Francisco del Villar

Directing

Francisco del Villar

Born — Died

1920-01-01 — 1978-01-09

Place of birth

Mexico City, Mexico

Known for

Directing

Credits

41 titles

Francisco del Villar Schiaffino (1920 – 1 September 1978), better known simply as Francisco del Villar, was a Mexican film director, producer and screenwriter.

Known for

Film credits

Behind the camera

Savage Sunday poster
4.7

Repressed middle-aged Catholic gets into a troublesome relationship with the prostitute next door and her little boy.

Savage Sunday

1967

Savage Sunday poster
4.7

Repressed middle-aged Catholic gets into a troublesome relationship with the prostitute next door and her little boy.

Savage Sunday

1967

Life Sentence poster
6.8

After 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

No artwork available
7.0

Short documentary

Mexican Bullfighters

1952

No artwork available
7.0

Short documentary

Mexican Bullfighters

1952

No artwork available
7.0

Short documentary

Mexican Bullfighters

1952

No artwork available
8.0

Short documentary. Plot unknown

Public Art

1952

No artwork available
8.0

Short documentary. Plot unknown

Public Art

1952

No artwork available
8.0

Short documentary. Plot unknown

Public Art

1952

The Angels of Puebla poster
6.3

An angel who is three good deeds short of earning his wings chooses the city of Puebla to carry out her mission.

The Angels of Puebla

1968

No artwork available
7.0

Propagandistic documentary short film by the Mexican government about changes in the treatment of psychiatric patient.

Closed Doors

1957

The Crows are Grieving poster
6.3

The 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

The Crows are Grieving poster
6.3

The 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

No artwork available
8.0

Short documentary. Plot unknown.

The Man from the Island

1952

No artwork available
8.0

Short documentary. Plot unknown.

The Man from the Island

1952

No artwork available
NR

Documentary short on Mexico’s electric power industry.

Heart of the City

1952

No artwork available
8.0

Short documentary on the history of Mexican muralism around the mid-20th century. It took part in the 1953 Cannes Film Festival.

Mexican Muralism

1952

No artwork available
8.0

Short documentary on the history of Mexican muralism around the mid-20th century. It took part in the 1953 Cannes Film Festival.

Mexican Muralism

1952

No artwork available
8.0

Short documentary on the history of Mexican muralism around the mid-20th century. It took part in the 1953 Cannes Film Festival.

Mexican Muralism

1952

The Place Without Limits poster
7.2

Family honor, greed, machismo, homophobia, and dreams collide in a small Mexican town.

The Place Without Limits

1978

No artwork available
NR

Short documentary about the life and work of Diego Rivera.

Portrait of a Painter

1952

No artwork available
NR

Short documentary about the life and work of Diego Rivera.

Portrait of a Painter

1952

Piranhas Love in Lent poster
4.8

Backwards fishing village is home to a widow and her teenaged daughter. Neighbors suspect the mother of having murdered her husband. A tourist in town gets it into his head to put the smooth big city moves on both women. And the-e-en...

Piranhas Love in Lent

1969

Piranhas Love in Lent poster
4.8

Backwards fishing village is home to a widow and her teenaged daughter. Neighbors suspect the mother of having murdered her husband. A tourist in town gets it into his head to put the smooth big city moves on both women. And the-e-en...

Piranhas Love in Lent

1969

Piranhas Love in Lent poster
4.8

Backwards fishing village is home to a widow and her teenaged daughter. Neighbors suspect the mother of having murdered her husband. A tourist in town gets it into his head to put the smooth big city moves on both women. And the-e-en...

Piranhas Love in Lent

1969

Cuando tejen las arañas poster
5.6

Young woman tries to discover the family secret that led to her father being murdered, and she gradually is manipulated into a lesbian relationship.

Cuando tejen las arañas

1979

The Dogs of God poster
4.4

After a near-drowning, Laura moves through four social worlds under different names, obsessed with God’s infinite mercy and provoking sin to test forgiveness.

The Dogs of God

1974

The Dogs of God poster
4.4

After a near-drowning, Laura moves through four social worlds under different names, obsessed with God’s infinite mercy and provoking sin to test forgiveness.

The Dogs of God

1974

The Cry of the Turtle poster
5.5

Two young, millionaire couples are commemorating the birthday of one of them. Jealousy, desire and ambition will end in tragedy and a dead man.

The Cry of the Turtle

1975

The Cry of the Turtle poster
5.5

Two young, millionaire couples are commemorating the birthday of one of them. Jealousy, desire and ambition will end in tragedy and a dead man.

The Cry of the Turtle

1975

Miracles Weaver poster
6.0

Arnulfo 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 artwork available
7.0

Short documentary. Plot unknown.

Land of Hope

1952

No artwork available
7.0

Short documentary. Plot unknown.

Land of Hope

1952

The Black Widow poster
6.5

Intrigues and secrets come together because of a woman, who has the protection of the parish priest.

The Black Widow

1983

The Monastery of the Vultures poster
6.3

In a remote Mexican monastery, a Father Prior subjects young seminarians to psychoanalysis to test their vocation. As sessions peel back secrets and doubts, faith, desire, and authority collide.

The Monastery of the Vultures

1973

The Monastery of the Vultures poster
6.3

In a remote Mexican monastery, a Father Prior subjects young seminarians to psychoanalysis to test their vocation. As sessions peel back secrets and doubts, faith, desire, and authority collide.

The Monastery of the Vultures

1973

A Trap for a Corpse poster
4.3

Following their mother’s passing, two brothers plot to claim the inheritance left in their stepfather’s care, but life has a way of turning things around.

A Trap for a Corpse

1969

A Trap for a Corpse poster
4.3

Following their mother’s passing, two brothers plot to claim the inheritance left in their stepfather’s care, but life has a way of turning things around.

A Trap for a Corpse

1969

The She Wolf's Orgy poster
4.7

A woman with a troubled past introduces lust, depravity and sex to a religious commune.

The She Wolf's Orgy

1972

The She Wolf's Orgy poster
4.7

A woman with a troubled past introduces lust, depravity and sex to a religious commune.

The She Wolf's Orgy

1972