Michel Franco

Alejandra and her dad Roberto have just moved to town. She is new at school, he has a new job. Starting over is sometimes complicated when you have left so much behind.

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Being kidnapped shatters a brother and sister's harmony, forcing them to confront their desires.

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Raising a number of ethical dilemmas and societal issues, this collection of five dramatic vignettes brings together diverse perspectives on the challenges of Latino life in the United States. A boy comes of age in "Cyclone"; a woman copes with love in "Crazy Life"; a doctor struggles with family duty in "Entre Dos"; a man discovers the dark side of Mexico City in "El Soldado"; and border agents question a girl's origins in "Night Breeze."

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Daniel is ten years old and is very ill. His parents need to find a donor for a liver transplant, nobody is willing to help, they have little time and they need to find an alternative.

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Set in the early 1950s, during the formative years of the State of Israel. It tells the story of siblings Meir and Shoshana Har Zion, and their deep connection amid the cycle of violence between Arabs and Jews.

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Sylvia is a social worker who leads a simple and structured life: her daughter, her job, her AA meetings. This is blown open when Saul follows her home from their high school reunion. Their surprise encounter will profoundly impact both of them as they open the door to the past.

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Benigno Cruz is haunted by his violent past as the outlaw formerly known as “Catire”. Seeking for redemption while carrying on his shoulders his late wife’s murder by his enemies, Benigno is forced to face his estranged adult children and admit in spite of the blame, pain and blood shed, they still are a family.

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Luis, an 18-year-old Mexican boy with indigenous roots, enters the Heroico Military College with the hope of securing a better future. There, he encounters a rigid and institutionally violent system designed to make him a perfect soldier.

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Alejandro's life is disrupted when actress Sophie Wilder stays at his hotel. To their surprise, the two fall for one another, meeting at midnight.

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When a distant emergency disrupts a vacation in Acapulco, simmering tensions rise to the fore between scions of a wealthy British family.

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A young boy on a mission to collect what he believes to be his father’s remains gets sucked into the underbelly of the migrant industry in Mexico.

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In the near future, a popular uprising in Mexico City interrupts a wedding held at the home of a wealthy family. After the riots have been quashed, they discover the bride has gone missing and plea with the military to help locate her.

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Francisco was building a luxurious house in Mexico where a fatal accident caused the death of his brother. When Francisco learns that his widowed sister-in-law will not receive a compensation from the opulent owner of the house, he will seek justice.

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Two brothers are going through financial difficulties to pay for their mother's medical treatment. One of them also has a significant debt that endangers his life.

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Valeria is 17 and pregnant. She lives in Puerto Vallarta with Clara, her half sister. Valeria has not wanted her long-absent mother, April, to find out about her pregnancy, but due to the economic strain and the overwhelming responsibility of having a baby in the house, Clara decides to call their mother. April arrives, willing to her daughters, but we soon understand why Valeria had wanted her to stay away.

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Andrea is devastated after learning her sister has leukemia, but a closer look will reveal that there is something hidden in her psyche.

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Arnulfo Rubio smuggles weapons from Arizona to Mexico for a drug cartel, but he is being investigated by agent Harris. When agent Harris blows his covers, he and Arnulfo end up in a journey where he will be the hostage of this young criminal.

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Teenagers’ leisure at full swing: a group of friends spend their holidays at parties, having sex, boozing, and partaking in any adventure that brings them a boost of adrenaline. As they use violence for entertainment and to fulfill their authoritarian fantasies, their adventures will show the cracks and the collapse of the perfect world they live in.

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Natalia, a 17 year old girl, lives in a wealthy environment in Mexico City. After falling victim to sexual abuse, her personality becomes overwhelmed with silent despair. A couple of impulsive decisions led by her trauma will make her discover a dark side of herself.

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David is a nurse who works with terminally ill patients. Dedicated to his profession, he develops strong relationships with the people he cares for. But outside of work, it's a different story altogether.

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Armando, a 50 year man, seeks young men in Caracas and pays them just for company. One day he meets Elder, a 17 years boy that is the leader of a criminal gang, and that meeting changes their lives forever.

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Monica is a social worker in Mexico City, whose son has a degenerative illness in both eyes. Having exhausted all other options, a corneal transplant is the only hope. Overwhelmed by the slowness of the health care system and the scarcity of resources, she decides to search for an extreme solution in her work environment: the world of street children.

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Alejandra and her dad Roberto have just moved to town. She is new at school, he has a new job. Starting over is sometimes complicated when you have left so much behind.

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Being kidnapped shatters a brother and sister's harmony, forcing them to confront their desires.

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Daniel is ten years old and is very ill. His parents need to find a donor for a liver transplant, nobody is willing to help, they have little time and they need to find an alternative.

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Mavela and her father embark on a sensory philosophical journey, rekindling beautiful memories of a full life as they explore their deep relationship and their perception of death.

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