EMA (15) 2019 CHILE LARRAÍN, PABLO DVD – £15.99 BLU RAY – £21.99
Unable to conceive a child of their own, dancer Ema and her husband Gastón adopt a disturbed young Colombian boy.
However they are unable to cope with the boys behaviour and Ema struggles to overcome her failure as a mother.
In Spanish with English subtitles
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NERUDA (15) 2016 CHILE LARRAÍN, PABLO £12.99
Set in Santiago in 1948, Gael García Bernal plays inspector Oscar Peluchonneau, who is looking to arrest the poet Pablo Neruda for denouncing the Chilean government. However on meeting Peluchonneau, Neruda strikes up an unexpected friendship with the inspector, inspiring Neruda to pen a collection of poems. The film was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
In Spanish with English subtitles
Guardian review –
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/apr/06/neruda-pablo-larrain-biopic
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DESIERTO (15) 2016 MEXICO CUARÓN, JONÁS £12.99
A group of Mexican migrant workers make the dangerous crossing into the USA as they go in search of a better life by. However, they are quickly spotted by a psychotic American vigilante who takes it upon himself to hunt them across the desert with his rifle.
In Spanish with English subtitles
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DESIERTO (15) 2016 MEXICO CUARÓN, JONÁS £12.99
A group of Mexican migrant workers make the dangerous crossing into the USA as they go in search of a better life by. However, they are quickly spotted by a psychotic American vigilante who takes it upon himself to hunt them across the desert with his rifle.
LA JAULA DE ORO/THE GOLDEN DREAM (12A) 2013 GUATEMALA QUEMADA-DÍEZ, DIEGO £15.99
Three teenagers from the poorest part of Guatemala set off for a better life in the US.
On their way, they meet Chauk, an indigenous boy who can’t speak Spanish, but tags along. Continuing their journey they encounter kidnappers, drug traffickers and corrupt officials
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MARIA LLENA ERES DE GRACIA/MARIA FULL OF GRACE (15) 2004 COLOMBIA MARSTON, JOSHUA £17.99
Award wining film about one woman’s journey from a small Colombian town to the streets of New York.
Bright, spirited 17-year-old, Maria Alvarez (Catalina Sandino Moreno) lives with her extended family in a cramped house in rural Colombia and works stripping thorns from flowers in a rose plantation.
She is tempted by a lucrative job travelling to the USA as a drug ‘mule’ . However the promised uneventful trip goes wrong when Maria arrives in New York City. Nevertheless Maria is determination to survival in the USA and she finally emerges with the grace that will carry her forward into a new life.
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WHO IS DAYANI CRISTAL? (12A) 2013 SILVER, MARC £15.99
Actor Gael García Bernal produces and presents this documentary exploring the issue of illegal immigration from Mexico into the USA. The documentary takes as its starting point the discovery of a corpse in the area of Arizona nicknamed the ‘corridor of death’ due to the perils it holds for those attempting to hop the border. As the staff from the Pima County Morgue attempt to identify the dead man from little more than the tattooed words ‘Dayani Cristal’, the film follows their efforts in a bid to see what the life of the man may have to tell us about the motivations and fears of those attempting to cross the border and the justness of US immigration policy.
LA VIDA PRECOZ Y BREVE DE SABINA RIVAS/ PRECOCIOUS & BRIEF LIFE OF SABINA RIVAS (15) 2012 MEXICO MANDOKI, LUIS £12.99
Honduran teenager Sabina Rivas (Greisy Mena) leaves her small town dreaming of becoming a famous singer in the USA. However first she must navigate through Mexico’s seedy underworld to reach her goal.
DVDS in Spanish with English subtitles.
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NO (15).2012 CHILE LARRAÍN, PABLO £19.99
Academy Award-nominated political drama set against the backdrop of the Chilean national plebiscite of 1988. Forced to hold a referendum due to external pressures, the Chilean dictator, Augusto Pinochet, allowed both sides of the debate a 15-minute slot on TV to argue for and against his rule. Rene Saavedra, here portrayed by Gael García Bernal, was the advertising executive who led the ‘no’ campaign and was forced to deal with pressures himself while doing so.
Selling the campaign much like any other commodity, Rene succeeded in his goal which led to the liberation of Chile from dictatorial rule with 55% of the vote.
In Spanish with English subtitles
Sight and Sound review – http://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/sight-sound-magazine/reviews-recommendations/film-week-no
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