Experience Mexico’s vibrant culture through cinema at Cine México happening on September 20-24, 2019 at the Shangri-La Plaza’s Red Carpet.
Presented by the Embassy of Mexico, Film Development Council of the Philippines, and the Shangri-La Plaza, Cine México marks the comeback of the Mexican Film Festival, the first to be organized by the Embassy in recent years. The festival also coincides with the celebrations the 209th Anniversary of Mexico’s independence.
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| Mexican Ambassador Gerardo Lozano |
In this edition, a total of seven, diverse Mexican films, with genres ranging from epic, romance, comedy, and even animation, will be screened for free on a first come, first served basis.
Here are the films lined up for this edition of Cine México.
Como agua para Chocolate/Like Water for Chocolate
Director: Alfonso Arau
Cast: Marco Leonardi, Lumi Cavazos, Regina Torné
A faithful adaptation of Laura Esquivel’s bestselling novel, Like Water for Chocolate/Como agua para Chocolate is a 1992 classic that follows a young girl named Tita. Though she is desperately in love with a man named Pedro, her mother doesn’t allow her to marry him. When Pedro weds Tita’s sister instead, she immerses herself in cooking. Through this therapeutic pastime, she discovers that she can magically infuse her emotions into her cooking.
La Boda de Valentina/Valentina's Wedding
Director: Marco Polo Constandse
Cast: Ryan Carnes, Kate Vernon, Tony Dalton
Valentina’s Wedding/La Boda de Valentina is a new take on the wedding comedy. Valentina, a scion from the most chaotic political family in Mexico, leads a blissful life in America. Thinking she has escaped all the drama, she gets engaged to Jason, her American boyfriend. When Jason insists they go to Mexico to meet her family, Valentina is sucked into her father’s re-election campaign, her crazy family’s antics, and her possessive ex, Alex.
¿Qué culpa tiene el niño?/Don't Blame the Kid
Director: Gustavo Loza
Cast: Biassini Segura, Gerardo Taracena, Karla Souza, Ricardo Abarca, Sofía Sisniega
Released in 2016, Don’t Blame the Kid/¿Qué culpa tiene el niño? is about a woman who accidentally becomes pregnant but decides to marry the father of her child anyway, even though he’s immature and unemployed.
Cuando los hijos regresan/The Kids are Back
Director: Hugo Lara
Cast: Fernando Luján, Carmen Maura, Cecilia Suárez, Irene Azuela, Erick Elías, Esmeralda Pimentel, Francisco de la Reguera, Takato Yonemoto
The Kids are Back/ Cuando los hijos regresan is a 2018 comedy about an elderly couple whose happy dreams of retiring and living a life without responsibilities are shattered when their grown children start moving back into the house.
Enamorándome de Abril/Falling in Love with Abril
Director: Joel Núñez Arocha
Cast: Arap Bethke, Cristián de la Fuente, Sofía Lama, Ilithya Manzanilla
Falling in Love with Abril/Enamorándome de Abril is a romantic comedy about two writers with nothing in common who spend the night together. One is a steely journalist who secretly publishes books under a female pseudonym while the other is a romance writer using a name pseudonym. After meeting, the two begin to question everything they thought they knew about love and relationships, sending each one on a hilarious identity crisis.
La carga/The Load
Director: Alan Jonsson
Cast: María Valverde, Horacio Garcia Rojas, Gerardo Taracena
The Load/La carga is an epic romantic drama about the quest for freedom. In the late 16th century, an indigenous man and a Spanish noblewoman escape into the New World to find a better life. Along the way, they learn to resolve their differences and become more intimate with one another.
El ángel en el reloj/The Angel in the Clock
Director: Miguel Ángel Uriegas
Cast: Camila Sodi, Leonardo de Lozanne, Erick Elías, Laura Flores
The Angel in the Clock/El ángel en el reloj is a poignant and heartfelt animated feature about Amelia, a little girl with leukemia who is whisked away by an angel in an attempt to stop time. In a realm where she must navigate hundreds of floating clock-castles in the sky, she learns about the importance of living in the present.
Here is the schedule for Cine México.
September 20, 2019 (Invitational)
7:30 PM La carga
September 21, 2019
2:55 PM El ángel en el reloj
5:00 PM Como agua para chocolate
7:30 PM La Boda de Valentina
September 22, 2019
1:20 PM El ángel en el reloj
3:20 PM Enamorándome de Abril
5:20 PM Cuando los hijos regresan
7:30 PM ¿Qué culpa tiene el niño?
September 23, 2019
2:55 PM La carga
5:00 PM Como agua para chocolate
7:30 PM La Boda de Valentina
September 24, 2019
1:20 PM Enamorándome de Abril
3:20 PM La carga
5:20 PM Cuando los hijos regresan
7:30 PM ¿Qué culpa tiene el niño?
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