Mexican Films
Films from Mexico both modern and from the epoca de oro.
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- DirectorRafael MonteroStarsRafael Sánchez NavarroAlma DelfinaAlonso EchánoveBeginning in the late 80's, Mexico started experiencing some rapid economic ups and downs (mostly downs). This melodrama explores what one of the downturns does to Miguel (Rafael Sanchez Navarro), a young man working in an architectural firm, when he loses his job. When he is fired, he unsuccessfully tries to sell books door-to-door, to no avail. When he finally attempts to bribe his way into a taxi driving job, he loses the last money he has. Completely lacking in street smarts, shamed by the notion that he might be supported by his wife (Alma Delfina), who still has her job. He then robs a pharmacy and discovers that money can be easily obtained that way. He persuades her to accompany him as he undertakes his new "job" of robbing grocery stores. Needless to say, this does not work out well.
- DirectorJosé Benavides hijoStarsArturo de CórdovaSara GarcíaAnita BlanchA baby girl is abandoned in front of the residence of a well-off family. She'll be brought up by the owner of the house and her son, without knowing that the baby is actually his daughter.
- DirectorAlfredo B. CrevennaStarsFrancisco RabalTere VelázquezSilvia FournierMr. Carvajal, an old man who fled Mexico during the Revolution (of the 1910s), and his two young daughters, return to their native country after years living in Europe. When he left the country, his family belonged to the Higher Classes and owned huge amounts of land and properties, which were left in the care of faithful employees...but things have changed in Mexico. Upon their arrival in Mexico City, they are greeted by Arturo and his brother, whose family was close to the Carvajals'. Arturo, who used to be an active sportsman before the accident that left him an invalid, is also an immensely rich businessman and falls for Mr. Carvajal's younger daughter, the lovely Isabel; in turn his brother falls for Isabel's older sister, María Teresa. But Isabel is already in love with no-good playboy Federico de la Cadena, who is only interested in the Carvajals' fortune.....but then, there are some devastating news about the Carvajals' Estate.
- DirectorAlejandro G. IñárrituStarsEmilio EchevarríaGael García BernalGoya ToledoAn amateur dog fighter, a supermodel, and a derelict assassin, all separately struggling to find love, find their lives transformed by a devastating car wreck in Mexico City.
- DirectorRené CardonaStarsAngélica MaríaRaúl ValeTito Junco
- DirectorArturo RipsteinStarsRafael Sánchez NavarroJuan Ignacio ArandaAline DavidoffA novelist travels to the country to learn the problems of a friend's shy son and runs into an intruder.
- DirectorEva López SánchezStarsRafael Sánchez NavarroCecilia ToussaintMiguel CórcegaBruno, a novelist without luck, responds to the distress call of his love, Sofía, who finds herself in desolate Veracruz and doesn't know what to do with the corpse of her boyfriend. Bruno proposes to Sofía to get rid of the corpse.
- DirectorEmilio Gómez MurielStarsMauricio GarcésIsela VegaLupita FerrerA collection of storytelling, but different, surrounding a sophisticated bed and its use.
- DirectorLuis AlcorizaStarsMaricruz OlivierGloria MarínIsela Vega
- DirectorMiguel MoraytaStarsAntonio BadúCarmen MolinaLuis BeristáinA disfigured woman is helped by a talented composer to recover her face with plastic surgery. Then he discovers that she's a beautiful woman and a talented singer.
- DirectorAlfonso ArauStarsMarco LeonardiLumi CavazosRegina TornéWhen tradition prevents her from marrying the man she loves, a young woman discovers she has a unique talent for cooking.
- DirectorJuan Bustillo OroStarsCantinflasJoaquín PardavéSara GarcíaThe boyfriend (Cantinflas) of the servant of a rich industrial man, gets into the house in order to kill a mad dog. Suddenly this man appears so the servant tells him that Cantinflas is his wife's brother (Leonardo), who had been lost for years. The rich man then remembers that his father in law's testament could only be paid when all brothers get together, so treats Cantinflas, a real bum, as a king.
- DirectorMiguel M. DelgadoStarsCantinflasMapy CortésDaniel 'Chino' HerreraCantinflas captures a gang who had robbed a bank the night before. Considered a hero, becomes a member of the force for special missions because of his ability to disguise himself in many different forms.
- DirectorJuan Antonio de la RivaStarsSherlynImanolRubén Rojo Aura10-year-old Elisa, whose parents are about to lose their new car due to financial problems, plans a bank robbery.
- DirectorGabriel RetesStarsGabriel RetesHéctor BonillaLourdes ElizarrarásA dark comedy about the past; the present and the future. A young Mexican journalist falls into a coma and awakes twenty years later to find himself in a very different future than he would have imagined. Mystery of nature or science?