
Acting
Ada Carrasco
Born 1912-09-14 · Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Acting credits
7.0When a wandering mercenary named Hogan rescues a nun called Sister Sara from the unwanted attentions of a band of rogues on the Mexican plains, he has no idea what he has let himself in for. Their chance encounter results in the blowing up of a train and a French garrison, as well as igniting a spark between them that survives a shocking discovery.
Two Mules for Sister Sara
1970
7.3Tita is passionately in love with Pedro, but her controlling mother forbids her from marrying him. When Pedro marries her sister, Tita throws herself into her cooking and discovers she can transfer her emotions through the food she prepares, infecting all who eat it with her intense heartbreak.
Like Water for Chocolate
1992
6.6Jim Douglass arrives in the small town of Rio Arriba in order to witness the hanging of the four men he believes murdered his wife. When the convicts escape, Jim tracks them into Mexico, determined to see that justice is done. But the farther Jim goes in his quest for vengeance, the more merciless he becomes, losing himself in an unrelenting spiral of hatred and violence.
The Bravados
1958
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
5.0No synopsis available yet.
El repartidor de pensamientos
1996
8.0It's about a country doctor that comes to the city while a clinic is built in his home town... he rubs off his care and compassion on others at the hospital with his humor and wit.
El señor doctor
1965
6.0Newlyweds find married life to be challenging.
Si quiero
1967
5.6A young Yaqui man fights against intolerant townspeople.
Yaqui
1969
5.7No synopsis available yet.
El buen ladrón
1957
6.0Arnulfo 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
No synopsis available yet.
El soplador de vidrio
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4.9Santo goes up against the vampire Baron Brakola, who has returned to seek vengeance on the descendants of the Knight in the Silver Mask (Santo's colonial era ancestor).
Baron Brakola
1967
4.3Before being confirmed in the priesthood, a seminary student is ordered to go back out into the world for a year to confirm his vocation. It turns out that mundane activities hold a certain appeal for him.
Fieras En Brama
1983
6.3The family of a dying man celebrates his wake while the man is still alive, showing their darker, selfish ambitions and trying to take the best part of the inheritance.
The Crows are Grieving
1965
5.8Juan Preciado, son of Pedro Páramo, goes to Comala to claim his inheritance; but when he arrives he finds an abandoned and sinister town, inhabited by mysterious voices and whispers…
Pedro Páramo, el hombre de la Media Luna
1978
5.1In 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
4.6A soldier of fortune fights drug runners in Central America.
One Man Out
1989
5.4Inspired by Alexander Dumas's novel The Corsican Brothers, Alma de Acero presents a delightful spin on the classic story of twin brothers (both played by Luis Aguilar) and their contrasting lives. As a singer in a nightclub, one brother has chosen a life of peaceful simplicity; the other, however, has chosen a troublesome lifestyle that leads to numerous run-ins with the law, forcing the vocalist to risk his own life to save his sibling.
Soul of Steel
1957
5.0No synopsis available yet.
Inventando un crimen
1992
6.7A disturbed middle aged writer becomes obsessed with a little boy who reminds her of a former lover.
The Dried Butterflies
1978
6.2A writer is given custody of his editor's daughter after she is orphaned. Once she grows up, they become romantically involved.
Fruto prohibido
1953
5.5Santo fights a group of phony spiritualists who are trying to scam his god-daughter out of her 6 million peso inheritance.
Santo vs. The Ring Villains
1968
7.6A gunfighter after killing the ones responsible for his brother's death, joins by mistake a gang of smugglers
Pistoleros famosos
1981
7.8Julia, a governess, comes to work for a bourgeois family that lives in a forested property they have recently bought. Julia is to take care of a little girl named Silvia, whose unusual demeanor may find its roots in the family garden.
The Book of Stone
1969