1956 | B/N | 75:00 A documentary about famous Mexican bullfighter Luis Procuna, narrating his life from childhood through his rise to the peak of his profession. Country: México Direction: Velo; Carlos Script: Butler; Hugo, Velo; Carlos Production: Barbachano Ponce; Manuel, Werker; George P. Photography: Muñoz; Ramón Sound: Gavira; Gonzalo Music: Halffter; Rodolfo Cast:Procuna; Luis, Procuna; Consuelo, Procuna; Ángel, Sevilia; Antonio, Farjat; José, Fregoso; Arturo, Díaz; Ponciana, Malgesto; Paco Participation year at FICM: 2015
1956 | B/N | 75:00 A documentary about famous Mexican bullfighter Luis Procuna, narrating his life from childhood through his rise to the peak of his profession. Country: México Direction: Velo; Carlos Script: Butler; Hugo, Velo; Carlos Production: Barbachano Ponce; Manuel, Werker; George P. Photography: Muñoz; Ramón Sound: Gavira; Gonzalo Music: Halffter; Rodolfo Cast:Procuna; Luis, Procuna; Consuelo, Procuna; Ángel, Sevilia; Antonio, Farjat; José, Fregoso; Arturo, Díaz; Ponciana, Malgesto; Paco Participation year at FICM: 2015
5 de chocolate y 1 de fresa Esperanza is a young novice living in a quiet convent full of old nuns. After eating some “special” mushrooms, innocent Esperanza becomes modern and psychedelic Brenda: a subversive girl who raids a high-society party, sings subversive songs and charms young fellows. See More
Pedro Páramo A strange and mesmerizing story that explores the destructive relationship between those with power and those without, Juan Rulfo’s 1955 novel Pedro Páramo is considered one of the greatest texts in any language by Jorge Luis Borges, and Gabriel García Márquez credits the book with breaking him free from his writer’s block and inspiring his own masterpiece, One Hundred Years of Solitude. Carlos Velo’s 1967 film adaptation, rarely seen, doesn’t attempt to outshine or reinvent Rulfo’s story of a young man searching for his father but instead commits to translating the written word to cinematic See More
FICM Brings 17 Screenings to Pátzcuaro as FICM Presenta Takes Cinema to Michoacán and Across Mexico Year-Round 10 · 16 · 26 Enjoy All the Free Events That the 24th FICM Has in Store for You! 10 · 16 · 26 Night of the Dead Celebration Week: A Tradition Learned Through Our Hands 10 · 14 · 26 The Michoacan author José Rubén Romero 09 · 25 · 26
FICM Brings 17 Screenings to Pátzcuaro as FICM Presenta Takes Cinema to Michoacán and Across Mexico Year-Round 10 · 16 · 26
