
Writing
Francisco Sánchez
Born — Died
1939-01-22 — 2013-08-23
Place of birth
Ciudad Acuña, Coahuila, Mexico
Known for
Writing
Credits
21 titles
Mexican screenwriter, film critic, film director, and writer. He was the leading film critic for the sports magazine "Esto" from 1972 to 1980.
Known for
5.2Two single women share an apartment, work together, and sometimes swap boyfriends. None of their romantic attachments seem quite as stable or enduring as their friendship.
Free Love
1978
7.9After his young wife leaves him for another man, high-stakes gambler "Gaudelio" tries to move on with other women & gambling. Leading to more conflicts in his life.
El Rey De Oros
1984
7.2Paty, an employee of an advertising company, is summoned to a business dinner by Mr. Gutiérrez, a successful businessman. She cannot refuse the invitation since the signing of the contract depends on this meeting. In 1993 this film received the Ariel Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for best medium-length fiction film.
Paty chula
1991
3.4No synopsis available yet.
Me alquilo por amor
1990
4.0Showgirls and troll-dudes mix and mingle for a weekend, musical-beds style, at a fun motel in the middle of nowhere.
Perico el de los palotes
1984
6.0A retired man that used to work for the National Electricity Company fight with his sons who want to get his money.
Alta Tensión
1997
Behind the camera
5.2Two single women share an apartment, work together, and sometimes swap boyfriends. None of their romantic attachments seem quite as stable or enduring as their friendship.
Free Love
1978
7.9After his young wife leaves him for another man, high-stakes gambler "Gaudelio" tries to move on with other women & gambling. Leading to more conflicts in his life.
El Rey De Oros
1984
7.2Paty, an employee of an advertising company, is summoned to a business dinner by Mr. Gutiérrez, a successful businessman. She cannot refuse the invitation since the signing of the contract depends on this meeting. In 1993 this film received the Ariel Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for best medium-length fiction film.
Paty chula
1991
3.4No synopsis available yet.
Me alquilo por amor
1990
3.4No synopsis available yet.
Me alquilo por amor
1990
4.0Showgirls and troll-dudes mix and mingle for a weekend, musical-beds style, at a fun motel in the middle of nowhere.
Perico el de los palotes
1984
6.0A retired man that used to work for the National Electricity Company fight with his sons who want to get his money.
Alta Tensión
1997
4.7After winning the lottery, a woman discovers that money can't buy happiness.
La Tentación
1991
5.8Violent death of a loan shark investigated by diligent policeman.
La señorita
1994
4.6El Mofles now has his single apartment and feels important in the mechanical workshop, so the other mechanics decide to apply the "Ice Law" to him and ignore him along with his girlfriend "Rebeca del Mar" who is the star of a Cabaret.
Las movidas del mofles
1987
5.8Based on a true story, it tells the story of opera singer Paco Sierra, who, realizing that the life of an artist does not provide him with enough money, plans and carries out a terrorist act: He assures the passengers of an airplane that he has placed a bomb.
¡Pum!
1981
8.0Documentary that collects various oral testimonies about the life of the Seris, a small ethnic group in the state of Sonora, Mexico.
Those Who Live Where the Soft Wind Blows
1974
6.3A movie projectionist discovers that he has magical powers.
El tonto que hacía milagros
1984
4.1While being shuttled from her convent/boarding school to her wedding, a young lady of the upper classes is kidnapped by bandits. She gets to see the world and meet interesting people.
The Nights of Paloma
1978
No synopsis available yet.
El mas valiente del mundo
1983
6.0No synopsis available yet.
La Güera Chabela
1994
A beautiful woman is abandoned by her husband during their honeymoon, she stays alone in the hotel where she meets other guests and listen to their stories.
Undressed and Unruly
1991
5.2No synopsis available yet.
Guerrero Negro
1994
4.7No synopsis available yet.
Love Bubbles
1991
6.6In this film festival favourite, every day is magical in the tiny logging town of San Miguel de Cruces, Mexico, thanks to director Juan Antonio de la Riva, who captures the rhythms of small-town life through the stories of its inhabitants. From a young couple facing separation as the husband prepares to seek work in the United States to a pair of teens on the cusp of adulthood to the local movie theatre operator struggling to stay open after the introduction of satellite dishes, Pueblo de madera portrays a town—and a people—in transition.
Wooden Town
1990
5.7A priest recruits some secular friends of his to help him break the stranglehold a political boss has over their town's economy.
El chivo
1992
