Rogelio A. González

Directing

Rogelio A. González

Born — Died

1920-01-27 — 1984-05-22

Place of birth

Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico

Known for

Directing

Credits

45 titles

Rogelio A. González (January 27, 1920 – May 22, 1984) was a Mexican film director, screenwriter, and actor. González directed 70 films, he was nominated for a Silver Ariel four times, and was also nominated for a Golden Ariel for La culta dama (1957). His film Hambre nuestra de cada día was entered into the 1st Moscow International Film Festival. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Known for

Why Was I Born a Woman? poster
8.2

A 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

No desearás la mujer de tu hijo poster
8.0

An elderly man falls in love with a beautiful young woman, without knowing that she is in love with his son.

No desearás la mujer de tu hijo

1950

The Innocent poster
7.1

After a quarrel with her boyfriend on New Year's Eve, Mane drives her car from Mexico City to Cuernavaca to meet her parents in their country house. The car breaks down in the highway and Mane has to ask for help. Mechanic Cruci arrives and, after testing the car, offers Mane a ride on his motorcycle. Back in Mane's house, she invites him some drinks to celebrate New Year's Eve. They get drunk and, the morning after, Mane's parents arrive and find them sleeping together. Not knowing what happened, Mane and Cruci are forced to get married against their will.

The Innocent

1956

La Vida No Vale Nada poster
8.1

Pablo, a wandering laborer, has imprisoned himself in a hell of alcoholism. Cruz, a widow, reaches out to the troubled man, but even her compassion may not be enough to save him.

La Vida No Vale Nada

1955

You the Rich poster
7.8

Pepe el Toro is married to Celia la Chorreada and they have two children.

You the Rich

1948

The Gambler poster
7.5

Three childhood friends; when they grow up, the poor boy is shut out from the possibility of romancing the girl because of class issues. He leaves town, learns to play pro-level poker, wins a fortune, then goes home to ruin his rival's life.

The Gambler

1979

Film credits

Behind the camera

Why Was I Born a Woman? poster
8.2

A 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

No desearás la mujer de tu hijo poster
8.0

An elderly man falls in love with a beautiful young woman, without knowing that she is in love with his son.

No desearás la mujer de tu hijo

1950

The Innocent poster
7.1

After a quarrel with her boyfriend on New Year's Eve, Mane drives her car from Mexico City to Cuernavaca to meet her parents in their country house. The car breaks down in the highway and Mane has to ask for help. Mechanic Cruci arrives and, after testing the car, offers Mane a ride on his motorcycle. Back in Mane's house, she invites him some drinks to celebrate New Year's Eve. They get drunk and, the morning after, Mane's parents arrive and find them sleeping together. Not knowing what happened, Mane and Cruci are forced to get married against their will.

The Innocent

1956

La Vida No Vale Nada poster
8.1

Pablo, a wandering laborer, has imprisoned himself in a hell of alcoholism. Cruz, a widow, reaches out to the troubled man, but even her compassion may not be enough to save him.

La Vida No Vale Nada

1955

You the Rich poster
7.8

Pepe el Toro is married to Celia la Chorreada and they have two children.

You the Rich

1948

The Gambler poster
7.5

Three childhood friends; when they grow up, the poor boy is shut out from the possibility of romancing the girl because of class issues. He leaves town, learns to play pro-level poker, wins a fortune, then goes home to ruin his rival's life.

The Gambler

1979

La Valentina poster
6.4

A smuggler, condemned to be shot, is pardoned in exchange for kidnapping "La Valentina."

La Valentina

1966

Dr. Satan vs. Black Magic poster
6.1

Plutarco Satan returns, this time he's pitted against a rival evil organization intent on owning the very formula rumored to turn any metal into gold! Dr. Satan must go toe to toe with the vampiric black magician Yei Lin, in order to keep it out of their hands. The cost of failure? His eternal rest!

Dr. Satan vs. Black Magic

1968

D.F./Distrito Federal poster
6.3

Anthology film, six little anecdotes about life in the big city.

D.F./Distrito Federal

1981

School for Tramps poster
8.0

Alberto Medina is a famous composer whose car breaks down while he is on a trip. While looking for help, he finds the Valverdes' house and is welcomed in by Emilia, the mother of the family, who is known for taking in tramps.

School for Tramps

1955

The Oval Portrait poster
3.6

A woman finds herself possessed by the soul of another woman trapped inside a painting. Based on a work by Edgar Allan Poe, aka The Oval Portrait.

The Oval Portrait

1973

Los tres huastecos poster
8.3

This is the story of three brothers - a priest, a soldier, and an outlaw - that are raised separately by their godfathers once their mother dies. They cross their paths again when the soldier and the priest move into two towns near the town the outlaw lives in. The drama will unfold once the three brothers meet each other.

Los tres huastecos

1948

The Naked Man poster
4.5

A child grows up to seek revenge on the man that raped and murdered his parents.

