Research Guides: SPAN 428: Contemporary Mexican Literature: DVDs in the Library

Recent Mexican Films

Al otro lado (2007)
Call Number: MOH AV Video (DVD) PN1995.91.S6 A536 2007

Three children (one Mexican, one Cuban and one little Moroccan girl) that all share the same sentiment, having to deal with the absence of a loved one and the need to bring him back home.
De ida y vuelta (2002)
Call Number: MOH AV Video (DVD) PN1995.91.S6 D42 2002

Filiberto, a Mexican migrant worker, returns to his home town after working for three years in the United States.
Güeros (2015)
Call Number: MOH AV Video (DVD) PN1995.91.S6 G837 2015

Two unexpectedly idle university students and one younger kid brother set out to find a now-obscure folk-rock singer-songwriter who's now hospitalized, well, somewhere.
La misma luna (2007)
Call Number: MOH AV Video (DVD) PN1995.91.S6 M43 2008

Tells the parallel stories of nine-year-old Carlitos and his mother, Rosario. In the hopes of providing a better life for her son, Rosario works illegally in the U.S. while Rosario's mother cares for Carlitos in Mexico.
Mujeres infieles II (2005), Alta infidelidad (2006)
Call Number: MOH AV Video (DVD) PN1995.91.S6 A48 2012

Love and relationships are portrayed through various narratives.
Norteado (2011)
Call Number: MOH AV Video (DVD) PN1995.91.S6 N752 2011

Born in Oaxaca, Mexico, Andres sets out on a journey to cross the US border in search of his family.
Tlatelolco : verano del 68 (2012)
Call Number: MOH AV Video (DVD) PN1995.91.S6 T473 2013

Mexico City, 1968: students take to the streets in marches and riots to protest the government's authoritarian rule. Two students from different walks of life fall in love as they become part of this massive movement.

Recent Mexican Fantasy & Horror Films

Cronos (2010)
Call Number: MOH AV Video (DVD) PN1995.91.S6 C873 2010

ging antique dealer Jesús Gris marks his time with his granddaughter Aurora, and his wife Mercedes. Señor Gris comes to possess, quite accidentally, the ancient Cronos device.
El laberinto del fauno (2006)
Call Number: MOH AV Video (DVD) PN1995.91.S6 L214 2007

A young girl goes to live with her mother and her new stepfather on a rural military outpost. Following her discovery of a labyrinth and the local group of resistance fighters, she is involved in a series of strange encounters.

Recent Mexican Road Films

La jaula de oro (2014)
Call Number: MOH AV Video (DVD) PN1995.91.S6 J784 2014

A road movie about teenage Guatemalan immigrants and their journey to the U.S.
Sin nombre (2008)
Call Number: MOH On Display PN1995.91.S6 S446 2009

A teenage Honduran girl forms an unlikely friendship with a Mexican gang member who is helping her to smuggle her family into the United States.

Recent Mexican Film Adaptions of Novels

Arráncame la vida (2010)
Call Number: MOH AV Video (DVD) PN1995.91.S6 A786 2010

Based on the hit novel by Ángeles Mastretta, the film portrays the story of a woman who dared to break the mold of her time.
El crimen del Padre Amaro (2003)
Call Number: MOH AV Video (DVD) PN1995.91.S6 C815 2003

A recently ordained priest is sent to a small parish church in rural Mexico to help an aging priest. Upon arriving at his new post, he meets a beautiful young woman with a religious passion that borders on obsession.

Recent Mexican Comedies

En el pais de no pasa nada (2001)
Call Number: MOH AV Video (DVD) PN1995.91.S6 E544 2001

A satire of Mexican politics that is a hilarious adventure of double lives and double meanings.
Por la libre (2003)
Call Number: MOH AV Video (DVD) PN1995.91.S6 P67 2003

Rodrigo and Rocco are cousins with little in common but devotion to their grandfather. When the grandfather dies, other family members are consumed by the old man's will and the distribution of the inheritance.
Y tu mamá también (2001)
Call Number: MOH AV Video (DVD) PN1995.91.S6 Y28 2014

A pair of horny Mexico City teenagers from different classes who, after their girlfriends jet off to Italy for the summer, are bewitched by a gorgeous older Spanish woman they meet at a wedding.

Recent Mexican Thrillers

Amores perros (2001)
Call Number: MOH AV Video (DVD) PN1995.91.S6 A66 2005

Three different people are catapulted into dramatic and unforeseen circumstances in the wake of a terrible car crash
Batalla en el cielo (2006)
Call Number: MOH AV Video (DVD) PN1995.91.S6 B185 2006

A chauffeur that lives an impoverished life with his family turns to crime when he is fed up. When he ruins the chance to make his family wealthy, he puts all of their lives in danger instead.
La zona (2008)
Call Number: MOH AV Video (DVD) PN1995.91.S6 Z66 2008

Alejandro lives in the centre of Mexico City in an enclosed, self-sufficient zone surrounded by ghettos and policed by a powerful private security force. As dawn breaks on his birthday, three teens from the adjacent poorer neighborhood break into one of The Zone's houses.

Ways to Watch DVDs on Campus

1. AV Rooms 1 and 2 (Mark O. Hatfield Library Second Floor). Check out keys at the Circulation Desk.

The DLS is located in Ford 101. Students are welcome to drop by to reserve the studio for group viewings of DVDs, and we will gladly assist with viewings in the evenings or when no classes are scheduled. Contact info: digital-learning-studio@willamette.edu or 503-375-5492.

SPAN 428: Contemporary Mexican Literature: DVDs in the Library