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<div align="center">Latin American Film Series<br>
SPRING 2008<br>
as part of <br>
FVC 185 E/ SPN 185 E / LAS 105<br>
Mexican Cinema<br>
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The selection of films screened this quarter includes classics made in
the 1930s, experimental films from the 1970s and 80s as well as a few
examples of recent commercial cinema. <u>All films are subtitled in
English</u>.<br>
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<div align="center">Screenings are free and take place every<br>
Tuesday at 06:10 pm - 9:00 pm in INTS 1125<br>
All are welcome. <br>
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April
1
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<b><i>Amores Perros </i></b>(Dir. Alejandro González Iñarritu 2000, 154
min.). Already a classic, <i>Amores Perros</i> inaugurates a new
wave of privately financed cinema targeting an international
audience.<br><br>
April
8
<br>
<b><i>El compadre Mendoza</i></b> (Dir. Fernando de Fuentes 1934, 85
min.). From the trilogy of films about the Mexican revolution this,
this film treats the betrayal of the Zapatistas by an opportunist
haciendo owner.<br><br>
April 15
<br>
<b><i>La Mujer del Puerto/Woman of the Port</i></b> (Dir. Arcady
Boytler 1934, 76 min.). A classic melodrama set partially in the
brothels of Veracruz. Starring Andrea Palma and Domingo Soler.<br><br>
April
22
<br>
<b><i>Maria Candelaria</i></b> (Dir. Emilio “El Indio” Fernández 1943,
105 min.). Starring Dolores del Rio as Maria Candelaria who is
outcast by her community for her mother’s “immoral” behavior. When a
white urban artist and intellectual decides to paint her, tragedy
ensues. Set in the floating gardens of Xochimilco, this classic is
photographed by Gabriel Figueroa .<br><br>
April
29
<br>
<b><i>Canoa</i></b>. (Dir. Felipe Cazals. 1975, 120 min.)
This faux documentary reconstructs the attack on five young university
employees in the town of San Miguel de Canoa in 1968. Financed by
the Mexican state, the film creates a deeply problematic dialogue with
the repression of the student movement in 1968.<br><br>
May
6
<br>
<b><i>El castillo de la pureza</i></b> (Dir. Arturo Ripstein, 1972)
Exploring themes of claustrophobia and family, Arturo Ripstein tells the
true story of a rat poison maker who holds his family under house arrest
for nearly two decades to prevent them from being corrupted by the
outside world. Not surprisingly, the situation becomes untenable as the
children reach adolescence and balk at their isolation in this hauntingly
surreal film.<br><br>
May 31
<br>
<b><i>Lola</i></b>. (Dir. Maria Novaro, 1989, 93 min.). In her first
feature film Maria Novaro examines single motherhood in Mexico City.
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May 20
<br>
<b><i>Zoot Suit</i></b> (Dir. Luis Valdez 1981, 104 min.). Based on a
1940s Los Angeles murder trial, Zoot Suit follows the various members of
a Mexican-American gang, as they're tried and sentenced to San Quentin
for a murder they may not have committed.<br><br>
May 27
<br>
<b><i>Y tu mama también</i></b> (Dir. Alfonso Cuarón 2002, 105 min.)
Director Alfonso Cuaron's Oscar-nominated film was one of the most
talked-about films of 2002. While the narrative follows the young
protagonists on a road-trip of sexual self-discovery, they are blind to
the social reality and struggles surrounding them.<br><br>
June
3
<br>
<b><i>El Violin</i></b> (Dir. Francisco Vargas 2005, 98 min.). Don
Plautarco, his son Genaro and grandson Lucio earn a living as traveling
musicians while also smuggling weapons to rebels fighting the country's
oppressive regime. But when they return home to find their town occupied
by the army and the residents forced into hiding, they make a bold play
to recover the ammunition the troops have seized.<br>
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Contact: Freya Schiwy, Media and Cultural Studies Department.
freyasch@ucr.edu<br><br>
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