Acting

Isabel Vázquez

Born 1905-08-30 · Juchitán, Oaxaca, Mexico

Acting credits

Soldier Blue poster
6.8

After a cavalry group is massacred by the Cheyenne, only two survivors remain: Honus, a naive private devoted to his duty, and Cresta, a young woman who had lived with the Cheyenne two years and whose sympathies lie more with them than with the US government. Together, they must try to reach the cavalry's main base camp. As they travel onward, Honus is torn between his growing affection for Cresta.

Soldier Blue

1970

The Last Sunset poster
6.8

At a Mexican ranch, fugitive O'Malley and pursuing Sheriff Stribling agree to help rancher Breckenridge drive his herd into Texas where Stribling could legally arrest O'Malley, but Breckenridge's wife complicates things.

The Last Sunset

1961

Violent Stories poster
5.9

Five surreal short stories make up this Mexican anthology film.

Violent Stories

1985

El hijo de Huracán Ramírez poster
5.9

A wrestler is arrested on suspicion of assault, but his son manages to capture the real culprits.

El hijo de Huracán Ramírez

1966

Under the Volcano poster
6.6

Against a background of war breaking out in Europe and the Mexican fiesta Day of Death, we are taken through one day in the life of Geoffrey Firmin, a British consul living in alcoholic disrepair and obscurity in a small southern Mexican town in 1939. The consul's self-destructive behaviour, perhaps a metaphor for a menaced civilization, is a source of perplexity and sadness to his nomadic, idealistic half-brother, Hugh, and his ex-wife, Yvonne, who has returned with hopes of healing Geoffrey and their broken marriage.

Under the Volcano

1984

The Black Scorpion poster
5.2

Volcanic activity frees giant scorpions from the earth who wreak havoc in the rural countryside and eventually threaten Mexico City.

The Black Scorpion

1957

Nazarín poster
7.6

A Catholic priest in a poor community lives a charitable life in accordance with his religious principles, but others do not return the favor.

Nazarín

1959

Miracles Weaver poster
6.0

Arnulfo is a man weaving baskets. Remedios has given birth in front of the house of a woman and her aid, but the village is spread the word that the child born as a child God and an atheist would think exploit to their advantage the "miracle ".

Miracles Weaver

1962

Thirst for Love poster
6.3

Pedro Ortiz, a brave charro, arrives to a fishing village that is passing hard times. There's no fish in the waters. His manners and his love for Maria, a local attractive widow, will get him into trouble

Thirst for Love

1959

Tlayucan poster
6.6

Desperate because of his son's illness, the peasant Eufemio steals a pearl from the image of Santa Lucía in the village church.

Tlayucan

1962

Chewing Gum poster
9.0

Two little poor kids, who work selling chewing gum in the streets, must face the true nature of the horror surrounding them.

Chewing Gum

1968

Santo vs. the Riders of Terror poster
5.3

After a group of violent lepers escapes from a sanitarium, - robbing several farms, residents of the town demand the the sheriff - take action. Meanwhile, a local criminal joins forces with the lepers - to commit even more robberies. As the disfigured madmen keep the - entire town indoors with its reign of terror, the sheriff has no - choice but to call on the only man who can help--legendary wrestling - superhero, Santo!

Santo vs. the Riders of Terror

1970

Mexican Bus Ride poster
6.6

Newlywed Oliverio receives disturbing news that his mother is on her deathbed. He travels to a remote part of Mexico to fetch a lawyer who can sort out her will. Leaving his wife behind, he embarks on a bus ride that’s interrupted by an increasingly absurd series of episodes, including an impromptu birthday celebration; a one-legged man writhing in the mud; come-ons from an insatiable small-town belle, Raquel; and Oliverio’s frequent, Freudian nightmares.

Mexican Bus Ride

1952

La guerrillera de Villa poster
5.0

Reyes Mendoza (Carmen Sevilla) is a Spanish artist who arrives in Mexico in 1913 and finds herself involved in the Pancho Villa (Jose Elias Moreno) revolution.

La guerrillera de Villa

1967

Los Abandonados – Die Niemandskinder von Camanducaia poster
1.0

Based on the true story of boys from Brazilian jails taken to the state border and abandoned without food or clothing to relieve overcrowding in prison. Once discovered it became a major scandal in the 70s.

Los Abandonados – Die Niemandskinder von Camanducaia

1986

Piranhas Love in Lent poster
4.8

Backwards fishing village is home to a widow and her teenaged daughter. Neighbors suspect the mother of having murdered her husband. A tourist in town gets it into his head to put the smooth big city moves on both women. And the-e-en...

Piranhas Love in Lent

1969

Crisol poster
5.4

Hired killer is contracted to do a hit... against his better judgement.

Crisol

1967

Before the Corpse of a Leader poster
6.4

A union leader dies in a sleazy hotel room, then the wife, mistress, police, co workers, reporters, colleagues, and political figures arrive to the hotel and each has its own intentions.

Before the Corpse of a Leader

1974

The Vengeance of the Vampire Women poster
3.8

The vampire women of Mexico have awakened to take their revenge on the descendant of the man who destroyed them shortly after they had emigrated to Mexico during the 19th century.

The Vengeance of the Vampire Women

1970

In the Storm poster
5.4

In the storm is a Mexican film of the year 1980 directed by Fernando Vallejo. The film is about the time of La Violencia in Colombia. Vallejo wanted to make the film in Colombia, however he found numerous obstacles to film it in the country so he decided to do it in Mexico with Mexican actors and recreating the Colombian landscapes in that country.

In the Storm

1982

Drizzle poster
7.5

Returning from a business trip, a man meets some peasants who arouse fears in him.

Drizzle

1978