Acting

Álvaro Ortiz

Acting credits

The Gangster poster
6.8

An old gangster returns from the United States to Mexico City to live with his sister-in-law and his two nephews, where he will face the daily life of a middle-class family.

The Gangster

1965

The Shameless Ones. poster
5.0

Rico, a laborer, illicitly boards a train bound for the city, seeking a departure from his mundane existence. This marks the inception of an adventure wherein our protagonist becomes entwined with a prostitute who initiates him into the realm of smuggling.

The Shameless Ones.

1962

Damned City! poster
8.2

A humble provincial writer who wants to publish his first book offers it to a film producer who is looking for locations for a film at that time. The novelist's family then moves to the big city, where they will have to face many adversities that will make them wish they had never left their village.

Damned City!

1954

No artwork available
6.3

No synopsis available yet.

Los hijos del divorcio

1958

Pedro Paramo poster
7.2

When his mother Dolores dies, Juan Preciado, son of Pedro Páramo, goes to Comala to claim his inheritance; but when he arrives he finds an abandoned and sinister place, inhabited by mysterious voices and whispers…

Pedro Paramo

1967

No artwork available
6.3

By-the-numbers boxing melodrama.

Guantes de oro

1961

Tarahumara (Further and farther) poster
6.0

A worker of the Mexican Indigenist Institute tries to help the Tarahumara Indians to protect and keep their lands, but he must face corrupt landowners and politicians.

Tarahumara (Further and farther)

1965

A la sombra del sol poster
6.7

A hitman and a prostitute (without knowning each other's lives) fall in love, even if their fates is to be separated.

A la sombra del sol

1967

Muchachas que trabajan poster
6.4

Working in a department store exposes young ladies to corrupting influences.

Muchachas que trabajan

1961

Un ángel de mal genio poster
6.3

No synopsis available yet.

Un ángel de mal genio

1964

Juventud desenfrenada poster
6.0

Teenagers with neglectful parents run amok; some get killed, some get arrested, some get rehabilitated.

Juventud desenfrenada

1956

La rebelión de los adolescentes poster
6.3

College student returns home after the death of his father, then discovers Pops was killed by members of a crime syndicate.

La rebelión de los adolescentes

1959