Directing

Rafael Montero

Born 1953-10-09 · Mexico City, Mexico

Rafael Montero (born 9 October 1953 in Mexico City) is a Mexican film director and screenwriter associated with the Nuevo Cine Mexicano movement. He studied cinematography at CUEC, part of National Autonomous University of Mexico, and has worked across feature films, television, and documentaries. His films include Cilantro y perejil (1996), El costo de la vida, Corazones rotos, Rumbos paralelos, and Lady Rancho.

Acting credits

Behind the camera

The Bed poster
4.0

La cama is a story that gives a voice to reveal the secrets held by beds. If your bed could speak, what stories would it tell? We spend more than a third of our life in bed; it is the uttermost intimate space. In them lay our secrets; perhaps that is why we never think about them. They are a direct witness of who we are, or who we wish to be. Who would give their bed a voice? Surely nobody in his or her right mind. What secrets are held by motel beds, that of a teenager, a newly divorcée, that of your neighbors?

The Bed

2013

Café Tacuba poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Café Tacuba

1982

37 Kms poster
5.0

Mexican feature film

37 Kms

2023

Princesas de cartón poster
3.0

Regina, a young female singer has a big secret that will turn her life upside down.

Princesas de cartón

2014

Parallel Courses poster
6.8

Gaby, Fer's mother and Silvia, Diego's mother, live their lives happily, until one day, due to Diego's kidney disease they find out that the kids were switched at birth. In order to save Diego’, both mothers end up in a legal battle to see who will have the custody of which kid.

Parallel Courses

2016

Recipes to Stay Together poster
5.9

"Cilantro y perejil" is a comedy about couples from the same family, hit by the economic crisis in Mexico. The plot turns around the eternal question of whether it is worth it to live as a couple. The conclusions are fun, unpredictable and very human. After ending a ten-year marriage, Carlos and Susana try to fall in love with other people without success. As the days go by, Carlos realizes that without Susana he is unable to do many things, including distinguishing cilantro from parsley.

Recipes to Stay Together

1996

Fachon Models poster
4.9

Ulises is a friendly, aspiring actor with big dreams, who also has a weight problem and a compulsive eating habit. In a world where image is paramount, Ulises will do whatever it takes to climb out of the infomercial doldrums. His plans are shaken when he runs into Carolina, his childhood sweetheart, who has grown up to become a stunning, successful businesswoman. Determined to win her heart, Ulises decides to lose weight and earn big bucks, with the help of his best friend, El Charal, a carefree, charismatic kid from the wrong side of the tracks, whose big dream is to be on TV. Ulises, El Charal, and Carolina face hilarious situations and some tough lessons in this riotous romantic comedy.

Fachon Models

2014

Chuchulucos y arrumacos para burgueses poster
6.3

1974 Mexican experimental film

Chuchulucos y arrumacos para burgueses

1974

Hoy no circula poster
5.7

No synopsis available yet.

Hoy no circula

1993

Adios David poster
5.7

Mexican feature film

Adios David

1979

Una buena forma de morir poster
6.3

After his wife is murdered by gang members, a man must take revenge.

Una buena forma de morir

1994

Appointment with Death poster
6.7

A horror anthology composed of four episodes from the TV series "La Hora Marcada".

Appointment with Death

1989

Lady Rancho poster
7.0

A spoiled girl is sent to her family's ranch to work during summer vacations.

Lady Rancho

2019

El infierno tan temido poster
6.3

A woman abandons her partner, a journalist, but tortures him by sending him photos of her with her lovers.

El infierno tan temido

1975

El infierno tan temido poster
6.3

A woman abandons her partner, a journalist, but tortures him by sending him photos of her with her lovers.

El infierno tan temido

1975

Un tigre en la cama poster
5.0

Mauricio is a young man of around 30 years and has never had sex but a rumor starts at hs office that he is excellent in bed. On the other side, a girl who believes in fairy tales and search for his true love meets him online.

Un tigre en la cama

2009

Ya la hicimos poster
5.7

Virginia and Nacho, is a poor marriage, living precariously on their meager salaries, insufficient to support his child nine years of age. Until fortune smiles and Nacho wins a late model car. But sometimes it's better that luck will smile.

Ya la hicimos

1994

Dame Tu Cuerpo poster
5.0

German is a successful advertising exec who is about to marry beautiful ex-model, Jacqueline. However, Jacqueline can't stand German's best friend, Alex - a college football coach - on account of his gross behavior and adolescent attitudes towards women. But an atmospheric disturbance switches bodies on Alex and Jacqueline. Now, together with German, Alex and Jacqueline have to find a way to return to their original bodies before time runs out and they're trapped in that switch forever.

Dame Tu Cuerpo

2003

Los amorosos: historias de la hermosa vida poster
5.0

A woman that left her boyfriend because he cheated on her decides to invite him to a travel through the place they have planned before they broke up.

Los amorosos: historias de la hermosa vida

2012

Los amorosos: historias de la hermosa vida poster
5.0

A woman that left her boyfriend because he cheated on her decides to invite him to a travel through the place they have planned before they broke up.

Los amorosos: historias de la hermosa vida

2012

Preguntas sin respuesta poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Preguntas sin respuesta

2005

Preguntas sin respuesta poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Preguntas sin respuesta

2005

He Didn’t Have Any Time: Rockdrigo’s Hurbanstory poster
7.5

Documentary film about urban rock singer Rockdrigo González. Through word of mouth, the rediscovery of his songs, and the conquest of new fans, the myth took shape, to the extent that many believed he never died.

He Didn’t Have Any Time: Rockdrigo’s Hurbanstory

2003

He Didn’t Have Any Time: Rockdrigo’s Hurbanstory poster
7.5

Documentary film about urban rock singer Rockdrigo González. Through word of mouth, the rediscovery of his songs, and the conquest of new fans, the myth took shape, to the extent that many believed he never died.

He Didn’t Have Any Time: Rockdrigo’s Hurbanstory

2003