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Guillermo del Toro

Guillermo del Toro Gómez is a Mexican filmmaker, His work has been identified by a strong link to horror and fairy tales, as well as an attempt to give the grotesque an expressive or visual beauty. Throughout his life, he has been fascinated by monsters, which he believes as powerful symbols.

Dick Smith, a special effects artist, taught Del Toro makeup and special effects techniques. After working for ten years as a special effects makeup designer, he founded Necropia and The Guadalajara International Film Festival was also co-founded by him.

Throughout his career, del Toro has shifted between Spanish language films such as Cronos (1993), and Pan’s Labyrinth (2006), and English language films, including Hellboy (2004), Pacific Rim (2013), Crimson Peak (2015), The Shape of Water (2017), and Pinocchio (2022).

He worked on the films like The Orphanage (2007), Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark (2010), The Hobbit (2012–2014), Mama (2013), and a lot more.

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Alfonso Cuarón

The movie Y tu mamá también (2001) marked the nomonation of this mexican filmmaker breakthrough and led to a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. His directing of the fantasy picture Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) brought him greater recognition.

Y tu mamá también(2001) , starring Gael García Bernal, Diego Luna and Maribel Verdú. The story of two sexually obsessive teens who go on a long road journey with a beautiful married woman who is much older than them is presented in this colorful and controversial road comedy.

Highly recommended.

One of his latest movies is called Roma, which its production began in fall 2016$, a tale of a housekeeper for a middle class Mexican family in 1970s Mexico City, based on the life of his own family.

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Alejandro González Iñárritu

Famous Mexican filmmaker and producer who pioneered the early 21st-century Mexican film revival with his films, which frequently have interconnected stories and a nonlinear narrative

González Iñárritu gained fame as a DJ at Mexico’s highest-rated radio station in 1984, piecing together playlists into a vague storyline. He attributed his interest in storytelling to this experience.

Iñárritu flew to the United States to learn filmmaking. Amores perros (2000), González Iñárritu’s feature directorial debut, was based on one of their early ideas, which involved three interrelated stories set in a gloomy yet realistic Mexico City.

Iñárritu became the first Latin American to serve as president of the jury for the 72nd Cannes Film Festival. Iñárritu and Mexican filmmakers Alfonso Cuarón and Guillermo del Toro are known in the film industry as “The Three Amigos”.

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Hell

El Infierno

“El Infierno” is a Mexican movie directed by Luis Estrada and released in 2010. The plot revolves around a man named Benny who, after spending several years in the United States, returns to his homeland in Mexico, where he confronts the brutal reality of violence and corruption that has consumed his neighborhood. Benny becomes involved in drug trafficking and becomes a hitman, facing increasingly deadly scenarios as he attempts to survive amid the mayhem. The film provides a harsh and satirical look at Mexico’s drug trafficking problem, delving into issues such as violence, socioeconomic injustice, and political corruption. “El Infierno” acquired great accolades for its startling depiction of Mexican reality and engaging narrative.

Awards

Despite being rated C (adults only), “El Infierno” was the highest-grossing picture made for Mexico’s Bicentennial. Based on CineTC data, the movie remained in movie theaters for about 12 weeks, gathering a total audience of 2,068,095 people and earning 82,984,326 pesos.

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Roma

Roma

The 2018 film “Roma” is a Mexican movie under the direction of Alfonso Cuarón. The film centers on the lives of Cleo, a young indigenous domestic worker employed by a middle-class family in Mexico City in the 1970s. Cleo becomes caught up in the political unrest and social movements that typified that era of Mexico, as well as the family and societal problems of the day. Shot in black and white, the artistically striking film explores themes of love, sorrow, and class struggle while focusing on little, everyday elements. “Roma” won three Academy Awards, including Best Director for Alfonso Cuarón, and was praised by critics and voters alike.

This is Cuarón’s most personal project to date, and it had been in development for 16 years when production began in 2017. Roma portrays Cleo (Best Actress winner Yalitza Aparicio), a teenage live-in domestic servant for an upper-middle-class family in Mexico City, and is extremely influenced by Cuarón’s own 1970s origins, serving as a monument to the ladies who reared him. The intimate story of Cleo’s connection with her divided family and her unexpected pregnancy plays against the backdrop of social upheaval in Mexico at the time. The film is named after the family’s home district, Colonia Roma.

Awards

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Dia de reyes

In Mexico , and in many countries, “The Day of the Kings” is the visit of the Three Wise Men is expected every January 6, who fill homes with joy as they arrive with toys and gifts for the little ones who have behaved well. Every year they strive to reach every home and fill children’s hearts with joy.

According to the Bible’s scriptures, it indicates that the Magi passed through Jerusalem to see Herod and ask him about the “King of the Jews” who had just been born, guided by a star in the sky:
“When Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, in the time of King Herod, wise men coming from the East appeared in Jerusalem, saying: Where is the King of the Jews who has been born?

For we saw his star in the East and have come to worship him.”

They entered the “house” in Belen and found the child with Mary, his mother, and, falling down, they worshiped him; Then, opening their treasures, they offered him gifts: gold, frankincense and myrrh.

Starting in the 19th century, the tradition of giving gifts to children on “The Day of the Kings” began in Spain.

Then they conquered us and the rest is history.

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