MEXICO - COUNTRY IN THE SPOTLIGHT

TALES FROM THE INSIDE
RELATOS DESDE EL ENCIERRO



Guadalupe Miranda

Country of production: Mexico
Year: 2004
Language: Spanish
Mins: 76

Production company: Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica
Producer: Ángeles Castro Gurría, Hugo Rodríguez, Gustavo Montiel, Andrea Gentile
Script: Guadalupe Miranda
Cinematography: Andrea Borbolla, Lorenza Manrique, Guadalupe Miranda
Editing: Lucrecia Gutiérrez
Sound: Aurora Ojeda, Marco A. Hernández, Lena Esquenazi
Music: Marcos Miranda, Huitzilín Sánchez

Source: Centro De Capacitation Cinematografica
Calaz. Tlalplan 1670, Col.County Club
04420 Mexico D.F. Mexico
Tel: 52.55 1253 9490
Fax: 52.55 1253 9492
e-mail: festival@ccc.cnart.mx
www.ccc.cnart.mx


The women imprisoned in the Mexican federal prison of Puente Grande, Jalisco, offer different testimonies of their lives and crimes, and tell us about the emotional experience derived from their confinement. Speaking from their own intimacy, they reflect upon human condition, survival and the concept of freedom. This is a thoughtful and revealing documentary about the day-to-day lives of women in a Mexican prison. Eschewing the usual approach of TV reportages, director Guadalupe Miranda goes for a deeper portrayal of how life behind bars changes one’s perspective of individual freedom. It also exposes the peculiar idiosyncrasies of the Mexican justice system. Best Documentary, Biarritz Film Festival.

The award-winning documentary maker Guadalupe Miranda was born in Mexico City in 1969. She studied still photography and then trained as a filmmaker at the Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica in Mexico City.

FILMOGRAPHY

TALES FROM THE INSIDE (2004)
TWO TOWNS (2002)
GABIS COFFEE SHOP (1996)
ZAPATISTA WOMEN (1995)
ELECTION DAY (1994)

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