Marcela Fernández Violante Movies

Subjugated by power, the workers of a mining town organize clandestinely.

During his vacations, 12-year-old Manuel travels by train with his mother to the Sierra Tarahumara to spend a few days with his father, who works in...

Based on a true story in the American owned Cananea mine. It depicts how the owner profits while the Mexican workers struggle to survive and are...

Analytical view of one of the least reported conflicts of national cinema: the Cristero movement that developed in the regions of western Mexico...

Get to know the work of some women who were part of the first generations of one of the most important filmmaking schools in the world.

Short documentary on Frida Kahlo's life, illness, art, love and death.

Documentary that celebrates 100 years of cinema in Latin America and talks about the origins and the development of cinema in this subcontinent. Its...

A soap opera actor is mixed in a real drama very similar to what he represents in his work.

After returning from a trip, a young dentist discovers that her home has been ransacked. Determined to recover part of her belongings, the...

A bureaucrat gets a house and even a car on credit thanks to the support of a compadre who is a union leader, but then has difficulty paying because...

A taxi driver goes missing after driving a passenger out of town.

Through the montage of film fragments from the Mexican Golden Cinema, pain, violence, repressed sexuality and Mexicanness are explored. This...

The daily experiences of a girl focused on her family problems

Student short film. Unknown plot

Student short film. Unknown plot.

What would have been Fernández Violante's first feature film, its production was halted due to the events of 1968. Presumably converted into a...