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Mar 03, 2015 News
The Embassy of Mexico in Guyana announced that it is to co-host with the National Library, the 9th Mexican Movie Cycle in Guyana, which will extend from today to Wednesday.
The Ninth Cycle celebrates the creation of contemporary Mexican artists and includes animation, comedy and drama productions from the last 15 years.
The cycle starts with “The Revolution of Juan Escopeta”, an animation produced in 2010 to commemorate the Centennial of the Mexican Revolution. The movie tells the story of Gapo, an 11-year-old boy who in the midst of the struggle decides to look for this brother “el Damian”, a Revolutionary hero.
The second day will be the turn of “The Implacable”, a contemporary comedy about Max, a youngster who looks for ways to become more attractive for women and seeks the advice of a young good-looking friend with whom he will ultimately end up fighting for the same girl.
For Wednesday March 4, the Embassy will show for the first time in Guyana “Amores Perros”, nominated for the 2001 Oscar Award as Best Foreign Language movie and directed by 2015 Oscar Award winning director, Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu.
Mexican cinema goes back to the ending of the 19th century, when films of the Mexican Revolution were produced.
The Golden Age of Mexican cinema took place during the 1940s and beyond. Mexico dominated the Latin American film industry. Names of actors like Cantinflas, Pedro Armendáriz, Maria Félix are well known, same as of directors like Emilio Fernandez, Luis Buñuel and cameraman Gabriel Figueroa.
In the 90s the New Mexican Cinema flourished and has not stopped since then.
High quality films by Arturo Ripstein, Alfonso Arau, and Alfonso Cuarón were produced. Among the films, and with a notable international success, Amores Perros was produced.
The quality of the Mexican artists has been recognized in the Cannes festivals and the Oscars, among others. Emmanuel Lubezki has won the cinematography Academy Award for “Birdman” a year after taking the trophy for “Gravity.” Alejandro González Iñarritu and Alfonso Cuarón won the Best Director Oscar award in 2014 and 2015, respectively.
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