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San Diego Latino Film Festival


San Diego's annual Latino Film Festival will happen in March, and as always, they'll present a wide variety of the best and latest Latin American and U.S. Latino films, including El Clan and La Calle de la Amargura. A couple more highlights:

Magallanes, Peru
Magallanes sees his humdrum life turn upside down the day Celina, a women he met in the violent years when he was a soldier with the Peruvian Army, jumps into his taxi in a Lima street. This unexpected re-encounter after 25 years with the dark past that unites them prompts Magallanes to embark on a daring plan, to help Celina get money and find his own redemption.

An aged Peruvian taxi driver, formerly an aide to a feared military officer in the bloodiest days of government repression during the Shining Path insurgency, unexpectedly re-encounters a young indigenous woman who was brutally victimized by his superior. http://tiff.net/festivals/festival15/contemporaryworldcinema/magallanes

Malaventura (Misadventure), Mexico
On the way to the party of the year, four friends decide to play a joke that triggers a series of events that unfold throughout the day. When arrested, their friendship is tested and faces some tough personal decisions.

Camino a la fiesta del año, cuatros amigos deciden jugarse una broma que desencadena una serie de sucesos durante el día. En el camino a la fiesta del año, cuatro amigos deciden jugarse una broma que desencadena una serie de eventos que se desarrollarán a lo largo de un día.

San Diego: March 10 - 20.  See the festival website for details.