Hola México Film Festival is coming to Israel for the first time this March! The festival opens on March 2, 2014 at the Tel Aviv Cinematheque with nine diverse and intriguing new films from Mexico! The festival films will be screened at the Tel Aviv Cinematheque from March 2 – 10; Jerusalem Cinematheque from March 3 – 14; and Haifa Cinematheque from March 4 – 20.
Hola Mexico Films:
La Vida Breve Y Precoz De Sabina Rivas (The Precocious And Brief Life Of Sabina Rivas).
Dir. Luis Mandoki
México 2012, 115 MIN
Cast: Greisy Mena, Joaquin Cosío, Fernando Moreno,
Based on the novel La Mara by Rafael Ramírez Heredia, a pair of young lovers are reunited in the desolate conditions on the Mexican-Guatemalan border. Sixteen-year-old Sabina and eighteen-year-old Jovany, both Hondurans, happen to meet again after years without seeing each other. She dreams of becoming a great singer in the United States, while he tries to become a member of the la Mara Salvatrucha gang, committing atrocious initiations in the meantime. Faced with problems like white slavery, migratory agents, drug trafficking, the army, and a handful of other desperate conditions, Sabina continues to seek for hope and the ability to dream.
EL FANTASTICO MUNDO DE JUAN OROL (THE FANTASTIC WORLD OF JUAN OROL)
Dir. Sebastián Del Amo
México 2013,
Cast: Roberto Sosa,
Move over Ed Wood! Mexico’s half-forgotten B-movie master, “involuntary surrealist” Juan Orol, is paid pitch-perfect tribute in this irresistible love letter to a self-made man of showbiz, whose career spanned nearly sixty FILMs. In glorious black-and-white, the FILM examines his Galician childhood, tainted by the movies, as well as his forced exile to Cuba and arrival in Mexico. The intrepid “Juanito“ pursues an array of careers, including baseball player, boxer, bullfighter and gangster, to no avail. His failure seems to work to his benefit, however, when he makes it in the movie business. As Orol, Roberto Sosa has a droll underdog charm, anchoring a fast-moving comedy where every frame is an infectious homage to a golden age of cinema.
COLOSIO EL ASESINATO, (COLOSIO)
Dir. Carlos Bolado
Mexico 2012, 100min
Cast: Daniel Giménez Cacho, José María Yazpik, Kate Del Castillo
Based in the murder of presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio. It’s 1994 in Mexico, the nation was witnessing a turbulent year since its beginnings. An indigenous rebellion shakes the country. Three months later, the ruling party’s presidential candidate is brutally murdered during a rally in Tijuana. The country is concerned. Nobody knows who’s behind this event, it all points to a conspiracy. Andrés Vázquez, an intelligence expert, is commissioned to lead a secret investigation parallel to the official government issued one. Andrés will realize he has put his life and that of his loved ones in peril.
LOS AMOROSOS, HISTORIAS DE LA HERMOSA VIDA (THE LOVERS, STORIES OF A BEAUTIFUL LIFE)
Dir. Rafael Montero
México 2013, 90min
Cast: Daniel Martinez y Marimar Vega
“Those who are crazy, are crazy, without God and without evil”.
A story of a road trip around the state of Chipas, The Lovers, stories of a beautiful life is a look into the world of Mateo and Ruth. The poems of Jaime Sabines, one of Mexico’s best poets, are the strings that hold the story together, representing the thoughts and emotions of the characters.
Miss Bala
Dir. Gerardo Naranjo
México 2011, 113 min
Cast: Stephanie Sigman, James Russo, Jose Yenque
After entering a beauty contest in Tijuana, a young woman witnesses drug-related murders and is forced to do the gang’s bidding.
Nosotros Los Nobles (We are the Nobles)
Dir. Gary Alazraki
Mexico 2013, 108min
Cast: Gonzalo Vega, Karla Souza, Luis Gerardo Méndez
When successful construction Mogul, Herman Noble realizes his children are spoiled beyond redemption, he stages the company bankruptcy and seizure of all their assets. And tricks them into believing they are fugitives from the law. He moves them into their grandfather’s dilapidated home in a poor neighborhood and makes them do something none of them have ever done before… work.
Despues de Lucia (After Lucia)
Dir. Michel Franco
México 2012, 103 min
After the death of his wife, Roberto loses interest in the pursuits of his fifteen-year-old daughter, Alejandra. In a state of depression, he moves them to Mexico City. At her new school, Alejandra is faced with emotional abuse and humiliation, always hiding these from her father to keep problems away from their home. As violence becomes more and more prevalent in their neighbourhood, this father and daughter continue to move further away from each other.
Tlatelolco, Verano Del 68
Dir. Carlos Bolado
México 2013, 105 MIN
Cast: Cassandra Ciangherotti, Christian Vazquez, Juan Manuel Bernal, Roberto Sosa
Set in a city of great heroes as well as villains, Tlatelolco is a love story between two students of different social backgrounds. As the first developing country to host the Olympic Games in 1968, México City was under a magnifying glass. Under pressure, the Mexican government strove to advance the city and present it as stable, but a student movement confronted the government with riots and demonstrations. With characters from all walks of life, Tlatelolco is full of emotion and surprises. This epic love story is set against the backdrop of a time that remains controversial to date.
El Santos vs La Tetona Mendoza
Dir. Alejandro Lozano Adame
México 2012, 93min
Cast: Daniel Giménez Cacho, Joaquín Cosío, Guillermo Del Toro, Jesús Ochoa.
Mexican Luchadores and Zombies collide for this hilarious animation for adults only. El Santos, a burnt-out wrestler, overweight and stoned most of the time- is going through a painful divorce from la Tetona Mendoza, a voluptuous and wild wrestler woman. To help him come out of his depression, Santos embarks in a campaign to help the Zombies of Sahuayo. However, his philanthropic campaign soon turns into a very profitable operation and Santos takes advantage of it. The Zombie population turns into a plague and Tetona threatens Santos to get rid of them or else. The animated film for adults is based on the comic by José Ignacio Solórzano (JIS) and Trino Camacho.
Hola México Founder: Samuel Douek; Producer: Gitit Wainer. The festival is in collaboration with Tel Aviv Cinemateque, with the kind support of Televisa Cine and with the help of Ahmsa Steel, The Mexican Embassy in Israel, Israel Foreign Affairs Office, Strauss, Corona, Adir Marketing, Mexicana – restaurant.
Check out the Hola México facebook page for more info and updates, screening dates and times are already up on the Tel Aviv Cinematheque site.
