Luis Alcoriza Movies

With the purpose of using barbasco roots in the production of cortisone, a pharmaceutical company sends a scientist to investigate the possibilities...

Gabino earns his living as a fakir in a circus, and he exhibits himself crucified in a tent, to earn the money he needs to buy a house for his mother.

Standard retelling of the the Gospels, with a brief epilogue about the death of Mary.

Ragtag crew of indigents from an asylum for the handicapped form a squadron to defend the Church during the Cristero Uprising.

Pedro is found guilty of murder after accidentally killing a friend's husband. His own family will face difficult times, as will he when he entrusts...

Aurelio is a shark fisherman who works very hard to send money to his family in the city and keep Manela, his young lover on the coast. One day, he...

Regina, who lives with her son Daniel, loses her teaching job because his illegitimacy. She opens a sewing shop and keeps her child away from people....

Problems arise between the divers Román and Lauro when the former falls in love with a prostitute on the beaches of Acapulco.

Screwball comedy about country girl who inherits a fortune.

Avila, early twentieth century. Pedro, a boy of nine years, accompanied by his tutor, comes to live in the house of Don Mateo, a teacher that from...

Newlyweds struggle with career issues and poverty.

"Confirmed bachelor" quits playing the field and gets married.

It narrates the phenomenon of the Mexican Revolution, satirically reflected through what happens in a town far from the places where the true...

A drifter named Candelario asks to spend the night at the hacienda of Don Lazaro. Once there, he gets the offer to stay and work as a laborer with a...

Police officer makes life hell for an ex-convict. Based on that novel.

Two middle-aged couples take a Murphy's Law vacation in Acapulco.

A gang member is attracted to a beautiful young woman, but approaching her only causes problems that will be difficult to solve.

Romcom with music: owner of an auto-repair shop woos the owner of a beauty parlor.

Venice Film Festival 1948