13 Jun 2025
Synthesize Me
In April 1989, in a liminal town near Mexico City, young teenager Violeta finds a way to bring her mother's synthesizers back to life with disastrous consequences for her and her father.
The Children of Sanchez
Its Power and Passion Will Touch All Our Hearts - Because We Are All the Children of Sanchez
Hall Bartlett directs the rural drama The Children of Sanchez, based on the tome The Children of Sanchez: Autobiography of a Mexican Family written by Oscar Lewis in the '60s. Anthony Quinn stars as the widowed Jesus Sanchez, a poor farmer struggling to provide for his family in Mexico City. Also starring Lupita Ferrer as Consuelo and Stathis Giallelis as Roberto. This is the last film in the 50-year career of international star Dolores del Rio, who plays the Grandma. Jazz-pop performer Chuck Mangione was nominated for a Golden Globe and won a Grammy award for his original musical score.
Top Billed Cast
Anthony Quinn Jesús Sánchez
Dolores del Río Grandma Paquita
Lupita Ferrer Consuelo Sánchez
Katy Jurado Chata
Stathis Giallelis Roberto Sánchez
Lucía Méndez Martha Sánchez
Duncan Quinn Manuel Sánchez
Héctor Bonilla Mario
Patricia Aspíllaga 
Patricia Reyes Spíndola 
José Carlos Ruiz 
Helena Rojo 
Rebeca Silva 
Domingo Ambriz 
Enrique Lucero Beatriz Marín 
José Chávez 
Josefina Echánove Adriana Rojo 
Sergio Calderón Alberto
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