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Marcelo Tobar
Born July 15, 1977 · Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico (age 49)
A film graduate of the Vancouver Film School, he has written, directed, and produced seven feature films. Among them, *Oso Polar*—the first Latin American film shot entirely on iPhones—won the prestigious Best Film award at the 2017 Morelia International Film Festival, presented by a jury presided over by Béla Tarr. He has over ten years of experience as a screenwriter and director for Mexican se…
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Straight · 2024Straight
★ 7.02024
MovieRomance
Roberto is a successful 32-year-old banker with a demanding life and a job that occupies him even on the weekends; a talented girlfriend, Elia, with whom he has been in a relationship for six years; and in his free time a little soccer, beer and Cris, a 20-year-old boy he meets on a gay dating app. Cris will make him rethink whether he has the life he wants or the one he's expected to have.
Don't Blame Karma! · 2022Don't Blame Karma!
★ 6.92022
MovieRomanceComedy
The travails of Sara, a frustrated fashion designer who blames karma for her bad luck. Fate will put her face to face with her sister, Lucy, who enjoys very different luck, and in a series of events and reunions that will lead her to make a radical decision.
Güeros · 2014Güeros
★ 7.52014
MovieDramaComedy
Set amidst the 1999 student strikes in Mexico City, this coming-of-age tale finds two brothers venturing through the city in a sentimental search for an aging legendary musician. Shot in black-and-white, Güeros brims with youthful exuberance.
The Idealists · 2020The Idealists
★ 6.92020
MovieComedyDrama
A group of adults who met while studying college gather together a few years later.
National Family · 2023National Family
★ 6.72023
MovieComedyAction
Don Poli, the patriarch of a family embedded in politics, faces the change of party in his state - after a hundred years in power - losing all his privileges. Humiliated and angry, he threatens to disinherit his family and leave to rebuild his life. This forces his children (Kippy, Ramses and Belén) to take extreme measures to ensure their future, causing everything that could go wrong to turn out worse.
Dos mil metros (sobre el nivel del mar) · 2008Dos mil metros (sobre el nivel del mar)
★ 6.72008
Movie
Galo has enough free space in his old and luxurious apartment so he asks Fama, an exgirlfriend with cash problems, to come live with him. She arrives with her Canadian boyfriend, Alex. They both couldn’t find themselves in a more comfortable situation: free space to live in, stocked fridge and no pressures to leave anytime soon. Nevertheless not everything goes smoothly for Fama while in there, specially with Carlota (the fourth roomate in the house) who seems to hold an interest for Alex.
Polar Bear · 2017Polar Bear
★ 6.82017
MovieDrama
Heriberto gives a lift to a school reunion to two friends (Flor and Trujillo). In the way, we find out that they were his worst bullies.
Asteroid · 2014Asteroid
★ 5.82014
Movie
Cristina returns to her hometown Cuernavaca after a seven year absence. The bittersweet reunion with her brother Mauricio unravels old and tragic memories. Cristina, determined to heal their relationship, collapses its fragile stability.
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