Movie Blog: 38 'Cine Latino' Films Coming To Mpls.

The Film Society of Minneapolis-St. Paul is presenting what it calls the "region's largest celebration of Spanish and Portuguese language film," and tickets for the general public go on sale Monday.

The 38-film event is called Cine Latino, and it has a nearly week-long run from Oct. 30 – Nov. 5. The films will screen at two Minneapolis venues: the St. Anthony Main Theatre and the Heart of the Beast Theatre. Twenty-eight of them will make their Minnesota premiere while one, Son of Trauco, will make its U.S. premiere.

The celebration kicks off with The Liberator, a film about Simón Bolívar's life-long struggle to free South America from the Spanish crown. After the screening, there'll be a party at the Aster Café, which is just next door to the St. Anthony Main Theatre.

The festival closes with a bang, Escobar: Paradise Lost. Starring Benicio Del Toro and Josh Hutcherson, the film tells the story of a surfer who falls in love with a gorgeous girl whose uncle just happens to be the notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar. As you can imagine, the surfer dude doesn't give up on this girl, and he ends up in some dangerous waters. (Watch the trailer above.)

As part of the line-up, there's also an eight-film showcase on Mexican cinema called "It Could Only Happen in Mexico."

Cine Latino tickets are $10 for the general public. For students, they're $5, and for Film Society members they're $7. For more on Cine Latino, click here.

Cine Latino Screening Schedule

Thursday, Oct. 30

5 p.m.: Lock Charmer (St. Anthony Main, Minn. Premiere); Directed by Natalia Smirnoff (Argentina)

7 p.m.: The Liberator (St. Anthony Main, Minn. Premiere); Directed by Alberto Arvelo (Venezuela/Spain)

9: 30 p.m.: God's Slave (St. Anthony Main, Minn. Premiere); Directed by Joel Novoa (Venezuela/Argentina)
Friday, Oct. 31

1 p.m.: The Crying Woman (Heart of the Beast, Mexican Showcase); Directed by Ramón Peón (Mexico)

2:45 p.m.: El Somni (St. Anthony Main, Minn. Premiere); Directed by Franc Aleu (Spain)

3 p.m.: Shrew's Nest (St. Anthony Main, Minn. Premiere); Directed by Juanfer Andrés, Esteban Roel (Spain)

3 p.m.: Santo Versus The Vampire Women (St. Anthony Main, Mexican Showcase); Directed by Alfonso Corona Blake (Mexico)

4:45 p.m.: La Jaula De Oro (St. Anthony Main, Minn. Premiere); Directed by Diego Quemada-Díez (Guatemala/Spain/Mexico)

5 p.m.: The Man Behind The Mask (St. Anthony Main, Minn. Premiere); Directed by Gabriela Obregon (Mexico)

7:15 p.m.: Holiday (St. Anthony Main, Minn. Premiere); Directed by Diego Araujo, who'll be in attendance (Ecuador/Argentina)

7:30 p.m.: God's Slave (St. Anthony Main, Minn. Premiere); Directed by Joel Novoa (Venezuela/Argentina)

9:45 p.m.: Paradise (St. Anthony Main, Minn. Premiere); Directed by Marianna Chenillo (Mexico)

Saturday, Nov. 1

12 p.m.: Victims of Sin (St. Anthony Main, Mexican Showcase); Directed by Emilio Fernández (Mexico)

12:05 p.m.: Refugiado (St. Anthony Main, Minn. Premiere); Directed by Diego Lerman (Argentina)

1: 30 p.m.: Cine Latino Shorts (Heart of the Beast)

1:50 p.m.: Que Caramba es la Vida (St. Anthony Main); Directed by Doris Dörrie (Mexico)

2 p.m.: My Straight Son (St. Anthony Main, Minn. Premiere); Directed by Miguel Ferrari (Venezuela)

2:15 p.m.: The Revolution of Juan Escopeta (Heart Of The Beast); Directed by Jorge A. Estrada (Mexico)

3:45 p.m.: Saving Private Perez (St. Anthony Main, Mexican Showcase); Directed by Beto Gómez (Mexico)

4:45 p.m.: Holiday (St. Anthony Main, Minn. Premiere); Directed by Diego Araujo, who'll be in attendance (Ecuador/Argentina)

6:30 p.m.:Flying Low (St. Anthony Main, Mexican Showcase); Directed by Beto Gómez (Mexico)

7:15 p.m.: Spanish Affair (St. Anthony Main, Minn. Premiere); Directed by Emilio Martínez Lázaro (Spain)

9:20 p.m.: To Fool A Thief (St. Anthony Main, Minn. Premiere); Directed by Ariel Winograd (Argentina)

9:30 p.m.: To Kill A Man (St. Anthony Main, Minn. Premiere); Directed by Alejandro Fernández Almendras (Chile/France)

