Arturo Ripstein Movies

After the death of his son, Javier hopes that restoring his family's abandoned ranch will allow him and his wife Mariana, who attempted suicide, a...

In the documentary about the Lecumberri prison (El palacio negro, 1976), which a few months later would be closed, Arturo Ripstein filmed, among many...

After being released from jail, "Tarzan" Lira seeks to rebuild his life as a bank employee. Unfortunately, it might not be as easy as he thinks.

Surrealist master Luis Buñuel is a towering figure in the world of cinema history, directing such groundbreaking works as Un Chien Andalou,...

A disciplined and sexually driven man forces his family to stay isolated in their home in order to protect them from the “evil nature” of...

After her experiences in Nazi Germany, actress Macarena Granada traveled to Hollywood, where she became a star. In the 1950s, the diva returns to...

As a teenager and student at a convent school, young Mariana runs away with her boyfriend, provoking the wrath of her father who sends her to...

"Nazarín is a Quixote of the priesthood " "Among the films I have made in Mexico, Nazarin is one that I prefer." "As inexplicable as the...

Legendary 1970s Mexican horror film auteur Juan F. Moctezuma II reportedly influenced the work of mega-directors Guillermo del Toro, Robert...

Every Friday, the Colonel puts on his only suit and goes to the dock to await a letter announcing the arrival of his pension. But the townsfolk all...

Many stories happen simultaneously through Internet. In the real world, people are lonely, isolated, desperate for finding love, friendship and...

Homero Olmos, a famous television publicist known as "H.O." or "The Voice of Experience," is driving along a lonely road heading to Rio de Janeiro...

Two dark-comedy stories involving blackmail, murder and love triangles in Rio de Janeiro

In Vera Cruz in the 1940s, Nacho, an Indian, waits tables at Don Lázaro's café at Hotel Ofélia. He falls for Lola, an...

Perla, a prostitute and the star in a miserable cabaret in the docks, falls in love with a sailor without knowing that he is her brother. Tomasa,...

Driven by desire and desperate for self-love, Coral and Nicolás will abandon their past lives in a journey surrounded by murder.

Betty is visited by a strange salesman the day she is going away on a trip. He stays in the house as a series of bizarre events occur with his...