Actress Tessa Ia (1995)

Mexican director Michel Franco’s drama film, After Lucia (2012), was a top prize winner at the Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard section. The story follows Roberto, who is devastated by his wife Lucía’s death in a car accident. Seeking a fresh start, he moves to Mexico City with his teenage daughter Alejandra. However, after attending a party with her new classmates, Alejandra becomes the target of bullying and is labeled as a ‘slut’ through circulated footage and hurtful text messages. Despite this mistreatment, she remains silent about the incidents to avoid further ...

Directed and written by Guillermo Arriaga, The Burning Plain (2008) is a nonlinear American drama that follows the lives of a married mother, Gina, and her lover, Nick Martinez. Set in a small town near Las Cruces, New Mexico during the mid-1990s, the story unfolds as events are revealed out of sequence. Gina’s daughter, Mariana, discovers her mother’s affair with Nick and attempts to end it by setting fire to his trailer while they are inside. However, Mariana’s plan goes awry when the flames spread to a gas tank causing an explosion that tragically takes both Nick and Gina’s lives. The ...