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Álvaro Carcaño
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5.4A pair of adventurers try to track down an ancient Aztec/Mayan/Egyptian/Apache horde of gold.
Firewalker
1986
5.6For years Yellowbeard had looted the Spanish Main, making men eat their lips and swallow their hearts. Caught and convicted for tax evasion, he's sentenced to 20 years in St. Victim's Prison for the Extremely Naughty. In a scheme to confiscate his fabulous treasure, the Royal Navy allows him to escape and follows him, where saucy tarts, lisping demigods and some awful puns and punishments await.
Yellowbeard
1983
6.6In preparation for his daughter's wedding, dentist Sheldon Kornpett meets Vince Ricardo, the groom's father. Vince, a manic fellow who claims to be a government agent, then proceeds to drag Sheldon into a series of chases and misadventures from New York to Central America.
The In-Laws
1979
6.4Three episodes. Faith: a woman is attacked. Hope: a fakir is crucified. Charity: a woman faces bureaucracy.
Faith, Hope and Charity
1974
5.0An android fighting-machine is charged with destroying a small brigade of rebels in a Latin American war who are fighting to maintain their freedom and protect their village. Contrary to his programming, Peebles decides to stay and assist the rebels in their plight. Having gained this information, his "creators" develop a more powerful android to try and defeat him.
Solo
1996
7.2Heated tempers, frustrated desires and dashed hopes plague a diverse group of individuals whose lives cross paths in Mexico City. There is the bar-owner's son, Chava, who yearns to emigrate to America. A poor barber, Abel, is madly in love with the gorgeous Alma, who eventually becomes a high-class prostitute. Finally, there is Susanita, the desperate spinster who pursues many love affairs in hopes of finding a husband.
Midaq Alley
1995
6.7No synopsis available yet.
Los Talacheros
1995
7.2Anthony Hopkins plays an English medical doctor living with his family in Paraguay and treating the poor people from the surroundings, who has his life turned upside down when his son was mysteriously murdered in what could have been an attack to him since he's opposed to the military dictatorship of the country. The doctor and his family will take lots of risk while trying to prove that the government was involved in the murder.
One Man’s War
1991
6.8Driven by desire and desperate for self-love, Coral and Nicolás will abandon their past lives in a journey surrounded by murder.
Deep Crimson
1996
6.5Valentina's seemingly idyllic life in the US is interrupted when planning a wedding means introducing her fiancé to her scandalous family in Mexico.
Valentina's Wedding
2018
5.8The task of some guerrillas is to try to foment the conscience among peasants of a town, but their attempts will be tragically restricted.
Meridiano 100
1976
4.2To stay out of the slammer, down-on-his-luck bounty hunter Vince Holloway reluctantly agrees to do the bidding of two crooked IRS agents. Tasked with recouping $20 million of laundered drug money, Holloway heads south of the border to the Blue Iguana, a bar crawling with thugs, killers, smugglers, evil women, and crazy action.
The Blue Iguana
1988
8.7The history of Los Bukis, from its humble beginning to its successful tour, going through problems and intrigues.
How Did I Come to Fall in Love With You?
1990
6.3In a community of the Matlatzinca ethnic group, a teacher tries to integrate the inhabitants into the struggle of a guerrilla group.
Caminando pasos... caminando
1977
5.7On a whim, a retired gentleman decides to track down an old girlfriend from decades back.
Luces de la noche
1998
3.9Two stories - "The mask model": An advertising executive, Mateo, gets involved with all the women he can, but he doesn't allow his wife to work. The company photographer is in love with her, so he takes advantage of her and tells her about her husband's infidelities. "Los encuerados": Some women do a casting to renew the male staff of their exclusive business for ladies.
Solo para adúlteros
1989
5.0The legendary life of Mexican singer Lucha Reyes is the basis of this fictionalized biography ( or as director Arturo Ripstein puts it "an imaginary biography"). Lucha Reyes was an unconventional, and sexually liberated woman, most famous for her "cancion ranchera" style singing. Her story begins in 1939, where at 33 she still lived at home with her mother, Dona Victora, the madame of a renowned Mexico City whorehouse. Lucha marries the liberal Pedro Calderon and then buys a beggar's daughter. She becomes the mother to this child, Luzma. Lucha craves lasting love like junkies crave heroin. But for her loyal daughter, she never finds it and in the end no one can help her.
The Queen of the Night
1994
3.0The descendants of Baron Frankenstein return to the family castle to search for the family fortune that is supposed to be hidden there.
Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie
1984
6.0Ramón is secretly in love with Adela. One morning, he discovers her corpse among the oat fields
A Sweet Scent of Death
1999
6.1A beautiful artist helps an amnesiac piece together his identity and evade a gangster on his trail.
Pilgrim
2000
5.8A lonely, aging postal worker finds himself the victim of a cruel practical joke in this pessimistic Mexican drama. The trouble begins when crotchety postman Andre begins complaining about his young neighbor Marianna's propensity for playing loud music every time she entertains a lover. To get back at him, Marianna begins sending him anonymous love letters. The old man is intrigued by the mysterious letters and hires a cheap detective to find their author. The detective is convinced the perpetrator is Teresita, a veteran hooker who joins in on the scheme to earn a little extra cash. Andre's friend and colleague tries to warn Andre that it is all a game, but his friend is in love and will not listen. Meanwhile, Marianna attempts to woo Luis Felipe, a hard, unfeeling tabloid journalist who has her take grisly pictures of murder victims for him. Both Marianna and Andre are destined to meet an unpleasant fate at the story's end.
Sin remitente
1995
6.5In Mexico City's infamous Lecumberri prison, three drug-addicted convicts celebrate getting drugs from one of their the mothers. They are found out and locked up in the "apando," the dreaded punishment cell. Protests over the treatment of those held in the cell lead to a bloody confrontation.
The Heist
1976
5.8Shmuck makes a superhero costume, rides his bike to crime scenes. He gets involved with something big involving US capitalists taking over local Mexican businesses.
El águila descalza
1971
3.5Propped up on his deathbed, a 17th century Spanish missionary named Father Kino (Enrique Rocha) looks back on his remarkable life and relives one of his greatest challenges: bringing the teachings of Christianity to California's native population while convincing the Spanish military to respect the Indians' traditions.
Kino: The Legend of the Black Priest
1993
