Francisco Sánchez

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

Behind the camera

Free Love poster
5.2

Two 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

El Rey De Oros poster
7.9

After 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

Paty chula poster
7.2

Paty, 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

Me alquilo por amor poster
3.4

No synopsis available yet.

Me alquilo por amor

1990

Me alquilo por amor poster
3.4

No synopsis available yet.

Me alquilo por amor

1990

Perico el de los palotes poster
4.0

Showgirls 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

Alta Tensión poster
6.0

A retired man that used to work for the National Electricity Company fight with his sons who want to get his money.

Alta Tensión

1997

La Tentación poster
4.7

After winning the lottery, a woman discovers that money can't buy happiness.

La Tentación

1991

La señorita poster
5.8

Violent death of a loan shark investigated by diligent policeman.

La señorita

1994

Las movidas del mofles poster
4.6

El 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

¡Pum! poster
5.8

Based 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

Those Who Live Where the Soft Wind Blows poster
8.0

Documentary 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

El tonto que hacía milagros poster
6.3

A movie projectionist discovers that he has magical powers.

El tonto que hacía milagros

1984

The Nights of Paloma poster
4.1

While 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 artwork available
6.7

No synopsis available yet.

El mas valiente del mundo

1983

La Güera Chabela poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

La Güera Chabela

1994

No artwork available
4.7

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

Guerrero Negro poster
5.2

No synopsis available yet.

Guerrero Negro

1994

Love Bubbles poster
4.7

No synopsis available yet.

Love Bubbles

1991

Wooden Town poster
6.6

In 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

El chivo poster
5.7

A 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