Chennai: Indo Cine Appreciation Foundation, Embassy of Mexico, New Delhi and Honorary Consulate of Mexico in Chennai are organising Mexican film festival at Alliance Française of Madras auditorium here from 18 to 20 March.
For details, contact 2821 2652.
The schedule
18 Mar: I Dream in Another Language directed by Ernesto Contreras at 6.30 pm
19 Mar: The Chosen by Antonio Chavarrías at 6.30 pm
20 Mar: The Chosen Ones by David Pablos at 6 pm and Carmin Tropical by Rigoberto Pérezcano at 7.45 pm
Synopsis
I Dream in Another Language
Martin arrives in a remote Mexican village to record a dying, ancient indigenous language. He finds the last two speakers of the language, but they refuse to speak to each other because of a 50 year grudge. Martin learns the surly Evaristo got into a fight with Isauro because they fell in love with the same woman. Now widowed, Evaristo continues to bitterly avoid the ailing Isauro. Martin and Evaristo’s granddaughter, Lluvia, work to convince the men to reconcile. Perplexed by their intensity when they meet, Martin realizes there is more to the story, and Lluvia finally reveals the secret behind the men’s entanglement. As Isauro’s health declines, Evaristo struggles to come to terms with his feelings, and strange bird calls from deep inside the jungle begin to stir, evoking the mythical origin of their ancestors.
The Chosen
A man named Jacques Mornard arrives in Mexico in 1940, claiming to be a Belgian who is fleeing the war in Europe to join his girlfriend, one 
of refugee Leon Trotsky’s secretaries. But nobody knows that in reality this conventional and cheerful young man is in fact an agent of the GPU (Soviet Secret Service) and has been sent to assassinate Trotsky.
The Chosen Ones
Young Ulises falls in love with teen Sofia, even as he is forced to lure her into his family’s prostitution ring. Now he will do anything to save her.
Carmin Tropical
This mesmerizing mystery delves deep into the heart, mind, and soul of Mabel, a Mexican muxe (transwoman) who revives past demons when she comes face-to-face with the people, places and memories of a faraway life. After learning that her dear friend Daniela has suddenly died, Mabel travels back to her hometown of Juchitán, Oaxaca only to discover that everything is both the same and different at once. She soon finds herself immersed in a tale of crime and passion that reveals shocking moments of emotional turmoil and unadulterated truth. Part psychological thriller, part personal love story, Carmín Tropical is a layered exploration of gender and culture in a familiar world turned upside down.
