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Sangre (2005)
Sangre, a brave Mexican film
A brave film that takes Mexican cinema in a new way of telling stories. Without professional actors, with low budget, is a fresh and critical sight of the Mexican quotidian reality of a middle class couple, Cirilo Recio and Claudia Orozco. She works in a pizzeria and he is guardian of a public building. T.V. soap operas, mechanical sex are their every day life, interrupted by the unexpected presence of Cirilo's daughter who gives a twist to the story. Their human values are exposes through a great cinematography by Alex Fenton, with a new way of seeing the reality. The price given in Cannes in "Une certain regard", (Fipresci) and in the Thessalonica film fest by Vittoiro Storaro -as president of the jury- are testimony of the importance of the film particularly for the Mexican cinema, nevertheless it was produced 100% with European funds. Amat Escalante, who worked as assistant to Carlos Reygadas (co producer of Sangre) in Battle in heaven, is certainly one of the new leaden talents.
Tiempo real (2002)
Tiempo real, brave opera prima.
It's a very courageous film with a lot of risk for an opera prima. The story its a personal point of view of human values, and how the thieves become victims of their own ambition. It is told in locations according to the reality of the Mexican life, its a nude portrait of a reality full of violence, ambition maybe produced by a high contrast of social classes. As an opera prima, takes a big risk, in planning the shooting in one take, that limits more the director. The actors, nevertheless they are great, are unknown actors,that makes the risk bigger according to screen the movie in the big theaters chains. A promising future for a young director from the cuban film school of San Antonio de los Baños.