Festival de Cine Internacional de San Juan 2009
Others not found here:
1. El ritual de la fiesta (Danny Rivera, documental)
2. El enemigo (Luis Alberto Lamata)
3. Diez en la música (Aarón Vega Granados, documental)
4. La vergüenza (David Planell)
1. El ritual de la fiesta (Danny Rivera, documental)
2. El enemigo (Luis Alberto Lamata)
3. Diez en la música (Aarón Vega Granados, documental)
4. La vergüenza (David Planell)
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- DirectorToshifumi MatsushitaStarsChristian HuayguaLuis MamaníFaniy MosquesKunturi is a 13-year old boy living a traditional life with his family near Uyuni, a salt lake. They cut bricks of salt by hand, which they use to exchange for other products of the the Andes. One spring, his father takes him on his first caravan. That travel will teach him who he is as a young boy and a Quechua. By the end, he discovers what his grandfather means by "the gift of Pachamama".
- DirectorFederico FelliniStarsMarcello MastroianniAnita EkbergAnouk AiméeA series of stories following a week in the life of a philandering tabloid journalist living in Rome.
- DirectorMichael WadleighStarsJoan BaezRichie HavensRoger DaltreyOscar-winning musical chronicle that brilliantly captures the three-day rock concert and celebration of peace and love that became a capstone for the Sixties.
- DirectorSantiago ZannouStarsEl LanguiOvono CandelaJavier I. BustamanteThree characters are challenged by live in a poor neighborhood, and they demonstrate to one degree or another, their resilience to follow their dreams.
- DirectorRafi MercadoStarsOscar H. GuerreroMariana Santangelo GoldmanFrank PerozoHenry is an introverted young artist who, seeking to escape the banality and violence of urban life, begins to blur the distinction between fantasy and reality.
- DirectorAndres RamirezStarsJorge AlbertiDavid BabaJorge Blanco MuñozJack Freeman an obsessed bounty hunter will risk everything including the love of his life to catch the ultimate bounty.
- DirectorChristian SuauThe history of Puerto Rico's largest and oldest prison as seen by one of the inmates who lived in it for 47 years. Known as el jibaro this man recounts the nightmares he went through as he lived and saw the horrors first hand. From the civil war that ensued in the 1970's which resulted in hundreds of murders inside the prison and the birth of 2 of puertorico's most notorious prison gangs the ñetas and the 27's. Talks about inmates being chopped in pieces and flushed down the sewers, being locked up in the dungeon and even voodoo and paranormal activity in the prison that was his home for 47 years.
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- DirectorWilliam Rosario CruzStarsAlejandro AmorósJosé Félix GómezCarlos Alberto LopezOne family faces crisis after their long gone father returns, now a famous religious leader.
- DirectorLuis Alberto RestrepoStarsAndrés ParraMaría Cecilia SánchezJorge RodriguezIn a small hamlet in the Colombian mountains, a newly appointed padre Father Gabriel finds himself torn between his spiritual calling and his desires for a young woman named Silvia, while also trying to protect his congregation from being drawn into the increasingly violent battles between the government military and rebel forces that surround the town.
- DirectorHarold TrompeteroStarsDiego TrujilloLynn Mastio RiceMichelle BestA couple of successful immigrants go on bankrupt and end up living in the streets of New York, recycling cans. Hernando, the Colombian husband, goes on a mission with his wife Marina to collect 24 thousand cans in order to trade them for money to buy tickets to return to Colombia.
- DirectorAlbert XavierStarsDaniel AcostaMarilu AcostaAmarfi AquinoA hermaphrodite faces trouble with her best friend becoming jealous and her boyfriend finding out her condition.
- DirectorJulio Hernández CordónStarsJose Andres ChamierCarlos DardonFrancisco JacomeThree middle-class teenagers out on a high-octane ride to hell outside the safety of their "colonia".
- DirectorDino DincoStarsJoe JimenezThe smoky voice and lush words of young San Antonio teacher and poet, Joe Jimenez, guides the viewer through a snapshot of his early life. Preconceived notions are challenged as we experience Jimenez, his body covered in gang tattoos, methodically ironing his clothes (a domestic action often thought of as 'women's work') while speaking of his love for another man: his 'first vato.'
