Wooden Town (1990)

In this film festival favourite every day is magical in the tiny logging town of San Miguel de Cruces Mexico thanks to director Juan Antonio de la Riva who captures the rhythms of smalltown life through the stories of its inhabitants From a young couple facing separation as the husband prepares to seek work in the United States to a pair of teens on the cusp of adulthood to the local movie theatre operator struggling to stay open after the introduction of satellite dishes Pueblo de madera portrays a townand a peoplein transition