In the tragicomedy FLIES, Mexican director Fernando Eimbcke tells the story of a boy who struggles his way through Mexico City to visit his terminally ill mother in the hospital – and in the process thoroughly turns the carefully controlled world of a retired woman upside down.

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We’re screening the new film by one of the most important voices in contemporary Latin American cinema as part of Cine en Español, followed by a discussion with director Fernando Eimbcke.