Francisco Barrios

A Mexican boy bound for Chicago tries to cross the border, but is the crowded wagon he rides in going the right way? An offbeat, allegorical odyssey that blends absurd humor with pastoral imagery. A young man and a dead man journey north through a subtly surreal desert landscape, picking up a wagonful of odd characters as they go in this darkly humorous satire of contemporary Mexico. Written by TIFF LAFF

Sergio Arau's documentary on his 1980's mexican rock band Botellita de Jerez.

Mario Paz is a grey and unadventurous office worker. One day, in his eternal way from home to work, it appears an obstacle: Coco, a strange guy who has planted in his front door and just looks at him in silence. Mario will never be able recover his routine.

The life of musician José Cruz Camargo Zurita, leader, composer and singer of the Real de Catorce band, told through a moving review of their songs, allows us to get to know an essential part of Mexican Blues, while, at the same time, showing us how one man tries to overcome Multiple Sclerosis through music.

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