
Writing
Carlos Illescas
Born — Died
1918-05-09 — 1998-06-22
Place of birth
Guatemala City, Guatemala
Known for
Writing
Credits
10 titles
Poet, storyteller, journalist, film scriptwriter, university professor and poetry workshop leader. Founding member of the 40's generation, along with Augusto Monterroso, Raúl Leiva, Otto-Raúl González and Enrique Juárez Toledo. Born in Guatemala, he lived in Mexico since 1944. He was a diplomat and journalist; editor of the collections "Problemas Científicos y Filosóficos" and "Nuestros Clásicos" of the UNAM, and of the poetry collection "Papeles Privados"; head of information and artistic director of Radio Universidad; collaborator of Televisión Universitaria, Canal 11 and Radio Educación; coordinated poetry workshops for INBA and ISSSTE; member of the editorial board of Revista de Guatema…
Known for
6.4A tragic celestial-western that explores Adam and Eve's paradise from a surreal point of view.
Angels and Cherubs
1972
5.1Snippets of a family drama involving a rebellious son coming to his depressing home village, his father, and a jaded ex-lover, mixed with various surrealist scenes and statements about sin.
Desires
1983
5.8Controversial, sexy and surreal tale of a messenger, his journey and encounters with many historical events and people such as Auschwitz, the Ku Klux Klan, Frida Kahlo, Cortés and Emiliano Zapata (as a beautiful woman!)
Holy Pafnucio
1977
4.8The inmates of an insane asylum take over the institution, imprison the doctors and staff, and then put into play their own ideas of how the place should be run.
The Mansion of Madness
1973
5.7This fairy type of movie is divided in episodes (Figuras) that are settle either on a jail or an play, in this surrealistic film we are immerse in a Dogville type of stage were the combination of Poetry, testaments and political discourse of the mix of characters of the daily basis and religious figures such as Judas, the virgin, the labor workers, homosexuals, drag queens. Ironically 'Figuras de la passion' has been banned for several years as a product of the attack and angriness of right – winged parties and scholars.
Figuras de la pasión
1985
A 30 minute short directed by Rafael Cordiki. Plot unavailable at this time
Amigo campesino
1974
Film credits
Behind the camera
6.4A tragic celestial-western that explores Adam and Eve's paradise from a surreal point of view.
Angels and Cherubs
1972
5.1Snippets of a family drama involving a rebellious son coming to his depressing home village, his father, and a jaded ex-lover, mixed with various surrealist scenes and statements about sin.
Desires
1983
5.8Controversial, sexy and surreal tale of a messenger, his journey and encounters with many historical events and people such as Auschwitz, the Ku Klux Klan, Frida Kahlo, Cortés and Emiliano Zapata (as a beautiful woman!)
Holy Pafnucio
1977
4.8The inmates of an insane asylum take over the institution, imprison the doctors and staff, and then put into play their own ideas of how the place should be run.
The Mansion of Madness
1973
A 30 minute short directed by Rafael Cordiki. Plot unavailable at this time
Amigo campesino
1974
Short film, 11 minutes long, no plot currently available
Rostros, máscaras y caretas
1971
9.0A short documentary film about Mexican plastic artist Rufino Tamayo
Tamayo
1967
5.9Anapu is the people's hero. He extracts water from a rock, befriends, and baptizes it, makes peace with the warring brothers, raises the dead, licking men and women clean. In between, he makes a lot of soul searching as he wanders through the village, mingling with the various common folk and natives, and discuss their problems, future hazards and their lack of unity, while tracking a fascist military.
Auandar Anapu
1975
A short film about the famous mexican artist, whose work revolved mostly around depictions of the mexican society as skeletons.
José Guadalupe Posada
1966
