YANCO

The touching story of a young boy who flees the discordant noises in his small village and finds refuge on a nearby island. He develops a relationship with an elderly man who teaches him how to play the violin.

"Lovely in the purity of it's theme and lovely in the composition of individual shots and scenes. It weaves a romantic fable with simple charming threads and with some individual shots of natural beauties and human faces that are photographic gems." -- NY Times.

Script and direction by Servando Gonzales. Cast; Ricardo Ancona, Jesus Medina, Maria Bustamante.

Mexico, 1964, 94 minutes. No dialog; music and sound effects only.
ISBN 1-55881-029-3
$19.95

MARIA CANDELARIA

In a small Mexican village, Maria is an outcast because of her late mother's alleged immoral behavior. Shunned and forbidden to earn a living or have contact with others, she leads a solitary life. Her only friend is the town priest and her only companion is a kind hearted but poor peasant. Their plans to marry are shattered by two men who become obsessed with Maria's beauty. One is a slimy peasant landlord who wants to own her and the other is an important artist who sees in Maria the perfect vision of beauty that he wishes to paint.

WINNER BEST FILM CANNES 1946

Directed by Emilio Fernandez. Script; Emilio Fernandez, Mauricio Magdalene. Photo; Gabriel Figueroa. Music; Francisco Dominguez. Cast; Dolores Del Rio, Pedro Armendariz, Alberto Galan, Margarita Cortes, Manuel Inclan.

Mexico, 1943. 105 Minutes. Spanish Dialog with added English subtitles.
ISBN 1-55881-028-5
$29.95