing that Zé will want to kill him, although Zé is actually very pleased with his increased notoriety.
The story has come around full circle to the start of the movie. Confronted by the gang, Rocket is surprised that Zé is asking him to take a picture of the gang. Just as Rocket prepares to take the photograph, however, Carrot arrives and a gunfight ensues between the two gangs, and later the police. Ned is killed by a boy who has infiltrated his gang to avenge his father, who was killed in an earlier scene by Ned during a bank robbery. Li'l Zé and Carrot are arrested and Carrot is taken away to be paraded in front of the press. Zé is shaken down for money, humiliated, and finally released, all while being secretly photographed by Rocket. After the police officers leave, the Runts surround Zé and murder him in retribution for having killed one of their friends earlier in the movie. Rocket takes pictures of Zé's dead body and goes to the newspaper.
Rocket is seen in the newspaper office looking at all of his photographs through a magnifying glass, and deciding whether or not to put the pictures of the crooked police officers in the newspaper, or the picture of Zé's dead body. The photos of the cops would make him famous but put him in danger, while the photos of Li'l Zé would guarantee him a job at the paper. He decides to take the safe route, and the newspaper runs his picture of Zé's bullet-ridden corpse.
The story ends with the Runts walking around the City of God, making a hit list of the dealers they plan to kill in order to take over the drug business. They mention that a Comando Vermelho ("Red Command") is coming.
Woman On Fire (1988)
Original Title: Mujer de fuego
Director:Mario Mitrotti
Stars:Sonia Infante, Roberto Guzmán and Carlos Montilla
Country:Venezuela | Mexico | Colombia
Language:Spanish
In order to take revenge the death of her husband and his son a housewife is united to the Mafia
A woman looks for to take revenge the death of her son who cruel was assassinated by the Mafia. She is able to become one him the narcotics traffickers but important and by far to be able. "LA DOÑA" as they knew the business the drug trafficking was respected and feared and had the experienced nicknamed bodyguard "El Norteño" one who turned it an untouchable person. After following, to threaten and to spy on much people manage to find the assassin of its son to whom kills without no mercy some.
Our Lady of the Assassins
| Directed by | Barbet Schroeder |
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| Written by | Fernando Vallejo |
| Music by | Jorge Arriagada |
| Cinematography | Rodrigo Lalinde |
| Editing by | Elsa Vásquez |
| Release date(s) | 2000 |
| Running time | 98 mins |
| Country | Colombia Spain France |
| Language | Spanish |
Fernando (Germán Jaramillo) meets Alexis (Anderson Ballesteros), a handsome gay youth, at a party of one of his old friends and immediately falls for him. The two begin a relationship which, apart from the sex, consists mainly in Fernando telling Alexis how pastoral the city was when he left, while Alexis explains to Fernando the ins and outs of everyday robbery, violence, and shootings. Even though Fernando has come home to die, his sarcastic worldview is mellowed somewhat by his relationship with Alexis.
He soon discovers that Alexis is a gang member and hitman (or sicario) himself, and that members of other gangs are after him. After several assassination attempts fail because of Alexis' skillful handling of his Beretta, he is finally killed by two boys on a motorcycle. Fernando is partly responsible for this, as Alexis' weapon has been lost before the murder due to Fernando's suicidal impulses.
Fernando visits Alexis' mother and gives her some money, and then walks through the streets aimlessly when he encounters Wilmar (Juan David Restrepo), who bears a striking resemblance to Alexis, not only in his looks but in his entire manner.
He invites Wilmar for lunch and the two begin an affair, rekindling the kind of relationship he had with Alexis. Wilmar is also a killer, but it is a shocking revelation to Fernando when he finds out that Wilmar is the one who shot Alexis. He vows to kill Wilmar, but then learns it was Alexis who started the violence by killing Wilmar's brother, calling for vengeance on him by Wilmar.
When Wilmar goes to say goodbye to his mother before he and Fernando leave the country together, he is killed as well. Seeing that the vicious cycle of atrocities in Medellín denies happiness, Fernando presumably commits suicide, if the last scene is taken to hint at that.
It's My Life
Director:Gonzalo Martínez Ortega
Writer:Gonzalo Martínez Ortega
Stars:Luis Arcaraz Jr., Fernando Balzaretti , César Bono And juan gabriel As hinself
It tells to the history of the singer and Mexican composer Alberto Aguilera Valadez better known like Juan Gabriel, in prison by a crime that did not commit its musical talent I help it to survive in the jail
After the success of "El Noa Noa" a sequel was made, and while it isn't as good, it still pretty entertaining, featuring plenty of sad moments.
In this sequel, Alberto is accused of stealing some things from a lady's house and is sent to prison. Of course, he didn't do it, but nonetheless they convict him. He desperately does whatever he can to hide it from his family and friends.
This is also filled with musical numbers, but they aren't as good. At first I was very disappointed that Meche Carreno wasn't back, but to my surprise, her and the other hookers make a cameo appearance half-way through the movie
Barrio Wars (2002)
Director:
Paul WynneA modern-day retelling of Romeo and Juliette w/a Latino flare. Angelina and Plato want to be together, but her brother has something to say about that! Tensions reac a fever pitch, and before the night is over, one love will be changed forever!
