MEXICO CITY THROUGH FILM
OCT.09+OCT.16+OCT.23+NOV.06.2025
OCT.09.2025 – Architect María Bustamante Harfush
Los olvidados (Luis Buñuel, 1950)
5:00 PM
Free admission
Arte Abierto | 2nd floor, ARTZ
LOS OLVIDADOS (Luis Buñuel, 1950)
A film starring two young people living in the poorest neighborhoods of Mexico City, facing violence, abandonment, and inequality.
From the perspective of architect María Bustamante Harfush, the film will be analyzed as a visual document of invisible urban heritage: run-down neighborhoods, vacant lots, precarious buildings, and outskirts that, although excluded from the official imagination, are fundamental to understanding the social and spatial history of Mexico City in the 1950s.
This review invites us to reflect on the importance of the cultural and heritage value that some architectural spaces still hold in the collective memory of the city, as is still the case, for example, in La Romita, the neighborhood where the film was shot.
ARCHITECT MARÍA BUSTAMANTE HARFUSH
She holds an honorable mention in architecture from the Universidad Iberoamericana, where she also teaches. She holds a Master’s degree in Housing and Urban Planning from the Architectural Association of London and is director of the María Bustamante Arquitectura workshop. An author and researcher, she has published books on the urban history of Mexico City.
She served as a jury member and tutor for Young Creators of Mexico City (FONCA) (2023-2024) and chairs the IBERO Architecture Alumni Committee. She is president of the College of City Chroniclers and an active member of several institutions dedicated to architectural and cultural conservation.
She chairs FUNDARQMX, a foundation awarded for its work in urban and architectural culture, and the only one in Mexico affiliated with the International National Trust Organizations.
