José Emilio Pacheco
Writing
Biography
José Emilio Pacheco Berny (June 30, 1939 – January 26, 2014), better known simply as Jose Emilio Pacho or Emilio Pacheco, was a Mexican poet, essayist, novelist and short story writer. He is regarded as one of the major Mexican poets of the second half of the 20th century. The Berlin International Literature Festival has praised him as "one of the most significant contemporary Latin American poets". In 2009 he was awarded the Cervantes Prize for his literary oeuvre. He taught at UNAM, as well as the University of Maryland, College Park, the University of Essex, and many others in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom.
Known For
When an 11-year-old boy becomes mesmerized by his friend's mother in the late 1950s, he will try to navigate the impulses of desire at a young age.
Battles
A Romanian aristocrat retreats to a desert isle with his wife and servants on the eve of World War II.
Foxtrot
In his film debut Ritter is sent to investigate miners being killed and their mines confiscated. The culprit is Evans and after Tex joins the gang, he is sent to kill two more miners. When Estaban is killed, Tex is put on trial for all three murders.
Song of the Gringo
After having his genitals brutally mutilated during childhood, a man must face prejudice and himself.
The Cubs
A disciplined and sexually driven man forces his family to stay isolated in their home in order to protect them from the “evil nature” of human beings.
Castle of Purity
The story runs in the 1940s Mexico City. A schoolboy (Carlos) falls in love with his best friend's mother (Mariana). Carlos is impressed because this family is not like the ordinary mexican families of the time, because they have many expensive American things, although they are not rich. The drama begins when Carlos gets out of school to go to declare his love to Mariana, and is discovered by his teachers.
Mariana Mariana
Family honor, greed, machismo, homophobia, and dreams collide in a small Mexican town.
The Place Without Limits
Documentary about life and works Salvador Elizondo, a Mexican writer regarded as one of the creators of the most influential cult noirè, experimental and intelligent style literature in Latin America.
El Extraño Experimento del Profesor Elizondo
When a man appears in her life, a young woman of traditional manners who lives with her godmother suffers a deep and unusual transformation.
The Passion of Berenice
Three stories: A young man disobeys his aunt by not killing a cat. An orphan boy, in love with his cousin, is fond of war novels, imagining himself as a hero. A couple of schoolboys in love wander around the city and forget the brutality of their respective homes.
Distant Wind
A plague is spreading through 16th century Mexico, and the Inquisition of the Roman Catholic Church is rooting out Jews, for they are believed to be its cause. At his father's funeral, a monk observes his family practicing Jewish burial rite, and he reports them, leading to devastating consequences for the whole family.
The Holy Inquisition
A boy discovers desire and love, and that even when they are close, they can sometimes be far away.
August Afternoon
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José Emilio Pacheco: me llamo Nadie
Businessman hires a stand-in to pass as the father of his mistress' children.
La otra mujer
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Aqueronte
Two mischievous children are entrusted with a task: to kill a cat.
In the Hondo Park
The Lecumberri Penitentiary was one of the most notorious prisons in 20th-century Mexico, known for the notorious inmates who were held there and the appalling living conditions inside. This documentary records daily life in the prison shortly before its closure.
Lecumberri, the Dark Palace
A short directed by Hilda Soriano, based on José Emilio Pacheco's story.