Dana Rotberg

Dana Rotberg (b. 11 August, 1959) is a Mexican film director. Her film Angel of Fire (Angel de fuego, México, 1992) questions whether a feminist quest in Mexico is even possible. The film was screened for the Directors' Fortnight at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival. Rotberg's first English-language feature film is the 2013 New Zealand release, White Lies.

Angel of Fire (1991)

In a miserable circus, a young trapeze artist seduces her father, gets pregnant and decides to have her baby, so she leaves the circus and joins a group of puppeteers who make shows from passages of the Bible.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dana Rotberg
CAST:  Evangelina Sosa  •  Roberto Sosa  •  Lilia Aragón  •  Marta Aura

In a miserable circus, a young trapeze artist seduces her father, gets pregnant and decides to have her baby, so she leaves the circus and joins a group of puppeteers who make shows from passages of the Bible.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dana Rotberg
CAST:  Evangelina Sosa  •  Roberto Sosa  •  Lilia Aragón  •  Marta Aura

White Lies (2013)

A medicine woman - a giver of life - is asked to hide a secret which may protect one life but which will destroy another.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dana Rotberg
CAST:  Whirimako Black  •  Rachel House  •  Antonia Prebble  •  Nancy Brunning

A medicine woman - a giver of life - is asked to hide a secret which may protect one life but which will destroy another.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dana Rotberg
CAST:  Whirimako Black  •  Rachel House  •  Antonia Prebble  •  Nancy Brunning

Otilia Rauda (2002)

Otilia is both blessed with a body that is the epitome of feminine perfection and cursed by an ugly mole that mars her beautiful face.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dana Rotberg
CAST:  Gabriela Canudas  •  Álvaro Guerrero  •  Ana Ofelia Murguía  •  Carlos Torres Torrija

Otilia is both blessed with a body that is the epitome of feminine perfection and cursed by an ugly mole that mars her beautiful face.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dana Rotberg
CAST:  Gabriela Canudas  •  Álvaro Guerrero  •  Ana Ofelia Murguía  •  Carlos Torres Torrija

Intimacy (1989)

A Mexican romance by Dana Rotberg.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dana Rotberg
CAST:  Emilio Echevarría  •  José Antonio Estrada  •  Ángeles González  •  Álvaro Guerrero

A Mexican romance by Dana Rotberg.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dana Rotberg
CAST:  Emilio Echevarría  •  José Antonio Estrada  •  Ángeles González  •  Álvaro Guerrero