
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
4.7Repressed middle-aged Catholic gets into a troublesome relationship with the prostitute next door and her little boy.
Savage Sunday
1967
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
Short documentary
Mexican Bullfighters
1952
Short documentary. Plot unknown
Public Art
1952
6.3An 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
Propagandistic documentary short film by the Mexican government about changes in the treatment of psychiatric patient.
Closed Doors
1957
Film credits
Behind the camera
4.7Repressed middle-aged Catholic gets into a troublesome relationship with the prostitute next door and her little boy.
Savage Sunday
1967
4.7Repressed middle-aged Catholic gets into a troublesome relationship with the prostitute next door and her little boy.
Savage Sunday
1967
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
Short documentary
Mexican Bullfighters
1952
Short documentary
Mexican Bullfighters
1952
Short documentary
Mexican Bullfighters
1952
Short documentary. Plot unknown
Public Art
1952
Short documentary. Plot unknown
Public Art
1952
Short documentary. Plot unknown
Public Art
1952
6.3An 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
Propagandistic documentary short film by the Mexican government about changes in the treatment of psychiatric patient.
Closed Doors
1957
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
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
Short documentary. Plot unknown.
The Man from the Island
1952
Short documentary. Plot unknown.
The Man from the Island
1952
Documentary short on Mexico’s electric power industry.
Heart of the City
1952
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
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
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
7.2Family honor, greed, machismo, homophobia, and dreams collide in a small Mexican town.
The Place Without Limits
1978
Short documentary about the life and work of Diego Rivera.
Portrait of a Painter
1952
Short documentary about the life and work of Diego Rivera.
Portrait of a Painter
1952
4.8Backwards 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
4.8Backwards 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
4.8Backwards 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
5.6Young 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
4.4After 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
4.4After 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
5.5Two 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
5.5Two 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
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
Short documentary. Plot unknown.
Land of Hope
1952
Short documentary. Plot unknown.
Land of Hope
1952
6.5Intrigues and secrets come together because of a woman, who has the protection of the parish priest.
The Black Widow
1983
6.3In 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
6.3In 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
4.3Following 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
4.3Following 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
4.7A woman with a troubled past introduces lust, depravity and sex to a religious commune.
The She Wolf's Orgy
1972
4.7A woman with a troubled past introduces lust, depravity and sex to a religious commune.
The She Wolf's Orgy
1972

