This course will focus on on the great films of 20th Century Mexico ain order to study the pivotal moments in the creation of Mexican identity.We will go from Santa, the first sound film of Mexican cinema, by Antonio Moreno to the acclaimed Amores Perros, the film of Alejandro González Iñarritu among many others. While we study the films and their audiences, we will discuss the symbolic invention of the modern Mexican State from the post-revolution to modern days, with a spacial emphasis on the "Mexican Miracle" films and its posterior critique in directors as Luis Estrada. In Spanish.