During the eighties, an increasing part is made to the private companies, especially American, with a system of public aid which depends on the General office for the cinema. The Mexican Institute of Cinematography directly produces feature films: there were sixty films in 1987, one hundred and twenty-eight in 1988 and one hundred and four in 1989. In 123movies you can have a perfect look at these films.
The Story and the Process
The federal government (Peliculas Nacionales) controlled a large part of the circuits (3,068 cinemas in 1984) in front of the independent distributor Arte Cinema of Mexico, and the seven American companies operating in Mexico. The attendance figure is steadily declining: 363 million spectators in 1984, 302 million in 1988, 246 million in 1989 (rounded figures). This public disaffection is due – a general phenomenon – to the growing role of television and the increase in the “park”




























