After three years, the Shangri-La Plaza and the Embassy of Mexico in the Philippines bring back Cine México, a showcase of contemporary Mexican cinema, this September 7-11, 2022 at the Shang's Red Carpet.
The film festival features six Mexican films from the past decade namely La Promesa (The Promise), Ella es Ramona (She is Ramona), 90 días para el 2 de julio (90 Days to Election Day), Fuego Adentro (Fire Within), El Mar entre las Casas (The Sea between the Houses), and Después de Lucia (After Lucia). All films will be screened in the original Spanish language and with English subtitles. Admission is free on a first-come, first-served basis.
Here is the Cine México 2022 film line up with additional information.
90 días para el 2 de julio/90 Days to Election Day (2021)
Director: Rafael Martínez García
Cast: Luis Arrieta, Danae Reynaud, Armando Espitia, Martha Claudia Moreno, Greta Cervantes
Luis, a young 20 year old man must remain hidden in a house while the presidential elections pass. This is what Andrés, his boyfriend and presidential candidate of a very conservative party, asked him.
Después de Lucia/After Lucia (2012)
Director: Michael Franco
Cast: Tessa Ia, Hernán Mendoza, Gonzalo Vega Sisto, Paloma Cervantez, Tamara Yazbek Bernal, Juan Carlos Barranco, José María Torre, Paco Rueda, Diego Canales, Carmen Beato, Marco Treviño, Mónica del Carmen, Humberto Busto
After the death of her mother Lucía, teenage Alejandra and her dad Roberto have just moved from Puerto Vallarta to Mexico D.F. She is new at school, he has a new job. Starting over is sometimes complicated when you have left so much behind.
Ella es Ramona/She is Ramona (2015)
Director: Hugo Rodríguez
Cast: Andrea Ortega Lee, Daniel Giménez Cacho, María Rojo, Julio Bekhor, Leticia Huijara, Lila Avilés, Juan Carlos Colombo, Patricia Garza, Johanna Murillo, Alenka Rios, Darío T. Pie, Lilia Ortega (Doña Pinoles), Gabriela Murray, Alessandra Pozzo, Enrique Arreola, Ricardo Palacios, Jimena Guerra, Paulo Galindo
Ramona is fat woman with too much weight and barely any luck. She recalls a childhood filled with moral abuse by her mother, sister and friends, calling her silly offensive names referencing her overweight. When she became an adult, things didn’t really get any better. She’s fired for being fat, she wants a liposuction but the doctor informs her she’s not a candidate due to her overweight, and all her universe seems to be collapsing after a series of unfortunate events. But everything will soon get better thanks to some magical beetles she finds in a Tarot café.
Fuego Adentro/Fire Within (2020)
Director: Jesús Mario Lozano
Cast: Hugo Catalán, Armando Espitia, Luisa Pardo
A lonely and repentant man hides in a lost town until his younger brother finds him to bring him news of his beloved Marta. However, this unexpected visit will discover not only a past he did not know but his implacable destiny.
El Mar entre las Casas/The Sea between the Houses (2020)
Director: Juan Pablo García Diego
Cast: Aram Oyarzabal, Maria Fernanda López, Guillermo Duque de Estrada, Julián López, Mary Carmen Olvera Trejo, Alondra Amador, Felipe Evans Amador, Josefina López Cortés, Imanol Lecona, Mariana Hernández Pineda, Jesús Clemente Olvera, Feliciano González, César Villalba, José Rafael Ortega, Enrique Sánchez, Román González “Chispita”, Pablo Márquez Cervantes, Leobardo Tinixcatl, Daniel Moreno
Jose is a biologist who suddenly needs to return to his hometown because his mother has passed away. She left him a large inheritance with a very important message: He must accomplish the expectations she had for him in life. Jose falls in love with Estela, his teenage neighbor, whose father has serious money problems and is also terribly sick.
La Promesa/The Promise (2018)
Director: Óscar Blancarte
Cast: Rafael Inclán, Lumi Cavazos, Alessio Valentini, Alejandro Cardenas, Mario Zaragoza, Víctor Huggo Martin, Mónica Dionne, Alonso Echánove, Jorge Celaya, Eva Moral, Yosi Lugo, Marisol Chiquete, Alberto Lomnitz, Valentina Nallino, María Elena Quiñones
A boy in a small rural mexican town founds joy through books thanks to his teacher.
Here is the schedule for Cine México 2022.
September 7, 2022
7:30 PM La Promesa
September 8, 2022
3:00 PM La Promesa
5:15 PM Ella es Ramona
7:10 PM Después de Lucia
September 9, 2022
3:00 PM El Mar entre las Casas
5:00 PM 90 días para el 2 de julio
7:00 PM Fuego Adentro
September 10, 2022
1:00 PM 90 días para el 2 de julio
3:00 PM La Promesa
5:15 PM Después de Lucia
7:30 PM Ella es Ramona
September 11, 2022
1:30 PM Fuego Adentro
3:15 PM El Mar entre las Casas
5:05 PM La Promesa
7:20 PM 90 días para el 2 de julio
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