Acting
Mario García González
Acting credits
Humble, illiterate mechanic Mauricio juggles a secret affair with his aristocratic boss Ingrid while mistreating his wife; a gifted luxury watch goes missing and triggers a chaotic chain of mishaps as he tries to cover his tracks.
The Surprise
1969
6.3Three interwoven stories where the characters experience deception, passion, love and rejection.
Tú, yo, nosotros
1972
6.6When a worker is found murdered on the construction side, the investigation swiftly turns from things criminal to the political circumstances surrounding the building itself. Widespread corruption and neglect by the builder himself are seen to have brought the situation about. Much of the movie is filmed using hand-held cameras, and the majority of the dialogue is in the difficult-to-understand and very slangy Spanish dialect of Mexico City's bricklayers.
The Bricklayers
1976
5.7Librado, an unemployed man, lives in a crowded small house with numerous children and relatives, is beaten for stealing a car antenna. His godmother and her children try to settle in his place. She then is arrested at a supermarket for stealing, however, she offers herself and volunteers a friend of hers for sex to the policemen so she can be released. She is a maid of an employee who acts subservient to his boss, a mid-level government employee at once servile who delivers speeches on sexuality in educational texts and then discusses the matter with his brother, a corrupt inspector.
Mexico, Mexico, ra, ra, ra!
1976
6.6A pilot is called back to his homeland, the Latin American republic of Arepa, by the rich islanders to participate in a complot to kill the dictator known as El León (The Lion).
Maten al León
1977
6.3Three episodes: 1) "A Christmas dinner" where the family members fantasize about being somewhere else. The fetishist father wants to put on feminine clothes. The son longs for another transvestite adventure. The daughter yearns to be a singer and destroy the saints of the church with her voice. The youngest son wants to stab everyone dead. 2) "Game of mirrors". Two young classmates kiss on a picnic, but the girl's brother accuses the couple of being immoral. Bizarre things develop. 3) "Tetrahedron". A very fat man faces his girlfriend's longing for love.
Pubertinaje
1978
6.7After spending some time with the Mennonite community in Chihuahua, Reynaldo Olmos goes back to Mexico City and establishes a ministry in the poorest of poor neighborhoods. Is he sincere, or is this a scam?
The Coming of the King Olmos
1975
9.0Two men escape from prison and one start a murder spree.
Legend of Horror
1971
5.2Agapito, leader of the revolutionary movement of his state, comes to a town, kills all the federales, and gets a girl who was promised to him for his heroic deeds.
El Quelite
1970
5.5A gunfighter is appointed sheriff of a town that is terrorized by a gang of criminals.
Cinco mil dolares de recompensa
1974
4.6She rejects him, but he's there for her, even after she gets married and then is abandoned by her babydaddy. Remake of Bajo El Cielo De Mexico (1958) (and also 1937?).
Tu camino y el mio
1973
5.8A woman who fancies herself an aristocrat rejects a potential suitor because he's not of her class. Also: their adult children have their own drama, a bit inflected with hippie-ish values.
El medio pelo
1972
7.0While waiting for a train which will take them on their honeymoon, two newlyweds, Juan and Lázara, are separated by a federal army commander who is going around enlisting men to fight against the revolutionaries. Traveling with the troops, Lázara follows Juan until he dies in a battle against the Villistas. From that moment on, the young woman's fate will be in the hands of whoever happens to win the latest contest, an uncertain fate for someone whose only wish is for a home of her own.
La soldadera
1967
6.8Vicente and Carmen, are spouses, he works in a factory, although he is a womanizer and irresponsible; she sells cosmetics or fayuca. Both dream of owning a home. Vincent did not want to leave their neighborhood but after several discussions they decide to buy a land...
Mexicano ¡Tú puedes!
1985
6.8A group of Soccer-loving friends devise a plan to make easy money.
Los Cacos
1972
4.8A group of young people makes a plan to escape from the problems of their neighborhood.
The Zodiac Signs
1964
6.3A man is on the run after taking revenge on his brother murder, but someone goes after him too
Tras el horizonte
1984