Carlos Illescas

Writing

May 9, 1918 — June 22, 1998

Guatemala City, Guatemala

1 movies

Biography

Poet, storyteller, journalist, film scriptwriter, university professor and poetry workshop leader. Founding member of the 40's generation, along with Augusto Monterroso, Raúl Leiva, Otto-Raúl González and Enrique Juárez Toledo. Born in Guatemala, he lived in Mexico since 1944. He was a diplomat and journalist; editor of the collections "Problemas Científicos y Filosóficos" and "Nuestros Clásicos" of the UNAM, and of the poetry collection "Papeles Privados"; head of information and artistic dire...

🎬 Carlos Illescas's Filmography

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This fairy type of movie is divided in episodes (Figuras) that are settle either on a jail or an play, in this surrealistic film we are immerse in a Dogville type of stage were the combination of Poetry, testaments and political discourse of the mix of characters of the daily basis and religious figures such as Judas, the virgin, the labor workers, homosexuals, drag queens. Ironically 'Figuras de la passion' has been banned for several years as a product of the attack and angriness of right – winged parties and scholars.

Figuras de la pasión

1985