Jennifer, I'm not an expert in mexican cinema, I saw only (almost) the filmography of Arturo Ripstein, the best cineast in this country, I think. But you talk about the new directors like Arteta (I don't know), Iñárritu or the author of "Y tu mamá también": here, is a road-movie with the spanish actress Maribel Verdú and Diego Luna, now in the last Almodóvar's movie, "La mala educación". Really, a sexual trio with great performances and wildly rhythm. In Iñárritu, "Amores perros" and "21 Grams", is near to american movies (specially in the last) but the dramatic plot is more deep and the non-linear narration introduces you better in the fiction.

I saw twice "Lucía y el sexo" (in theather), and three years ago was very intense and with the feeling "the writer is like me", "this story don't have an ending like the short-storie...", in a movement in-and-out, wave-like. Now, in DVD, is usually less impactant, but I can understand the things in news ways.

Spanish and mexican cineast, I think, are not really near, the education is not suffisant, the countries and the problems are very different; but is possible you can see simm. in hard performances, explicit scenes and a playful mood with the religion "au fond" (behind).

(to be continued)