ViX, TelevisaUnivision’s large-scale Spanish-language streaming service, is celebrating National Mexican Film Day this August 15 and extending the celebration through the rest of the month with hundreds of titles and a channel dedicated to the best Mexican films of yesterday and today. These productions highlight the richness and diversity of stories born in Mexico for the world to see.
Since 2017, the National Day of Mexican Cinema has celebrated the cultural and ideological contribution of national film production and promoted industry incentives.
ViX seeks to recognize Mexico’s contribution to the history of world cinema by taking enigmatic characters such as Macario or Cantinflas, golden film icons such as María Félix, Pedro Infante, Sara García, and stories of our daily lives such as “Mirreyes contra Godínez” (Mirreyes vs Godínez), “Sacúdete las penas” (Shake Off Your Sorrows) or “Presencias” (Presences) to the farthest reaches of the world.
ViX currently has more than 500 hours of Mexican movies available free of charge on the platforms AVOD tier– from Cine de Oro (Golden Cinema) to the highest-grossing films of recent years and will continue to expand its catalog month after month. Before the end of the year, ViX+, the premium tier of ViX, will exclusively premiere 13 original films made in Mexico and will add at least one premiere per month during 2023.
Free content on ViX includes:
Titles from the Golden Age of Cinema
- Ahí está el detalle [You’re Missing the Point] (1940)
- Flor Silvestre [Wild Flower] (1943)
- Bugambilia [Bougainvillea] (1947) (not available in the U.S.)
- El Pueblo sin Dios [The Town without God] (1955) (not available in the U.S.)
- Pobres Millonarios [Poor Millionaires] (1957)
- Macario (1960)
- Un par de sinvergüenzas [A Couple of Scoundrels] (1963)
María Félix Collection
20 years after her death, we commemorate María Félix, La Doña with four films, two of which marked her life. “El Peñón de las Ánimas” with which she made her debut as an actress and “Doña Bárbara”, the film that gave her the nickname “La Doña”.
- El Peñón de las Ánimas [The Rock of Souls] (1943)
- Doña Bárbara (1943)
- La Monja Alférez [The Lieutenant Nun] (1944)
- Diosa Arrodillada [The Kneeling Goddess] (1947) (not available in the U.S.)
Some of the most sought-after Mexican classics
- Salón México (1949)
- Los Olvidados [The Forgotten Ones](1950)
- También de Dolor se Canta [You Also Sing from Pain] (1950)
- Dos tipos de cuidado [Two Careful Fellows] (1952)
- Escuela de Música [Music School] (1955)
- Corazón Salvaje [Wild Heart] (1956)
- Cuando los hijos se van [When Children Leave] (1969)
New classics and blockbusters
- Kilómetro 31[Kilometer 31] (2006) (not available in the U.S.)
- La vida de Teo [Teo’s Journey] (2008) (not available in the U.S.)
- La leyenda de la Llorona [The Weeping Woman’s Legend] [(2011) (not available in the U.S.)
- Pastorela (2011) (not available in the U.S.)
- No se aceptan devoluciones [Instructions Not Included] (2012)
- Cantinflas (2014) (not available in the U.S.)
- Sacúdete las penas [Shake Off Your Sorrows] (2018) (not available in the U.S.)
- Mirreyes contra Godínez [Mirreyes vs Godinez] (2019) (not available in the U.S.)
In addition, ViX+ subscribers can enjoy the films “Mirreyes contra Godínez 2, El Retiro” [Mirreyes vs. Godinez, The Retreat], “Enfermo Amor” [Sick Love] and the three August premieres: “Leyendas, el origen” [Legend Quest: The Origin], “Sobreviviendo a los 30” [Surviving Your 30s], “Me casé con un idiota” [I Married a Fool] and “Las vocales” [The Vocals]:
Las Leyendas, el Origen (from August 10): Finado (Deceased) and Moribunda (Moribund), the sugar skull couple, must leave their comfort zone far from the Calaca town when a human crosses the “Eternal Mirror”, absorbing the energy of the portal that separates the realm of the living and the dead. Cast: Bruno Bichir, Eduardo España, Alex Casas, Emiliano Ugarte, Paola Ramones, Daniela Ibáñez. ViX features all four films in the Legends franchise.
Me casé con un Idiota (from August 24): Iñaki Palacios is the most famous actor in Mexico and Flor is a complete unknown. However, during the shooting of a film, the two begin a torrid romance that ends with a wedding. Flor realizes that she fell in love with a perfect idiot whom she mistook for the character in the movie, so she decides to leave him. Iñaki, however, does not give up and, together with the screenwriter of the movie he stars in, will devise a plan to get back the love of his life. Cast: Paulina Gaitán, Alfonso Herrera, Andrés Almeida, Harding Junior, Lucía Uribe, Mauricio Barrientos, Guillermo Murray, Patricia Reyes Espíndola, Mauricio Isaac
Las Vocales (from August 31): The story of Claudia, a single mother who gets her son Chuchín accepted into one of the best and most exclusive schools in the country. There they will face, without knowing it, “The Vocals”, a group of “perfect” mothers who will make their lives impossible, and who will start a very different academic year at the school. Cast: Gabriela de la Garza, Sofía Espinoza, Rocío García, Ruy Gaytán, Maia León, Ligia Ugarte, Ana González Bello, Tanya López
For the remainder of 2022, ViX+ will premiere around 13 original Mexican films, including: “Presencias” directed by Luis Mandoki and starring: Alberto Amman and featuring Yalitza Aparicio; and “Quiero tu Vida” [I Want Your Life], produced by Salma Hayek Pinault’s Ventanarosa Productions and starring: Erik Elías, Zuria Vega and Bárbara del Regil.
With all these Mexican films, ViX and ViX+ seek not only to honor and be present in Mexican culture, but also to bring it to all Spanish-speaking territories.
As part of ViX, the largest Spanish-language streaming service, the new subscription-based (SVOD) tier, ViX+, features more than 10,000 hours of premium content, which in its first year will include more than 70 original series and movies under the ViX+ Original brand. ViX is available for free on Apple iOS and tvOS, Android and Android TV OS mobile devices, Amazon Fire TV, Roku devices, Samsung smart TVs and online at vix.com.
For information on how to subscribe to ViX+ and answers to frequently asked questions, visit vixplus.com (United States), vixplus.com/mx (Mexico) and vixplus.com/latam (rest of Latin America).
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