Gabriel Mariño
Born in Puebla, Mexico in 1978, he moved to Mexico City at the age of thirteen. He began studying history, but later decided to take up studies in film instead, graduating with distinction in directing from the Mexican Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica (C.C.C.). In 2002 he took part in an exchange programme with the Munich College of Television and Film. He is currently working as a director and film and advertising editor. UN MUNDO SECRETO marks his first featurelength film.
Filmography
FILMOGRAFIE 2001 P, Kurzfilm ·
2002 YO NETZAHUALCÓYOTL LO PREGUNTO
(I NETZAHUALCÓYOTL ASK), Kurz-Dokumentar -
film · 2004 VIVIR.1 (TO LIVE.1), Kurzfilm ·
2005 BESO NEGRO (BLACK KISS), Dokumen -
tar film · 2007 BARDO, Dokumentarfilm ·
2012 UN MUNDO SECRETO (A SECRET WORLD)
Un mundo secreto (2012)
‘María, someday somebody will notice you and realise how special you are …’ these are the words that María notes down in her diary. She also writes herself passionate love letters. But nobody notices how desperate she is. How could they? She is such an unassuming girl and hardly ever speaks. Not even to the boys she often allows to sleep with her, just like that. Afterwards she slaps her face hard. She can’t go on like this. More