Film series “Mit Blick auf Mexiko” for the second time in Eichstätt

Film series “Mit Blick auf Mexiko” for the second time in Eichstätt

When we think of Latin American cinema, the film nations of Argentina, Brazil, and above all Mexico usually come to mind. With its rich film history dating back to the beginnings of the septième art, Mexican film production has long been instrumental in shaping the self-assurance and recognition of Mexican national character. Especially in Latin America, but also in Europe, melodramas, comedias rancheras, and later telenovelas were among the successful formats for popular material.

The film series “Mit Blick auf Mexiko” (With a View of Mexico), which will soon be shown at the Eichstätt Film Studio, demonstrates how Mexican cinema has been developing new ideas since the 2000s, moving away from old formulas for success and gaining international recognition. For the second time, the Mexican Consulate in Frankfurt, together with the Mexican Secretariat of Foreign Affairs and the Executive Directorate of Mexican Cultural Diplomacy, has selected a number of current works and sent them on a tour of Germany.

Anyone who expects this official selection to feature folkloric promotional films promoting banal nationalism will be pleasantly surprised. As with the first cycle, which was shown two years ago as part of the 11th Cine Latino in Eichstätt, Mexico is portrayed in all its social diversity. Lighthearted big-city comedies (LAS NIÑAS BIEN) go hand in hand with gripping dramas about the kidnapping of minors (SIN SEÑAS PARTICULARES) and documentary meditations on the afterlife of private audiovisual archives (TEOREMA DEL TIEMPO). However, the cycle also deliberately leaves the country's borders and turns its gaze to the expatriate society of the so-called “tercera hispanidad” (Carlos Fuentes) in Arizona, beyond the Frontera, the mythically transformed border between Mexico and the USA (LOS LOBOS).

On November 20, Mexican Deputy Consul Eduardo Ruiz Mazón will welcome guests in the small hall of the Eichstätt Film Studio and introduce them to the film LOS LOBOS.

All films will be shown in their original language with German subtitles at the regular admission prices of the Eichstätt Film Studio.

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Program:

13.11.    20:30  LAS NIÑAS BIEN / DIE GUTERZOGENEN MÄDCHEN
(MX 2018, Alejandra Márquez Abella, 93 Min., OmdU)

14.11.    20:00  SIN SEÑAS PARTICULARES / WAS GESCHAH MIT BUS 670?
(MX/ES 2020, Fernanda Valadez, 97 Min., OmdU)

20.11.    20:30  LOS LOBOS / DIE WÖLFE
(MX 2019, Samuel Kishi Leopo, 95 Min., OmdU)

21.11.    20:00  TEOREMA DEL TIEMPO / THEOREM DER ZEIT
(MX 2022, Andrés Kaiser, 90 Min., OmdU)

Further information at https://www.kino-eichstaett.de/ei_cinelat.php

A warm invitation is extended.