Pecado original (Original Sin), a film by Jean Lee
Thursday, October 25th, 2018, 9:45pm
Bethell Hall-St. David's Episcopal Church
301 E 8th St, Austin, TX 78701
Tuesday, October 30th, 2018, 5:30pm
Galaxy Highland
6700 Middle Fiskville Rd, Austin, TX 78752
Synopsis: After moving to Spain for her husband, Eva, a Paraguayan woman of class and elegance who always behaves in an appropriate way, finds herself bored, unhappy, and sexually frustrated. After Eva compulsively buys a provocative and offensive piece of art the painter shows up to hand-deliver his work. Their sexual tension grows until they inevitably end up in bed. When Eva’s husband returns home early, an absurd battle of strengths and weaknesses among the three characters ensues.
Cine Las Americas International Film Festival co-presents this program in partnership with the Austin Film Festival.
Rojo amanecer, directed by Jorge Fons
In Spanish, no subtitles due to technical difficulties [future CineClub presentations will be subtitled in English]
Thursday, October 18th, 2018, 7:00 PM
Consulate General of Mexico in Austin
5202 E. Ben White Blvd., Suite 150
Austin TX 78741
FREE and open to the public!
Synopsis: "Red Dawn" is a 1989 film, directed by Jorge Fons, about the events that took place in Mexico City on October 2nd, 1968, when a group of protesting students were murdered in Tlatelolco, as part of a political oppression. This film won 9 Ariel Awards, presented by the Mexican Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences.
Copresented by Cine Las Americas
Nada queda sino nuestra ternura (Nothing Is Left but Our Tenderness), a film by Sébastien Jallade
Wednesday, October 10th, 2018, 7:00pm
Sunday, October 14th, 2018, 11:00am
Violet Crown Cinema
434 W 2nd Street, Austin, TX 78701
Tel: (512) 495-9600
Synopsis: The Andes has become a mirror reflecting a fragmented memory that is difficult to reconcile. NOTHING IS LEFT BUT OUR TENDERNESS accompanies men and women who confront the traces left along the way..
The film will be preceded by the music video NO REGRESO directed by Hugo Rubiano.
CineNoche is a film series presented in partnership with Violet Crown Cinema.
El sueño del Mara’akame (Mara’akame’s Dream), a film by Federico Cecchetti
Friday, October 12th, 2018, 7:00pm
Texas Spirit Theater, Bullock Museum
1800 Congress Ave., Austin, TX, 78701
Tel: (512) 936 - 8746
Synopsis: Nieri is a young Huichol Indian whose dream is travelling with his band to play a concert in Mexico City. But his father is a Mara’akame (Huichol Shaman) and has different plans for his son.
Viva Cinema celebrates the modern cinema of Mexico and beyond. The Bullock Museum is proud to highlight acclaimed films in partnership with Cine Las Americas that feature the rich tradition of Spanish-language movie-making.
Muere, monstruo, muere (Murder Me, Monster), a film by Alejandro Fadel
Sunday, September 23rd, 2018, 11:00 am
Wednesday, September 26th, 2018, 5:00 pm
S. Lamar Alamo Drafthouse
1120 S Lamar Blvd, Austin, TX 78704
Tel: (512)861-7040
Synopsis: Visual horror masterpiece MURDER ME, MONSTER lures you into the fascinating and opaque underworld of serial murder, supernatural obsession, metaphysical hallucinations, forbidden love — and one nightmarishly gross monster.
Cine Las Americas International Film Festival co-presents this program in partnership with Fantastic Fest.
Enamorada, directed by Emilio Fernández
Thursday, September 20th, 2018, 7:00 PM
Consulate General of Mexico in Austin
5202 E. Ben White Blvd., Suite 150
Austin TX 78741
FREE and open to the public!
Synopsis: During the Mexican Revolution, a macho rebel general falls in love with the independent-minded daughter of an aristocrat in the town he is occupying. (sourced: IMDb)
Copresented by Cine Las Americas
