Streetwalker (Trotacalles)

<b>This screening will have an introduction from Invisible Women.</b> Matilda Landeta reimagines melodrama through a feminist lens in this simmering story of two estranged sisters - one married into money, another surviving through sex work - whose intertwined destinies expose the brutal economies of patriarchal power and desire. Bound by family yet divided by fate, two sisters take opposing paths; Elena (Miroslava Stern) into wealth and respectability, Maria (Elda Peralta) into exploitation on the streets. When their lives cross again, desire and betrayal spark a devastating reckoning. In her third feature, pioneering filmmaker Matilde Landeta, one of the first women to direct features in Mexico, uses the melodrama genre to enter into a seedy underworld of pimps, cabarets and sex workers. Landeta, who financed her own early films and fought tirelessly against a hostile industry, crafts a nuanced depiction of women’s lives, where sisterly solidarity emerges amid exploitation. Formally inventive and socially daring, it challenges Golden Age cinema’s patriarchal archetypes and reclaims melodrama as a radical cinematic space. <i>Curated by Invisible Women. Stronger Than Love ¡Too Much Mexican Melodrama! is delivered with the support of BFI FAN, awarding funds from The National Lottery. With thanks to BFI and Filmoteca UNAM.</i>DramaPT1H41M152025-11-25
Miroslava
Ernesto Alonso
Elda Peralta
Matilda Landeta
Eduardo Soto Landeta
Streetwalker (Trotacalles)"Streetwalker (Trotacalles)"

Showtimes

November 25, 6:00 pm

Filmhouse Cinema