The Naked Man

1976

The Naked Man poster
4.5

A child grows up to seek revenge on the man that raped and murdered his parents.

The Naked Man

1976

Ship of the Monsters poster
6.3

A singing cowboy falls foul of alien invaders and beautiful women from Venus.

Ship of the Monsters

1960

The Skeleton of Mrs. Morales poster
8.0

A taxidermist decides to murder his wife after having to put up with her after twenty years of hellish marriage.

The Skeleton of Mrs. Morales

1960

The Suicide Club poster
4.4

Enrique lives in the midst of danger until he falls in love with a girl and learns to appreciate the little things in life. However, a series of strange situations unfold before him towards his own death, which he must deal with.

The Suicide Club

1970

Sor Tequila poster
6.7

La India María, who is really good at sports, becomes a nun and is always getting in trouble for wanting to help people.

Sor Tequila

1980

Chanoc poster
5.2

Chanoc, along with his godfather, Tsekub Baloyán, investigate a series of mysterious deaths linked to a gang that extracts uranium.

Chanoc

1967

La Noche Del Halcon poster
6.7

A man and his godson fall in love with the same woman.

La Noche Del Halcon

1968

El que con niños se acuesta... poster
6.8

Chón is rejected by his girlfriend Rosario's parents, so they both escape to the capital in search of his friend Manny, a millionaire philanthropist, who helps him but makes him adopt four children from his orphanage.

El que con niños se acuesta...

1959

Conqueror of the Moon poster
6.5

Called to the home of a scientist to deal with a simple electrical problem, bumbling electrician Bartolo finds himself aboard a rocket headed for the moon!

Conqueror of the Moon

1960

The Big Dead Dog poster
7.4

In a small town a dead dog lays on the middle of the main street. A bureaucratic process begins to determine who is responsible for removing it

The Big Dead Dog

1981

La culta dama poster
6.2

A pregnant and very poor woman has no place to give birth, and turns to a society lady for help.

La culta dama

1957

The Sex Sense poster
4.4

About a nymphomaniac and an artist that constantly spies on her.

The Sex Sense

1981

Mexico 2000 poster
6.1

In Olympus the Gods decide to exterminate humanity, after deliberating one of the gods advocates not to exterminate those who live in Mexico, which in the year 2000 is a paradise where all calamities have been extinguished.

Mexico 2000

1983

La agonía de ser madre poster
5.8

She has an incurable heart condition, her son's a shoplifter, her husband's an alcoholic, her daughter runs away from home...

La agonía de ser madre

1970

The Black Sheep poster
7.8

The Trevino family tries to overcome the irresponsible behavior of Don Cruz, an erratic father with numerous defects that contrast with his son Silvano, a young kid man that is incapable of passing judgment on his own father.

The Black Sheep

1949

El hombre del alazán poster
6.2

Professional gambler is getting old and jaded; his friends see him becoming a bad person and try to set him on a better path.

El hombre del alazán

1959

Adios cuñado poster
5.8

The classic family with more sisters and one brother who has to deal with all the naughty words about being the brother in law of many.

Adios cuñado

1967

The Crazy Virgins poster
6.2

Handsome young swindler throws himself into the clutches of three rich spinsters who live in their own little fantasy world on their crumbling estate.

The Crazy Virgins

1972

Loving Was His Sin poster
6.0

Two sisters, who are devoted to each other, fall in love with the same man. One of them is terminally ill and after she dies there is suspicion she might have been murdered.

Loving Was His Sin

1951

Cool Dad poster
6.1

Fiftyish head of household tries to hang onto his fun-loving youth while imposing his most rigid value judgements on his young-adult children.

Cool Dad

1971

Toña, Born a Virgin poster
4.6

After a youth tormented by her mother, a prostitute, Toña must decide which path to take in life, for better or worse.

Toña, Born a Virgin

1982

Toña, Born a Virgin poster
4.6

After a youth tormented by her mother, a prostitute, Toña must decide which path to take in life, for better or worse.

Toña, Born a Virgin

1982

Al fin a solas poster
5.7

Every time the newlyweds think they'll be able to consummate their marriage, some obstacle comes up. Months go by... Sequel to "Adios, cunado."

Al fin a solas

1969

When the Brave Cry poster
5.7

A farmer is in love during revolutionary times.

When the Brave Cry

1947

A Place Close to Heaven poster
8.3

An honest man emigrates to the capital in search of a better life, but ends up mired in extreme poverty along with his family; forced to overcome tragedy and despair to find, even in misery, a glimmer of hope.

A Place Close to Heaven

1952

A Place Close to Heaven poster
8.3

An honest man emigrates to the capital in search of a better life, but ends up mired in extreme poverty along with his family; forced to overcome tragedy and despair to find, even in misery, a glimmer of hope.

A Place Close to Heaven

1952

Los bandidos de Río Frío poster
5.8

Luis Aguilar heads the cast in this story of a band of outlaws whose exploits are more fun than negligible.

Los bandidos de Río Frío

1956