La capitale mexicaine ne dispose que d'une cinquantaine d'ambulances publiques pour neuf millions d'habitants, alors que les crimes et les accidents y sont monnaie courante. Afin de pallier ce manque, de nombreuses petites entreprises ont émergé pour proposer leurs services aux blessés. Sans avoir suivi de formation médicale, ni bénéficier d'une autorisation officielle, la famille Ochoa s'est elle aussi engouffrée dans la brèche. Branchés à toute heure du jour ou de la nuit sur les fréquences radio des urgences, ses membres sillonnent la ville à toute allure au volant d'une vieille ambulance des années 1990, espérant arriver les premiers sur les lieux des accidents.
After getting out of jail, where she learned to care for the sick, Alma, an albino woman, is determined to recover at any cost something much more important than her own freedom. In order to do so, Alma must spend her nights taking care of Clemente, a hypochondriac compulsively obsessed with avoiding sudden death. Their relationship moves through suspicion, fear and compassion to tenderness and love.
Alicia and Enrique are a young married couple somewhat distanced from each other. Their relationship is threatened when Carlota, a friend of Alicia's from long ago, comes to visit and stays with them for a while.
Ce documentaire qui navigue entre réalité et fiction se penche sur la corruption qui gangrène la police mexicaine grâce aux témoignages de deux agents.
In the midst of the chaos of México City, a group of eight bachelor millennials who call themselves ´The Hermits´, open the doors to their tiny apartments in the historic Ermita Building, in the yet-to-be gentrified neighborhood of Tacubaya, and share their life experiences in a time when precarity changes the way in which we love, feel and relate to each other. As we explore the homes of these eight neighbors, we also witness their personalities intersect in a Whatsapp chat, a virtual space that functions as a supporting system that helps them face the adversities that living alone in this city brings.
Gabriela Cámara, la star des chefs restaurateurs de Mexico, ouvre l'annexe Cala à San Francisco, avec une carte similaire et une ambiance exceptionnellement accueillante.
A love story where the paths of two strangers cross, only for them to be promptly separated by chance. Though physically they'll only be a few feet away, if only they knew this.
A doctor performs euthanasia inside his car. His new patient seems unsure of her decision, so the two spend the night together. Adrián tries to convince Marina to move on with her life, but the conversation convinces her to end the last night of her life.
The bleached palette and home-movie aesthetics of Super 8 footage provide the image track for this testimonial about an illegal abortion in Mexico City in the 1960s, delivered in voiceover by the filmmaker’s mother. In its account of this intimate and disorienting memory, Lesser Choices summons a time of profound uncertainty—a moment from an era without rights—and offers a warning to the present.
Exploration of the territory in a delirious time-space journey through the largest Megalopolis in America.
Filmed mostly with drones, this short film shows what happened before, during and after the devastating earthquake that struck Mexico City in September 19, 2017. Through sound recordings of the rescue operations, accounts from survivors and journalistic chronicles, this film reflects the uncertainty and bewilderment caused by the quake.