The Price of the American Dream 2
Genre Drama
Publisher/Year 2008
Directed by Michael Amundsen
Starring Julieta Ortiz, Luis Arrieta
Capacity 1 CD
A Family struggles when single Mother of four, Laura Munoz loses her job to outsourcing. Moving from Los Angeles to a small town in New Mexico, they face the harsh reality of leaving the comforts of the big city. The eldest son, Manny, still recovering from his Father s death struggles the most. Quickly joining a gang he gets caught up in a whirlwind of violence
Publisher/Year 2008
Directed by Michael Amundsen
Starring Julieta Ortiz, Luis Arrieta
Capacity 1 CD
A Family struggles when single Mother of four, Laura Munoz loses her job to outsourcing. Moving from Los Angeles to a small town in New Mexico, they face the harsh reality of leaving the comforts of the big city. The eldest son, Manny, still recovering from his Father s death struggles the most. Quickly joining a gang he gets caught up in a whirlwind of violence
Welcome Back to the Barrio (2006)
Director:
Jaime MariscalA film that chronicles a young mans return to the streets where he grew up and the events that unfold after he reunites with a childhood friend.
El infierno
Director:
Luis EstradaBenjamin Garcia, Benny, is deported from the United States. Back home and against a bleak picture, Benny gets involved in the narco business, in which has for the first time in his life, an spectacular rise surrounded by money, women, violence and fun. But very soon he'll discovers that criminal life does not always keeps his promises. Epic black comedy about the world of Mafia and organized crime, HELL helps us to understand what everybody is asking: What is happening in Mexico today?
Lolo (1993)
Director:
Francisco AthiéWriter:
Francisco AthiéLolo (nickname for Dolores, used in Mexico as femenine or masculine name) is an outcast boy who lives in the suburbs of Mexico City. He accidentaly kills the local moneylender (an old woman) when trying to rob his mother's golden watch (that she pawned). Lolo is then hunted and blackmailed by everybody but his girlfriend. The dialogs are in a very particular Mexico City slang.
The son of Pedro Navaja
Original Title: El hijo de Pedro Navaja
Director:Alfonso Rosas Priego
Writers: Ramón Obón, Alfonso Rosas Priego
Stars:Guillermo Capetillo, Adalberto Martínez and Pepe Arévalo
Country: Mexico
The legend of "Peter The Knife" continues in this popular sequel to one of Mexico's all-time blockbusters. Following in his infamous father's footsteps, Peter, Jr. manages to get more than his fair share of the love of beautiful women...and the hatred of his enemies. Action and drama from New York to Acapulco.
The smoking fish
| Original title: El pez que fuma |
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| Directed by | Román Chalbaud |
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| Produced by | Román Chalbaud |
| Written by | Román Chalbaud José Ignacio Cabrujas |
| Starring | Miguel Angel Landa Orlando Urdaneta Hilda Vera Hayde Balza |
| Release date(s) | 1977 |
| Running time | 115 minutes |
| Country | Venezuela |
| Language | Spanish |
La Garza is the name of the owner of the business, and, although she is the one who is really in control of the brothel and its workers, she allows her lovers to believe that they in some way are running things, including herself by giving them control over the administration of the Pez que Fuma ( the smoking Fish ) t,he money and anything else they want.
Three men are competing for the love of La Garza, and thereby, control of the Pez que Fuma: first Tobias, who is supplanted by Dimas, the second, who in turn is pushed out by Jairo, the third. They all follow more or less the same methods to get what they want (except Tobias, being the first). First, they arrive at the brothel as nobodies – no money, looking for work and help. La Garza and her man of the moment give them a job, and once inside the business, they win their confidence.
But La Garza’s last affair, with Jairo, marks a profound change in the story, as Dimas, the previous lover, doesn’t accept the loss of everything. Managing to get out of jail, he tries to kill Jairo, but instead kills La Garza, that sends him back to prison for good. Jairo remains in absolute control of the brothel, with one of the young prostitutes, Selva Maria, who takes La Garza’s place. And so, with the death of the old owner and the imprisonment of Dimas, the new, young heirs to power take possession
Pedro Navaja
Director: Alfonso Rosas Priego hijo
Writers: Ramón Obón (story), Alfonso Rosas Priego hijo (story)
Stars:Andrés García, Sasha Montenegro and Adalberto Martínez
Country: Mexico
Based on the international hit song, Pedro Navaja (Peter the Knife) is the story of the coolest, street smart hustler ever to walk the streets of Mexico City. The police are after him, his rivals are after him, and all the while the most beautiful women of Mexico are in the cup of his hand.
American me (1992)
| Directed by | Edward James Olmos |
|---|---|
| Produced by | Executive Producers: Lou Adler Floyd Mutrux Irwin Young Producers: Edward James Olmos Robert M. Young Sean Daniel |
| Written by | Screenplay: Floyd Mutrux Desmond Nakano Story: Floyd Mutrux |
| Starring | Edward James Olmos William Forsythe Pepe Serna Danny De La Paz |
The film depicts 30 years of Chicano gang life in Los Angeles. It focuses on Santana, a teen who, with his friends Mundo and J.D., form their own gang. They soon find themselves at the wrong place at the wrong time and are soon arrested for a break-in.
Santana gets into trouble again, going straight from reform school to prison. He spends eighteen years there, becoming the leader of a powerful gang, both inside and outside the prison. He is finally released. Once out, he tries to relate his life experiences to the society that has changed a lot since he left it 30 years before.
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