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- This hilarious comedy tells the story of Toña and Paquita, the housekeepers for the aristocratic González-Dubois family. These domestic employees have been mistreated for quite some time and they are tired of their situation. So when the family plans a shopping trip to Miami, the maids have a plan of their own; to take control of the mansion. Unexpectedly, they will also discover a family secret.
- A spice company announces a nationwide contest where 2,000 pressure cookers will be handed out in exchange for 20 labels of one of their products. All hell breaks loose when the participants discover that their efforts will come to nothing.
- Believing that military experience will make him a strong and respected man, Jorge, a young Ecuadorian, joins the armed forces in the midst of his country's 1941 border war with Peru. Captured and imprisoned by enemy forces and given up for dead, Jorge faces neglect, hunger, and, possibly, even death as he recovers from his injuries. He will soon have to choose between escaping with fellow prisoner Hugo or staying at the camp under the care of the Peruvian nurse Dolores, with whom he's fallen in love.
- 'Six moments, common situations, broken lives, encounters, like the image in a kaleidoscope occur and disappear'
- In this picaresque comedy from the director of Colombia's box-office success "The Trip 1 & 2", Lothario Martin has come to the realization that he needs to settle down. He strongly believes he can only do so by molding his behavior to the wishes of the woman he will eventually marry. However, he first must find her. He registers on an online dating site even though the answer to all of his troubles is right under his nose.
- The country that once had the highest economic growth in the world is now a benchmark of collapse and misery. I Am The People: Venezuela Under Populism is a documentary film that sets out to expose the skillful mechanisms of authoritarian power in the government initiated by Hugo Chávez and continued by Nicolás Maduro. The film uncovers the emergence of the charismatic leader at a time of crisis and how -supported by soaring oil prices- he paves the way to seize institutions, polarize society, silence the media and dismantle the production apparatus. All this, of course, on behalf of the people. In a world increasingly less transparent, where the shortcut of populism lurks to endanger democracies, I Am The People compels us to ask ourselves if any society, however stable, can be considered invulnerable to a populist irruption and its consequences.
- Esperanza is a blind woman who lives alone in the Cuban countryside. When Mario, a criminal on-the-run, breaks into her house and threatens to have his way with her, Esperanza distracts him by sharing three of the dozens of tales she has written about "common people worth remembering": all take place at a different period of Cuba's recent history.
- Andrea is a young journalist who feels her professional and personal life have come to a halt. But the return of Lorenzo, her former college flame she once dumped, now turned rock star, will give her a new perspective on life, love and being true to herself.
- Consuelo, a survivor of domestic violence, waits for the next train that will take her to a new life as she begins to reminisce about the time she spent at a shelter for abused women. There she met Celia, a woman Consuelo tried to help. Unfortunately, no matter how hard Consuelo tried, Celia opted to follow the wrong path. For this big screen adaptation of his powerful flamenco piece, receiving its world premiere at our Festival, Lorente builds the story with a singular mix of Spanish dance, cinematographic narrative and the testimonials of survivors of domestic violence. The film stars Paloma Gómez y Raquel Gómez, former National Ballet of Spain, alongside such distinguished Spanish actors as Juanjo Artero, Andoni Ferreño, Ramón Langa, Manuel Galiana and Carmen de la Maza, among others... The original piece had its U.S. Premiere right here in Chicago at Northeastern Illinois University in a collaboration with Ensemble Español.