Carlos Cárdenas Aguilar

Gema’s suicide attempt brings her three children together after many years, on the eve of an unusually cold Christmas in Guadalajara. Cristina, stubborn and deeply Catholic, sees herself as their mother’s caretaker; Sony, a psychic on the local Latino TV channel, fled as far as she could over twenty years ago and never came back; and Brunito, the much younger one, a frustrated biologist and forty-something gay man still dreaming of finding the love of his life. A cold front moves in and traps them inside the house, threatening to bring back the family’s most painful memory—and place it right on the table.

Borders have defined Sansón’s life. There’s the physical and psychological border between Mexico and the US. And now, looking at a life behind bars, there’s the one that separates him from his loved ones. Since it is forbidden to film inside the jail, Reyes recreates Sansón’s life – with the help of his family – through letters and by casting an untrained actor to play his friend. The resulting film is a reflection on migration, the notion of family, what it means to see one’s life on film, and the harshness and injustice of the US prison system.

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Through three stories 'The Dubious Calm of the Sea' explores the reality of the port of Manzanillo, a fundamental enclave of international trade in Mexico and a target of conquest for the country's criminal groups.

Bloon King is a young Mexican from the Florencia 13 neighborhood in Santa Chila, where he was born and where he grew up. Rap music helped him get out of crime and overcome problems with the law and the documentary gives a good account of this. David, as his real name is, shows us his life, his interests and motivations for the future.