Media Type: Film Year: 1992 Who wrote / made it : Alfonso Arau Plot summary: Como agua para chocolate signaled a turning point in Mexican cinema, when the film industry changed dramatically for multiple reasons, covered elsewhere by writers such as Deborah Shaw and Stephen M. Hart. It broke box office records and brought Mexican…
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La soldadera
Media Type: Film Year: 1966 Who made it : José Bolaños Plot summary: La soldadera follows the experiences of Lazara (Silvia Pinal) during the Revolution. She is a soldadera, as it is conventionally understood: she follows her partner, Juan (Jaime Fernández) into war and stays on after he dies to cook, nurse, carry arms, and,…
Arráncame la vida/Tear This Heart Out
Media Type: Film Year: 2009 Who wrote / made it : Roberto Sneider Plot summary: The film tells the story of the relationship between Catalina Guzmán (Ana Claudia Talancón) and Andrés Ascencio (Daniel Giménez Cacho) set against the political machinations of post-Revolutionary Mexico. It is a faithful adaptation of the eponymous novel by Ángeles Mastretta,…