ABSTRACT
Suggested films from this period: Sólo con tu pareja (Love in a Time of Hysteria) (Fondo de Fomento a la Calidad Cinematográfica, Mexico, 1991, Dir: Alfonso Cuarón)
Danzón (Fondo de Fomento a la Calidad Cinematográfica, Mexico/Spain, 1991, Dir: María Novaro)
Como agua para chocolate (Like Water for Chocolate) (Arau Films Internacional, Mexico, 1992, Dir: Alfonso Arau)
El Mariachi (Columbia Pictures Corporation, Mexico/USA, 1992, Dir: Robert Rodriguez)
La Otra Conquista (The Other Conquest) (ADO Entertainment, Mexico, 1999, Dir: Salvador Carrasco),
Sexo, pudor y lágrimas (Sex, Shame, and Tears) (Argos Producciones, Mexico, 1999, Dir: Antonio Serrano)
Mexican cinema has produced some significant films across its century of production, though after its ‘golden age’ ended in the 1950s these became fewer and fewer, as production turned towards the low end (but profitable) market of low-budget westerns and horror movies. However, at the start of the 1990s a new direction and dynamism in Mexican film began to impact on the world scene, and Novo Cine Mexicano (New Mexican cinema) was born.
