What is the secret to Mexico’s cinematic success?

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As the cinema-goers emerged, blinking and disorientated into the light, the overwhelming murmur was one of approval.

Handing back their plastic 3D glasses, they were the latest audience in Mexico City to enjoy the cinematic assault on the senses that is Gravity.

But as well as approval, there was also a certain pride among viewers here that this extraordinary piece of filmmaking – tipped for an Academy Award and prompting comparisons with legendary US film director Stanley Kubrick – was directed by a Mexican, Alfonso Cuaron.