Café (2014 film)

Café
Directed by	Hatuey Viveros Lavielle
Written by	Monika Revilla
Produced by	Carlos Hernández Vázquez
Cinematography	Hatuey Viveros Lavielle
Edited by	Pedro García
Music by	Carlo Ayhllón
Release date	2014 (2014)
Running time	80 minutes
Country	Mexico
Language	Nahuatl

Café, also known as Coffee, is a Mexican documentary directed by Hatuey Viveros Lavielle which won the Sesterce d’or for Best Documentary at the Visions du Réel Film Festival in Switzerland. The film is spoken in Nahuatl.

Plot

Café follows an indigenous family from the mountainous region of Puebla in Mexico as they struggle to overcome the loss of Antonio, the father. Teresa, the mother, will try to help her children with their current challenges. Jorge seeks to become the first lawyer in the area and sixteen year old Rosario will have to make a decision concerning her unwanted pregnancy.^[1][2]

Prizes

Café received the Sesterce d'or for Best Documentary at the 2014 Visions du Réel Film Festival in Switzerland. It also won Best Documentary at the Biarritz International Festival of Latin American Cinema and the Reveu Sequence Prize at the Montreal First Peoples Festival. In 2015, it was screened at Docs Fortnight at the MoMA in New York.^[3][4]

About the movie

The father of director Hatuey Viveros Lavielle and Antonio, the deceased father of the family portrayed, were close friends. Viveros Lavielle has known the family for most of his life and that is how he managed to obtain such close intimacy with his subject during the filming process.^[5][6]

References

1. Sienra, Regina (August 18, 2017). "Café, un documental en náhuatl sobre la fortaleza familiar". Gatopardo (in Spanish). Retrieved June 5, 2021.
2. Betancourt, Manuel (January 31, 2019). "'Café' is a Lyrical Look at the Life of a Nahua Family in Puebla". Remezcla. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
3. Guzman, Sandra (January 22, 2015). "Cinema Tropical Awards: Fathers And Sons A Big Theme In Winning Films". NBC News. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
4. Braine, Theresa (September 13, 2018). "Mexico Films Top Montreal First Peoples Festival Awards". Indian Country Today. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
5. Barranco, Daniela (August 21, 2017). "Hatuey Viveros: un ejemplo de amor por el cine y perseverancia". máspormás (in Spanish). Retrieved June 5, 2021.
6. Maristain, Mónica (August 20, 2017). ""Café", el documental de un abogado que se queda en el pueblo a defender a su comunidad". Sin Embargo (in Spanish). Retrieved June 5, 2021.

External links

• Café at IMDb
• Café on MUBI