TIFF 2013

Mexican Films at the Toronto International Film Festival

Club Sandwich
Dir. Fernando Eimbcke
While vacationing at a beachside resort, a single mother faces inevitable separation anxiety when her 15-year-old son — who is also her best friend — discovers magical chemistry with a girl his own age. Director Fernando Eimbcke approaches the subject with sensitivity while presenting it in a wonderfully awkward, laugh-out-loud comedy.
SAT SEPT 7 | Scotiabank 3 | 9:30 PM
MON SEPT 9 | Scotiabank 14 | 4:15 PM
SAT SEPT 14 | Scotiabank 4 | 10:30 AM

The Mayor
Dirs. Emiliano Altuna Fistolera, Carlos Federico Rossini, Diego Osorno
This engrossing documentary introduces us to Mexican millionaire mayor Mauricio Fernandez, a larger-than-life and frequently controversial politician who lords over Latin America’s wealthiest municipality from his eccentrically decorated palace—and has a predilection for taking justice into his own hands.
TUE SEPT 10 | Scotiabank 14 | 7:00 PM
THU SEPT 12 | Scotiabank 14 | 9:15 AM
SAT SEPT 14 | Scotiabank 9 | 11:45 PM

Paradise
Dir. Mariana Chenillo
Poignant and disarmingly honest, Mexican director Mariana Chenillo’s second feature explores the difficulty of change and our modern obsession with body type through the story of an overweight couple trying to slim down together.
SUN SEPT 13 | Scotiabank 9 | 4:30 PM
MON SEPT 9 | Scotiabank 8 | 6:45 PM
SUN SEPT 15 | Scotiabank 4 | 1:00 PM

The Amazing Catfish
Dir. Claudia Sainte-Luce
A lonely young woman becomes a live-in caregiver for an ailing but indomitable matriarch and her brood of kids, in this joyful and wonderfully naturalistic comedy-drama.
SUN SEPT 8 | Scotiabank 1 | 9:45 PM
MON SEPT 9 | Scotiabank 14 | 1:45 PM
FRI SEPT 13 | Scotiabank 13 | 10:00 AM

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