Raúl Araiza

Directing

Raúl Araiza

Born 1935-09-01 · Minatitlan, Veracruz, Mexico

Raúl Araiza was born on September 1, 1935 in Minatitlan, Veracruz, Mexico. He was a director and actor, known for Toña machetes (1985), The Rattlesnake (1977) and Vintage Model (1992). He was married to Norma Herrera, and had two children Armando Araiza and Raúl Araiza. He died on January 8, 2013 in Mexico City, Mexico.

Acting credits

Behind the camera

Toña Machetes poster
6.6

A woman adopts a child and discovers that she can love again despite facing a wicked man.

Toña Machetes

1985

Toña Machetes poster
6.6

A woman adopts a child and discovers that she can love again despite facing a wicked man.

Toña Machetes

1985

Vintage Model poster
5.8

Life unravels when famous radio talk-show host Carmen (Sylvia Pinal) discovers she has just months to live. To tie up the loose ends of her life, she hires a chauffeur to drive her around Mexico City and visit her old haunts. But he does far more than that; instead, he gives her life a much-needed spark and shows her the road to happiness. Alonso Echanove and Raul Araiza Jr. co-star.

Vintage Model

1992

La vibora poster
6.3

No synopsis available yet.

La vibora

1995

Perdóname Todo poster
5.5

Ricardo Alfaro is a popular composer and singer who has failed in life because of alcohol. However, things change when he meets Teresa Montes, a young talented singer, that sings Ricardo's songs with a great public acceptance. Teresa became famous and Ricardo returns to the pinnacle of success, the hazy past seems to have been left behind. They fall in love, but both will face hell in Ricardo's alcoholism.

Perdóname Todo

1995

Rattlesnake poster
6.2

A filmmaker is commissioned to film a documentary on the social reality of the Lacandon people in the state of Chiapas. As he enters the harsh living conditions of this indigenous community, his social conscience forces him to confront his superiors, who threaten to destroy his material.

Rattlesnake

1977

Rattlesnake poster
6.2

A filmmaker is commissioned to film a documentary on the social reality of the Lacandon people in the state of Chiapas. As he enters the harsh living conditions of this indigenous community, his social conscience forces him to confront his superiors, who threaten to destroy his material.

Rattlesnake

1977

Guerrero Negro poster
5.2

No synopsis available yet.

Guerrero Negro

1994

Guerrero Negro poster
5.2

No synopsis available yet.

Guerrero Negro

1994

Bonita poster
6.7

Mexican movie

Bonita

1996

Lagunilla, mi barrio poster
6.3

After 42 years of working as an antiquarian , Abel is fired by the children of his recently deceased employer; however, after this unexpected situation that leaves him in solitude and with little chance to get a new job, he decides to start again as antiques dealer in the popular Lagunilla market . There he will find real friends ; a humble life and, above all , a new opportunity to fall in love regardless of social differences.

Lagunilla, mi barrio

1981

El rey de la vecindad poster
6.5

Sentimental comedy about ups and downs in a working-class neighborhood.

El rey de la vecindad

1985

Nefertiti and Akhenaten poster
7.0

Depicts events around the rise and fall of Queen Nefertiti.

Nefertiti and Akhenaten

1973

The Hex 2: Messengers of Hell poster
5.4

Raul Araiza's chilling Spanish-language supernatural thriller tells the tale of two powerful beings, one good and one evil incarnate, fighting for control of Earth--and of a beautiful woman.

The Hex 2: Messengers of Hell

1986

The Hex 2: Messengers of Hell poster
5.4

Raul Araiza's chilling Spanish-language supernatural thriller tells the tale of two powerful beings, one good and one evil incarnate, fighting for control of Earth--and of a beautiful woman.

The Hex 2: Messengers of Hell

1986

The Murder of Julius Caesar poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Murder of Julius Caesar

1972

Fuego en el mar poster
6.1

Mariano works as chief driller on an oil platform in Campeche 14 days a month. However, he is obsessed with the idea that his wife Gloria is cheating on him while he is away. Therefore, time and again he asks her to stop working and get pregnant for the second time. However, Gloria refuses to be financially dependent on her husband. The couple's conflicts become more acute when engineer Becker, Gloria's former lover, starts working again in the offices where she works.

Fuego en el mar

1981

Fuego en el mar poster
6.1

Mariano works as chief driller on an oil platform in Campeche 14 days a month. However, he is obsessed with the idea that his wife Gloria is cheating on him while he is away. Therefore, time and again he asks her to stop working and get pregnant for the second time. However, Gloria refuses to be financially dependent on her husband. The couple's conflicts become more acute when engineer Becker, Gloria's former lover, starts working again in the offices where she works.

Fuego en el mar

1981

Hombres de arena poster
5.7

Mexican feature film

Hombres de arena

1987

Doble indemnización poster
6.3

When a man dies, he leaves a life insurance policy in his daughters' names, and his sons-in-law hatch a plan to collect it twice.

Doble indemnización

1996

Viernes tragico poster
5.5

No synopsis available yet.

Viernes tragico

1990

The Hex poster
8.0

Horror tv movie from Mexico

The Hex

1983

The Man Who Returned from Death poster
7.0

A gold digger kills her rich old husband and then is driven to the brink of madness when her late hubby starts haunting her. Is he really dead or a vengeful ghost?

The Man Who Returned from Death

1990

The Man Who Returned from Death poster
7.0

A gold digger kills her rich old husband and then is driven to the brink of madness when her late hubby starts haunting her. Is he really dead or a vengeful ghost?

The Man Who Returned from Death

1990