LA GACETA MEXICANA CONSULATE OF MEXICO ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO Special Edition
MEXICAN CONTEMPORARY CINEMA SERIES
7th EDITION OF THE CONTEMPORARY MEXICAN CINEMA National Hispanic Cultural Center, Albuquerque Journal Theatre, June 11th – July 2nd, 2015 at 7:00 pm In collaboration with Instituto Cervantes & the National Hispanic Cultural Center, the Consulate of Mexico presents the 7th edition of the Contemporary Mexican Cinema Series, dedicated to the best contemporary independent films in Mexico. Admission to the shows is FREE, and all the films have English subtitles. Showtime is 7:00 PM in the Bank of America Theatre at the National Hispanic Cultural Center, 1701 Fourth Street SW Albuquerque, NM 87102. The series will include:
“Cumbres” on June 11th 2015, starring Ivanna Michel, Aglae Lingow and Abdul Marcos. Due a tragedy, two sisters abruptly flee from their hometown. Miwi, the younger one, with no clear idea of what happened, drives untiringly to save her sister Juliana, implicating her in the misadventure. Their journey creates a bittersweet relationship marked by pain, guilt and love.
Trailer: http://goo.gl/jIDD06
“Luto”¸ June 18th 2015, starring Patricia Garza and Juan Pablo Campa. Luto portrays a relationship in a process of irreversible decay. A typical contemporary couple, Luisa and Tomas fall in love and decide to live together without having heard each other in depth. Alarm bells begin ringing since their first dates, but they don’t pay attention to them since they cannot manage to see beyond their momentary feelings —when there is such a strong passion, reason takes a long nap.
Trailer: http://goo.gl/7oruFs
Next in the series on June 25th 2015, is “En la estancia”, starring Gilberto Barraza, Waldo Facco, Natalia Gatto and Jesús Vallejo. Jesús Vallejo and his son Juan Diego, are the only two inhabitants remaining in the ghost-town of La Estancia. Their peace and quiet is altered when a filmmaker arrives to shoot a documentary about the two solitary characters. A very close relationship develops between the three of them, but it lasts only a few days, until the documentarian departs back to the city, but promising to return to La Estancia soon. Many years pass by before that promise is fulfilled, and by then the only thing remaining in town are the echoes of its voices. Trailer: http://goo.gl/rztAKf
The final film “La Guerra de Manuela Jankovic”, July 2nd 2015, starring Karina Gidi, Mima Vokovic, Carlos Corona, Kristyan Ferrer and José Caballero. Manuela (40) is the cook in a restaurant when the Balkan conflict breaks out on the other side of the world. The madness of war permeates her surroundings, invades her intimacy and unleashes its own warlike escalade...
Trailer: http://goo.gl/io990D
For more information contact: Violeta Piña Sánchez (505) 765-7620 admin1@consulmexalb.net or Milly Castañeda-Ledwith (505) 724-4777 cenabq@cervantes.es
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