John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent 10 films underscoring Mexican cinemas drive into diversity: “Huesera,” (Michelle Garza Cervera) Valeria is pregnant, but something is wrong with the baby.
Shades of “Rosemary’s Baby,” but “Huesera” goes its own way, as Valeria gradually realizes what for her is really horror. Genre and LGBTQ, a double winner at Tribeca, taking its coveted New Narrative Director hardware, and picked up by XYZ Films for most world sales. “A terrifying, bone-breaking body horror nightmare,” said Variety.
Produced by Mexico’s Napa Films and Machete Films, the latter behind Cannes winners “Leap Year” and “La Jaula de Oro.” “Mom,” (“Mamá,” Xun Sero) Selected for Canada’s Hot Docs, Guadalajara Mezcal Award competition, where it won an honorable mention, and now Morelia’s doc strand, one of the banner titles of a new Chiapas cinema.
A portrait of Sero’s mom, yes, but also of a remarkable, resilient woman who defied the conventions of her village, refusing to marry a man who didn’t want her, and brought up two children on her own. “The only dependence which women suffer is economic,” says Sero.
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