Sunday, Nov. 2

12 p.m.: Casa Grande (St. Anthony Main, Minn. Premiere); Directed by Fellipe Barbosa (Brazil)

12:10 p.m.: Food Chains (St. Anthony Main, Minn. Premiere); Directed by Sanjay Rawal (USA)

2:15 p.m.: Till The Last Drop (St. Anthony Main, Mexican Showcase); Directed by Beto Gómez (Mexico)

2:30 p.m.: Sand Dollars (St. Anthony Main, Minn. Premiere); Directed by Laura Amelia Guzmán, Israel Cárdenas (Dominican Republic/Argentina/Mexico)

4:30 p.m.: Bad Hair (St. Anthony Main); Directed by Mariana Rondon (Venezuela/Argentina/Peru/Germany)

5 p.m.: The Man Behind The Mask (Heart of the Beast, Minn. Premiere); Directed by Gabriela Obregon (Mexico)

5 p.m.: Cantinflas (St. Anthony Main); Directed by Sebastian del Amo (Mexico)

6:45 p.m.: La Jaula De Oro (St. Anthony Main, Minn. Premiere); Directed by Diego Quemada-Díez (Guatemala/Spain/Mexico)

7:10 p.m.: Spanish Affair (St. Anthony Main, Minn. Premiere); Directed by Emilio Martínez Lázaro (Spain)

7:45 p.m.: Santo Versus The Vampire Women (Heart of the Beast, Mexican Showcase); Directed by Alfonso Corona Blake (Mexico)

7:45 p.m.: Shrew's Nest (Heart of the Beast, Minn. Premiere); Directed by Juanfer Andrés, Esteban Roel (Spain)

8:45 p.m.: August Winds (St. Anthony Main, Minn. Premiere); Directed by Gabriel Mascaro (Brazil)

9:30 p.m.: Thesis On A Homicide (St. Anthony Main, Minn. Premiere); Directed by Hernán Goldfrid (Argentina/Spain)

Monday, Nov. 3

12:05 p.m.: Refugiado (St. Anthony Main, Minn. Premiere); Directed by Diego Lerman (Argentina)

3:30 p.m.: Under California (St. Anthony Main, Mexican Showcase); Directed by Carlos Bolado Muñoz (Mexico)

5 p.m.: Lock Charmer (St. Anthony Main); Directed by Natalia Smirnoff (Argentina)

5: 30 p.m.: August Winds (St. Anthony Main, Minn. Premiere); Directed by Gabriel Mascaro (Brazil)

7:15 p.m.: Son of Trauco (St. Anthony Main, U.S. Premiere); Directed by Alan Fischer (Chile)

7:30 p.m.: El Somni (St. Anthony Main, Minn. Premiere); Directed by Franc Aleu (Spain)

9:20 p.m.: Bad Hair (St. Anthony Main); Directed by Mariana Rondon (Venezuela/Argentina/Peru/Germany)

Tuesday, Nov. 4

2:45 p.m.: Another Dawn (St. Anthony Main, Mexican Showcase); Directed by Julio Bracho (Mexico)

4:45 p.m.: Thesis On A Homicide (St. Anthony Main, Minn. Premiere); Directed by Hernán Goldfrid (Argentina/Spain)

7 p.m.: Que Caramba es la Vida (Heart of the Beast, Minn. Premiere); Directed by Doris Dörrie *There'll be a mariachi discussion and performance at the screening*

7 p.m.: Disruption (St. Anthony Main, Minn. Premiere); Directed by Pamela Yates (USA) *Filmmaker Peter Kinoy will be attending this screening*

7:10 p.m.: Paradise (St. Anthony Main, Minn. Premiere); Directed by Marianna Chenillo (Mexico)

9:20 p.m.: My Straight Son (St. Anthony Main, Minn. Premiere); Directed by Miguel Ferrari (Venezuela)

9:30 p.m.: Sand Dollars (St. Anthony Main, Minn. Premiere); Directed by Laura Amelia Guzmán, Israel Cárdenas (Dominican Republic/Argentina/Mexico)

9:30 p.m.: Casa Grande (St. Anthony Main, Minn. Premiere); Directed by Fellipe Barbosa (Brazil)
Wednesday, Nov. 5

4:45 p.m.: Son of Trauco (St. Anthony Main, U.S. Premiere); Directed by Alan Fischer (Chile)

5 p.m.: Disruption (St. Anthony Main, Minn. Premiere); Directed by Pamela Yates (USA) *Filmmaker Peter Kinoy will be attending this screening*

7 p.m.: Escobar: Paradise Lost (St. Anthony Main, Minn. Premiere); Directed by Andrea Di Stefano (Colombia/France/Spain/Belgium)

7:30 p.m.: To Fool A Thief (St. Anthony Main, Minn. Premiere); Directed by Ariel Winograd (Argentina)

9:45 p.m.: To Kill A Man (St. Anthony Main, Minn. Premiere); Directed by Alejandro Fernández Almendras (Chile/France)