- DirectorFernando EimbckeStarsDiego CatañoHector HerreraDaniela ValentineA story of a teenager and the strange events that take place in his small town.
- DirectorJavier FesserStarsNerea CamachoCarme EliasMariano VenancioThe young daughter of sectarian religious fanatics faces a deadly illness soon after falling in love for the first time.
- DirectorIrene CardonaStarsSanâa AlaouiOscar AlonsoMaría Luisa BorruelLola loves weddings, even though her marriage is on the rocks and she suspects that her fiancé Jorge, has fallen in love with Yasmina. Yasmina is in a hurry to get married to Javi, a policeman who prefers to take his time. Alfredo is against the marriage, but would be ready to get married for friendship...or for money.
- DirectorAlbert ArizzaStarsZoe BerriatúaTacuara CasaresGuillermo CastaRamirez is an attractive lonesome 25 year old that leads a creepy double life. He is believed to be an artistic photographer. At night he slowly turns into a cold blooded serial killer. Although a love affair with Maria would be his only salvation. Despite being a complete perfectionist, Ramirez will one day make a mistake.
- DirectorMiguelanxo PradoA male sketch artist goes down with his ship to a dazzling underwater world, guided by a silent, beautiful mermaid. Also in the Sargasso Sea area, is a Casablanca on a tiny rock inhabited only by a sensual auburn-haired violist, who serenades passing creatures, including a pod of friendly killer whales. The artist exploring the deep sea wonders: is he dead, dreaming, reincarnated or ?
- DirectorGabriel VelázquezStarsEmilie de PreissacFrancisco-Paco LuqueJuanma HernándezA newly orphaned 16-year-old and a newly retired construction boss are unexpectedly thrown together.
- DirectorJuan Luis IborraStarsSilvia AbascalValeria ArribasAsunción BalaguerBlanca meets the man of her life and when disappears embarks on a frantic search helped by her aunt Barbara. Follow a fun tangle involving a pair of elderly offenders, an actress stuck in the same paper and a husband tired of such madness.
- DirectorPablo TraperoStarsMartina GusmánGuadalupe RéboraFrancisco MarquezAn incarcerated woman struggles to raise her son from prison.
- DirectorAdrián BiniezStarsHoracio CamanduleLeonor SvarcasNéstor GuzziniA chronicle of a supermarket security guard's obsession with a late-shift janitor.
- DirectorBohdan SlámaStarsPavel LiskaZuzana BydzovskáLadislav SedivýPetr, youthful, quiet, and sensitive, comes from Prague to teach natural science in a country town. The gruff principal asks what he's running from and predicts he'll be gone in six months. Marie, a widow with a teen son, Lada, befriends Petr. She's lonely. Petr does some chores at her farm and watches Lada with his weekend girlfriend, Bara. We meet Petr's parents and understand some of why he left Prague, then Petr's friend Mihi pays a visit and we understand more. Mihi throws a wrench in things, and Lada comes to Petr for help. Has Petr found his place in the world, but what about his nature?
- DirectorOliver HirschbiegelStarsLiam NeesonJames NesbittAnamaria MarincaThe story of former UVF member Alistair Little. Twenty-five years after Little killed Joe Griffen's brother, the media arrange an auspicious meeting between the two.
- DirectorRobert KennerStarsMichael PollanEric SchlosserRichard LobbAn unflattering look inside America's corporate controlled food industry.
- DirectorAng LeeStarsDemetri MartinHenry GoodmanEdward HibbertA man working at his parents' motel in the Catskills inadvertently sets in motion the generation-defining concert in the summer of 1969.
- DirectorPark Chan-wookStarsSong Kang-hoKim Ok-binChoi Hee-jinThrough a failed medical experiment, a priest is stricken with vampirism and is forced to abandon his ascetic ways.
- DirectorCyrus NowrastehStarsShohreh AghdashlooJim CaviezelMozhan NavabiA story told by Zahra to a French journalist of her niece Soraya Manutchehri, a 35-year-old married woman, who received capital punishment and stoned to death because of false accusations in the remote village of Kuhpayeh, Iran, in 1986.
- DirectorGötz SpielmannStarsJohannes KrischIrina PotapenkoAndreas LustEx-con Alex plans to flee to the South with his girl after a robbery. But something terrible happens and revenge seems inevitable.