Chicago Latino Film Festival

Event Series The Truths

The Truths

Landmark's Century Centre Cinema 2828 N Clark Street, Chicago, Illinois

Belmonte’s "Rashomon"-like thriller finds newly appointed police chief Josué (Lázaro Ramos, "Madame Sata") investigating the murder of a local politician in a coastal town of Bahía. Includes Short Film - Bedwetter (Peru)

The House Among the Cactuses

Landmark's Century Centre Cinema 2828 N Clark Street, Chicago, Illinois

Emilio and Rosa (Ariadna Gil) have lived what they consider a perfect life with their five daughters in a remote place in the Canary Islands until one of their daughters dies. Their period of grieving is short lived as they return to their routine: buying and selling goods at the local market and the daughters’ homeschooling by a teacher…But something’s amiss: one of their twin daughters is asked to hide in her room every time they receive a visitor, including the teacher. Emilio and Rosa’s secret will be unveiled when a tourist walks up the road asking for directions.

Event Series The Truths

The Truths

Landmark's Century Centre Cinema 2828 N Clark Street, Chicago, Illinois

Belmonte’s "Rashomon"-like thriller finds newly appointed police chief Josué (Lázaro Ramos, "Madame Sata") investigating the murder of a local politician in a coastal town of Bahía. Includes Short Film - Bedwetter (Peru)

15 Ways to Kill Your Neighbor

Landmark's Century Centre Cinema 2828 N Clark Street, Chicago, Illinois

From Santiago Mitre, the director of "Argentina, 1985," comes this deliciously twisted dark comedy about a man who refuses to die. José (Daniel Hendler) has moved to France with his partner and daughter. Unemployed, José refuses to learn French. One day, this stay-at-home dad knocks on his neighbor’s door to borrow a shovel; he is welcomed in by Jean-Claude (Melvil Poupaud), a bon-vivant. Jean-Claude rubs him the wrong way and José impulsively kills him with the shovel. Much to his chagrin, he discovers his new neighbor alive and well the following morning. Now he must kill him again…and again…and…

$15
Event Series The House Amongst the Cactuses

The House Amongst the Cactuses

Landmark's Century Centre Cinema 2828 N Clark Street, Chicago, Illinois

Emilio and Rosa (Ariadna Gil) have lived what they consider a perfect life with their five daughters in a remote place in the Canary Islands until one of their daughters dies. Their period of grieving is short lived as they return to their routine: buying and selling goods at the local market and the daughters’ homeschooling by a teacher…But something’s amiss: one of their twin daughters is asked to hide in her room every time they receive a visitor, including the teacher. Emilio and Rosa’s secret will be unveiled when a tourist walks up the road asking for directions.

Event Series 15 Ways to Kill Your Neighbor

15 Ways to Kill Your Neighbor

Landmark's Century Centre Cinema 2828 N Clark Street, Chicago, Illinois

From Santiago Mitre, the director of "Argentina, 1985," comes this deliciously twisted dark comedy about a man who refuses to die. José (Daniel Hendler) has moved to France with his partner and daughter. Unemployed, José refuses to learn French. One day, this stay-at-home dad knocks on his neighbor’s door to borrow a shovel; he is welcomed in by Jean-Claude (Melvil Poupaud), a bon-vivant. Jean-Claude rubs him the wrong way and José impulsively kills him with the shovel. Much to his chagrin, he discovers his new neighbor alive and well the following morning. Now he must kill him again…and again…and…

$15
Event Series Yo, Traidor

Yo, Traidor

Landmark's Century Centre Cinema 2828 N Clark Street, Chicago, Illinois

Inspired by the Biblical parable of the prodigal son, Fernández Engler’s thriller tells the story of Máximo, the youngest son of a powerful family in Argentina’s fishing industry who asks his father for his share of his inheritance so he can break out on his own. Máximo settles down in a fishing village in Patagonia where he establishes a business relationship with the enigmatic Caviedes and runs afoul of Coletto, a local fisherman who opposes the exploitation of these waters. Máximo becomes ensnared in a corrupt web of his own making.

Event Series The Huntress

The Huntress

Landmark's Century Centre Cinema 2828 N Clark Street, Chicago, Illinois

Shot in the Chilean Andes in the middle of the pandemic, Duplaquet’s latest film tells the story of a mother and son who have survived a planetary health catastrophe and subsist by hunting and selling rabbits. The appearance of Rena, a mysterious woman trying to cross into Argentina who tries to steal their jeep, exposes the fragile balance between mother and son and awakens a series of feelings which seemed to have been lost due to the loneliness and precariousness of their lives.

Event Series Yo, Traidor

Yo, Traidor

Landmark's Century Centre Cinema 2828 N Clark Street, Chicago, Illinois

Inspired by the Biblical parable of the prodigal son, Fernández Engler’s thriller tells the story of Máximo, the youngest son of a powerful family in Argentina’s fishing industry who asks his father for his share of his inheritance so he can break out on his own. Máximo settles down in a fishing village in Patagonia where he establishes a business relationship with the enigmatic Caviedes and runs afoul of Coletto, a local fisherman who opposes the exploitation of these waters. Máximo becomes ensnared in a corrupt web of his own making.

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