Made in Mexico: why the new Hollywood is south of the border
Live MintChurubusco Studios, a rambling complex in Mexico City, has been in business since 1945; in that time it has overseen some 3,000 movies and more tele novelas than anyone can remember. In the same week Warner Bros Discovery will launch “Like Water for Chocolate”, a streaming series executive-produced by Salma Hayek, and Netflix will drop “Pedro Páramo”, its movie adaptation of Mexico’s arguably greatest novel. The three releases represent each streamer’s priciest production in Mexico to date; Netflix believes that “Pedro Páramo” is the most expensive Mexican movie ever made. “People would equate Mexican film as if it was a genre,” rather than a nationality, says Alejandro Ramírez, chief executive of Cinépolis, a Mexican cinema chain that is the world’s third-largest. “People imagined Mexico was mariachis and people riding horses in the street,” says Francisco Ramos, Netflix’s head of content in Latin America.
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