Delia Casanova

After the corrupt former Mayor is killed by the peasants, poor janitor Juan Vargas is appointed new Mayor of a desert town in central Mexico. Although he tries to bring the motto of the ruling party to town (modernity, peace and progress) he realizes soon that there's nothing to do against corruption... except to become corrupt. Step by step, helped by his pistol, Juan Vargas becomes the law and the worst Major in the town's history. Written by Maximiliano Maza

Based on the Nobel Prize Winner's novel, the Egyptian Naguib Mahfouz. The story, translated from El Cairo to Mexico City's downtown, narrates the life of the members of the neighbourhood and the connection between them (imdb)

Alsino, a boy of 10 or 12, lives with his grandmother in a remote area of Nicaragua. He's engulfed in the war between rebels and government troops when a US advisor orders the army to open a staging area by the boy's hamlet. (imdb)

After witnessing the murder of her friend Dolores becomes traumatised. Her husband discourages her from going outside out of concern for her safety. While staying at home all day she makes some discoveries that may relate to her friends death. Her further investigations reveal that she may herself be in danger.

Gina (Diana Bracho) is a modern businesswoman in her late forties, she has a lover named Adrian, who she sees once in a while just to have sex; they are both attracted to the historic figure of Pancho Villa, while he admires his power, she admires his virility. As Gina helps Adrian (who is a journalist) to write a book about Pancho Villa, she discovers the similarity between Villa's relation to women to that of Adrian and hers.. (Ernesto Sanchez)

Luz is in jail, accused of murdering her own children. Her husband and her mother-in-law say she killed them in cold blood. Dr. Rebollar tries to help the woman, but she refuses to remember anything. Luz thinks of jail as purgatory: it's only one step to reach Heaven. (imdb)

14 year old Iván returns with his mother, Alicia, to Álamos, Sonora, his birthplace. His father, Juan Jaime Mondragon, a wealthy and powerful businessman and landowner, does not recognize him as his son and rejects him. Alicia keeps her son's origin a secret and is forced to accept the job as a servant for the wealthy Lomelí Curiel family. Iván faces numerous obstacles and this story follows his life for decades. (imdb)