VANILLA

A film by Mayra Hermosillo

(Mexico, 2025, 96 min. In Spanish with English subtitles)

In the late eighties, eight-year-old Roberta lives in a house unlike any other in Northern Mexico—shared by seven formidable women, spanning generations and brimming with personality, conflict, tenderness, and laughter. As mounting debts threaten to take away the only home she has ever known, Roberta watches from her child’s perspective as her mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, aunt, cousin, and lifelong family friend struggle to hold their world together. A poignant tribute to the women who shape us, the semi-autobiographical debut feature by actor-director Mayra Hermosillo unfolds as a rich coming-of-age drama exploring identity, belonging, and resilience within an unconventional family bound by love and economic uncertainty.

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VAINILLA

Dirigida por Mayra Hermosillo

(México, 2025, 96 min. En español con subtítulos en inglés)

A finales de la década de los ochenta, Roberta, de ocho años, vive en una casa como ninguna otra en el norte de México, compartida por siete mujeres formidables que abarcan generaciones y rebosan personalidad, conflictos, ternura y risa. Mientras las crecientes deudas amenazan con arrebatarle el único hogar que ha conocido, Roberta observa desde su perspectiva niña cómo su madre, abuela, bisabuela, tía, prima y amiga de toda la vida luchan por mantener unido su mundo. El debut semiautobiográfico de la actriz y directora Mayra Hermosillo es un homenaje conmovedor a las mujeres que nos forman y se desarrolla como un delicioso drama de crecimiento que explora la identidad, el sentido de pertenencia y la resiliencia dentro de una familia poco convencional unida por el amor y la incertidumbre económica.

Cinema Tropical and the Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Arizona present Cinema Tucsón, a cultural initiative launched in 2021, featuring monthly screenings of Mexican films at the historic Fox Tucson Theatre.

Programmed by Carlos A. Gutiérrez and Vicky Westover.

As Mexican cinema continues to generate world-wide enthusiasm, the creative team behind the Tucson Cine Mexico film festival—which, during seventeen years, created a vital platform for the exhibition of Mexican cinema in the U.S—is presenting monthly screenings of a mix of classic films, B movies, and new cinema with exceptional filmmakers and special guests for dialogue with the Tucson community.