José Revueltas

Writing

José Revueltas

Born 1914-11-20 · Durango, Mexico

José Revueltas Sánchez (November 20, 1914, Canatlán, Durango – April 14, 1976) was a Mexican writer, essayist, and political activist. He was part of an important artistic family that included his siblings Silvestre (composer), Fermín (painter) and Rosaura (actress).

Acting credits

Behind the camera

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7.0

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The Meeting

1976

The Hidden One poster
5.3

Amid the Mexican Revolution, a woman rises from the depths of poverty and becomes a courtesan who is much-sought-after by high-society men, but she cannot forget her love for a rebel leader.

The Hidden One

1956

The Other poster
6.9

A mousy, poor manicurist seeks to switch places with her more glamorous, wealthy twin sister.

The Other

1946

Illusion Travels by Streetcar poster
6.5

Confronted with the unfortunate news that their favorite Streetcar, no. 133, is going to be decommissioned, two Municipal Transit workers get drunk and decide to "take 'er for one last spin," as it were. Unfortunately, the "one last spin" ends up being an all-night and all-day scramble to stay out of trouble, as they are confronted with situation after sometimes bizarre situation that prevents them from returning the "borrowed" Streetcar!

Illusion Travels by Streetcar

1954

Soledad's Shawl poster
6.5

Alberto Robles, a young doctor, is faced with the decision to surrender to a life full of comforts and luxuries or to continue dedicating himself body and soul to serving those who need it most.

Soledad's Shawl

1952

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5.8

Experimental documentary short film with a prologue by José Revueltas about the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.

Mexico 68: Snapshots

1968

Sonatas poster
5.1

In the fall of 1824 Javier Montenegro, Bradomin Marquis is spared death hanging by Captain Casares, and in return, the Marquis agrees to help him escape to America. Adaptation of "Sonata de Otoño" and "Sonata de Estío" of Ramón María del Valle-Inclan, which included elements Bardem later works of the author.

Sonatas

1959

Untouched poster
6.9

With the purpose of using barbasco roots in the production of cortisone, a pharmaceutical company sends a scientist to investigate the possibilities of exploitation in Veracruz, but the man gets lost in the jungle and lives a strange romantic adventure in a remote location called Paradise.

Untouched

1954

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9.0

A 1979 short by Rosario Hernández.

The Enemy Sister

1979

Night Falls poster
6.6

Marcos is an arrogant jai-alai player who seduces and discards women until he himself becomes the object of a cunning revenge.

Night Falls

1952

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5.7

Chronological account of the events that culminated in the massacre of students in Tlatelolco in 1968.

October 2nd, This is Mexico

1968

Red Zone poster
3.5

In a whorehouse in Acapulco, lives Leonor, a young and beautiful woman who is awaiting to reunite with an old lover. Suddenly, the man reappears to take her away from her life of vice. But the debt owed by Leonor to the "Madame" of the house causes a series of conflicts.

Red Zone

1976

Rosauro Castro poster
6.6

Cardoza's death, a candidate for mayor of a village chief enemy and Rosauro Castro, leads to Mr. Garcia Mata to undertake an investigation. Upon arriving realizes that even the whole town, including the mayor, lives in fear by the chief and only achieved revenge end the injustices committed by Rosauro Castro.

Rosauro Castro

1950

The Three Perfect Wives poster
4.7

Three married couples gather to celebrate the eighteenth anniversary of their marriage mourning the absence of a friend who was best man at all three weddings.

The Three Perfect Wives

1953

Marina poster
5.6

Adaptation of a Spanish operetta about a love triangle between two fisherman and a human female.

Marina

1945

The Heist poster
6.5

In Mexico City's infamous Lecumberri prison, three drug-addicted convicts celebrate getting drugs from one of their the mothers. They are found out and locked up in the "apando," the dreaded punishment cell. Protests over the treatment of those held in the cell lead to a bloody confrontation.

The Heist

1976

Midnight poster
6.5

A diamond smuggler from the city is on the lam and takes the identity of a rural schoolteacher, teaching in a small town.

Midnight

1949

The Love Nest poster
5.5

Amalia, aged, remember when Fernando Mendoza, his former medical school, came to San Esteban, the town where she lived. They worked together and became his love. Although he was engaged to another, Fernando decided to return to the city to complete his commitment to her and finally reunited with Amalia, but the facts do not happen as they had planned.

The Love Nest

1950

Where the Circle Ends poster
5.4

A woman murders her lover. Her husband and his mistress are also having murder-shaped thoughts, and their three counterplots all get tangled together. Everybody loses.

Where the Circle Ends

1956

The Mexican poster
6.0

Felipe Rivera is a mysterious, dedicated young Mexican revolutionary living in exile in Los Angeles. To fund the revolution against Porfirio Díaz, Rivera fights in rigged boxing matches, using his immense, revenge-fueled determination to triumph and purchase weapons for the cause.

The Mexican

1944

May God Forgive Me poster
6.3

Lena, a beautiful and mysteriously sinister refugee haunted by her past, is chased into the arms of a rich, unsuspecting industrialist not for love, but for information.

May God Forgive Me

1948

Perdida poster
7.7

Her stepfather rapes her and she runs away to home. After that, she's exploited by a series of men, and...

Perdida

1950

In the Palm of Your Hand poster
6.0

A con artist seduces the widow of a millionaire, only to learn she'd plotted with her lover to murder the late husband. A tense game of cat-and-mouse ensues—but who's the cat?

In the Palm of Your Hand

1951

Desired poster
5.6

A man comes to a village to marry a girl, but upon meeting the bride's sister, he falls in love with her.

Desired

1951