
Acting
Pilar Pellicer
Born 1938-02-12 · Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico
Pilar Pellicer (February 2, 1938 - May 16, 2020) was a Mexican actress.
Acting credits
6.8An 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
5.4Based on Rosario Castellanos' novel, Balún Canán is about the turmoil created by the Cardenas’ land reforms. Events occur in Chiapas on the border with Guatemala, mainly in a town called Comitán. Zoraida struggles and fights to keep her properties, inheritance for her only son. For her actions, the sorcerers of Chacjatal cast a death spell over her son.
Balún Canán
1977
6.0After her birthday party, a little girl goes to bed looking forward to an amusement-park trip with her grandparents for the next day.
Luisa's Dream
2009
6.0A politician accused of fraud seeks refuge in a remote, hotel he owns. Joined by his wife, and children he requests aid from his friends. His friends refuse to help, and eventually his family leave him, leaving him with few options.
Playa azul
1992
6.0In 19th century Mexico, legendary swordsman Zorro has passed on his weapon and his sense of duty to his noble son, Diego, a dashing swashbuckler like his father. But after an injury sidelines Diego, he is forced to hand the mask over to his twin, Ramon.
Zorro, The Gay Blade
1981
6.5No synopsis available yet.
La trinchera
1969
6.2Returning home after disappearing three years ago, former gunslinger Lorn Warfield finds that an Apache raiding party has kidnapped his wife and children. Though he has renounced violence, he now takes up his gun and joins forces with his neighbor, Owen Forbes. Complicating matters, Forbes is engaged to Warfield's wife, who believed her husband was dead. As they pursue the Apaches, the two men are joined by an Indian trader, Jimmy Noble.
Day of the Evil Gun
1968
7.6A 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
7.3First of two films that make up the collaborative film "Los Bienamados" (The Beloved, 1965). It narrates the encounters and misunderstandings of a pair of lovers during the years, from their adolescence to maturity.
Tajimara
1965
6.8After being released from jail, "Tarzan" Lira seeks to rebuild his life as a bank employee. Unfortunately, it might not be as easy as he thinks.
Life Sentence
1979
6.0Mexican TV film about spiritism. Part of the series "Cuentos de Madrugada".
Dulce espiritu
1987
5.0A group of drug dealers want a man out of his ranch, but he designs a plan to defend his property placing his weapons in strategic places in order to fight them and keep his beloved land.
El ocaso del cazador
2017
5.0Three-fer anthology of black-humor sex-n-death anecdotes.
Los amantes frios
1978
6.2After Caribbean despot Mariano Vargas is murdered at the hands of his enraged populace, his secretary Ramón Vázquez takes not just control but also Vargas' widow Inés, with whom he's been having an affair. Special military unit leader Alejandro Gual arrives to overthrow Vázquez by turning the people and Inés against him.
Fever Mounts at El Pao
1959
4.0Rigo and la Tulipana meet at the cabaret where they work, he as a singer and she as a fichera. They live an intense love, but Rigo's alcoholism is a source of constant tension.
Rigo is Love
1980
7.2When 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
6.0Santo and Blue Demon take on a 300-year-old witch with a nasty attitude. She raises a legion of zombies and sends them to fight Santo in his home and in the rings.
The World of the Dead
1970
6.7No synopsis available yet.
Una mujer honesta
1972
7.0Three sisters run brothels protected by the authorities, abuse and prostitute young women under the false pretense of employing them as servants.
Las Poquianchis
1976
6.3Roving gunslingers team up against a common enemy, but then they turn on each other.
Con la muerte en ancas
1980
8.1A family gathers to celebrate Mother's Day, that day a woman discuss many problems about her woman condition; husband, children and grandchildren will hear she tired and overwhelmed silenced by submission and obedience. Analysis of the family and gender roles.
Why Was I Born a Woman?
1970
5.1Three Americans get involved into the Mexican fight against the French Intervention.
The Bandits
1967
6.0A documentary covering the years Luis Buñuel spent in Mexico making films.
A Mexican Buñuel
1997
4.5No synopsis available yet.
There's Always a First Time
1971
