Mexican Cinema Day

Info: Audience welcomed at entrance.
Seating begins (first-come, first-served – limited capacity).

Info: Catalina se somete a la tradición de su pueblo, La Baláhna, para demostrar su pureza y valía como mujer a su enamorado, pero su cuerpo la traiciona y no logra demostrar su castidad. ¿Qué futuro le espera a Catalina ante un amor sincrético que la rechaza?

Catalina submits to the tradition of her people, La Baláhna, to demonstrate her purity and worth as a woman to her beloved, but her body betrays her and she fails to demonstrate her chastity. What future awaits Catalina in the face of a syncretic love that rejects her?

Info: En la comunidad nahua de Hueyapan, Puebla, coexisten los relatos de una generación de mujeres que han desafiado los límites sociales; a través de sus bordados, la rebeldía y el amor propio, se unen para transformarse a sí mismas y cambiar el rumbo de su historia.

In the nahua community of Hueyapan, Puebla, we encounter the stories of a generation of women that have challenged society. Through their embroidery work, their innate rebelliousness and their self-belief, they have joined forces to transform themselves and the history of their own community.

Info: Alejandra decide terminar su noviazgo con Marcos; quién no lo acepta e intenta obligarla a continuar en la relación. Sin poder contarle a alguien más lo que vive, ella tendrá que huir de esa situación.

Alejandra decides to end things with Marcos; who denies their break up and forces her to continue the relationship. Not being able to share with anyone what she´s going through, she will have to run form the situation.

Info: Remarks by the Consul General of Mexico, Jorge Mendoza Yescas

Info: "Pedro Páramo" tells the story of Juan Preciado, who travels to the desolate town of Comala to find his father, Pedro Páramo, after his mother's death. Upon arrival, Juan discovers a town haunted by ghosts and learns about Pedro Páramo's ruthless reign of power and the dark legacy he left behind. The film explores themes of death, loneliness, and the blurred lines between the living and the dead, as well as the consequences of Pedro Páramo's actions.

Host or Publisher Consulate General of Mexico in Phoenix