Acting

Ignacio Retes

Born — Died

1918-11-13 — 2004-04-23

Place of birth

Mexico City, Mexico

Known for

Acting

Credits

51 titles

José Ignacio Retes Guevara was a Mexican playwright, film, theater and television actor, director, and writer. Two-time winner of the Ariel Award. He studied at the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters of the National Autonomous University of Mexico in the 30s, where he was able to meet other prominent playwrights and directors of the time such as Rodolfo Usigli, Seki Sano and José Revueltas. He founded the University Theater of San Luis Potosí in 1937 and the theater company Lantern Magic with workers from the Mexican Union of Electricians. With Usigli he founded the company Midnight Theater (in reference to the free time that both had to collaborate in it); with Sano he would work as an ass…

Known for

A Sweet Scent of Death poster
6.0

Ramón is secretly in love with Adela. One morning, he discovers her corpse among the oat fields

A Sweet Scent of Death

1999

The Realm of Fortune poster
5.3

Poor Dionisio finds himself as recipient of the good fortune, but soon he forgets that everything that goes up also has to go down, and that in the depressing nothingness of his town it is easy to die.

The Realm of Fortune

1986

Broken Flag poster
6.9

When a group of young filmmakers witness and film a crime of passion, the most outrageous blackmail of the century begins. By means of a fantastic plan, the filmmakers send to the murderer, a financial and industrial big shot, a copy of the movie that incriminates him and they demand him an improvement of the standard of living for the working class.

Broken Flag

1979

The Eve poster
6.0

Aging politicians who have faded from the public eye hold a cocktail party to celebrate one friend's appointment to the President's Cabinet. Illusions are indulged, illusions are shattered.

The Eve

1982

Vintage Model poster
5.8

Life unravels when famous radio talk-show host Carmen (Sylvia Pinal) discovers she has just months to live. To tie up the loose ends of her life, she hires a chauffeur to drive her around Mexico City and visit her old haunts. But he does far more than that; instead, he gives her life a much-needed spark and shows her the road to happiness. Alonso Echanove and Raul Araiza Jr. co-star.

Vintage Model

1992

Doña Perfecta poster
7.0

Liberal farmer Pepe has arrived in Santa Fe to visit his aunt, Dona Perfecta. While he's there, Pepe is eager to teach the traditional-minded townspeople a new way of living. Unfortunately for Pepe the people of Santa Fe aren't eager to embrace change, and when the citizens begin to voice resentment Pepe is forced to seek refuge with his sympathetic aunt. Dona Perfecta is just as traditional as any of the other townspeople though, and only suffers Pepe due to the fact that he is family. When Pepe and his cousin Rosario fall deeply in love, the situation quickly comes to a head.

Doña Perfecta

1951

Film credits

1990s · 8 titles

A Sweet Scent of Death poster
6.0

Ramón is secretly in love with Adela. One morning, he discovers her corpse among the oat fields

A Sweet Scent of Death

1999

Vintage Model poster
5.8

Life unravels when famous radio talk-show host Carmen (Sylvia Pinal) discovers she has just months to live. To tie up the loose ends of her life, she hires a chauffeur to drive her around Mexico City and visit her old haunts. But he does far more than that; instead, he gives her life a much-needed spark and shows her the road to happiness. Alonso Echanove and Raul Araiza Jr. co-star.

Vintage Model

1992

Bienvenido-Welcome poster
6.2

During a business trip, a married man (José) has an affair with a blonde who leaves him the message "Welcome to the world of AIDS". Later, his wife Maria, unaware of the situation, makes love to her husband when he is drunk. The consequences of the contagion are devastating. José and María find the support of a group of filmmakers who decide to make a film of their story.

Bienvenido-Welcome

1995

If I Never See You Again poster
6.6

Five elderly men form a music group and run away from the nursing home where they are interns with the hope of playing for an audience. They confront th city, the nursing home authorities, the police and all those who wish to destroy their dream which finally comes true when they are contracted to serve as musical background for strippers of a second class cabaret. In case i never see you again, is a movie about life, death, melancholy and the quest for happiness.

If I Never See You Again

1997

Playa azul poster
6.0

A politician accused of fraud seeks refuge in a remote, hotel he owns. Joined by his wife, and children he requests aid from his friends. His friends refuse to help, and eventually his family leave him, leaving him with few options.

Playa azul

1992

Esmeralda Comes by Night poster
5.3

The husbands of a charismatic nurse devise a plan to free her from prison when she is arrested for being a polygamist.

Esmeralda Comes by Night

1997

Amor a la medida poster
6.0

Pop musician lives out a situation in which he throws over a good woman for a bad woman and then discovers the terrible secrets of her checkered past... or does he?

Amor a la medida

1993

Encuentro Inesperado poster
5.7

Pilar Landeros, famous singer, comes to a huge and luxurious mansion from the airport. The journey has been long and Pilar wants to rest. Dismissed his driver and his butler; will try to sleep until breakfast time. The diva dreams of being killed by one of her admirers, but who appears in her room is the new maid, Estela...

Encuentro Inesperado

1993

1980s · 23 titles

The Realm of Fortune poster
5.3

Poor Dionisio finds himself as recipient of the good fortune, but soon he forgets that everything that goes up also has to go down, and that in the depressing nothingness of his town it is easy to die.

The Realm of Fortune

1986

The Eve poster
6.0

Aging politicians who have faded from the public eye hold a cocktail party to celebrate one friend's appointment to the President's Cabinet. Illusions are indulged, illusions are shattered.

The Eve

1982

Aunt Alejandra poster
7.5

The arrival of Aunt Alejandra triggers a series of nightmarish events that will put the life of a family at mysterious risk.

Aunt Alejandra

1980

Los Naúfragos II:  Los Piratas poster
7.4

The Cast Aways saga continues as the shipwrecked islanders discover a cave full of buried treasures, along with the bones of Pirates. They use the cave as a shelter and plan an escape with the loot. Before their plan is complete, a ship arrives with pirates, lead by a young woman, who have come to claim their treasure as their own, and a battle ensues between them and the shipwrecked islanders.The islanders discover by chance that the new arrivals have no claim to the treasure, and their leader a treasure hunting imposter.

Los Naúfragos II: Los Piratas

1986

The Castaways of Liguria poster
6.0

A fire started by Harry Thompson destroys the Liguria, a legendary ship of the 19th century, and its treasure of gold and diamonds sinks in the sea. Thompson manages to escape unaware that Albizetti sleeps in the same lifeboat he uses. They manage to arrive at a deserted island, which has also been reached on the opposite shore– by the other survivors of the shipwreck: three children, a woman and three men.

The Castaways of Liguria

1985

Everyone's Hell So Feared poster
6.1

The inner demons of an aspiring writer, whose dissatisfaction has pushed him to alcohol and drugs, lead him to his self-destruction under the guise of confusing political positions.

Everyone's Hell So Feared

1981

Mariana Mariana poster
6.8

The story runs in the 1940s Mexico City. A schoolboy (Carlos) falls in love with his best friend's mother (Mariana). Carlos is impressed because this family is not like the ordinary mexican families of the time, because they have many expensive American things, although they are not rich. The drama begins when Carlos gets out of school to go to declare his love to Mariana, and is discovered by his teachers.

Mariana Mariana

1987

El centro del laberinto poster
5.7

Mexican feature film

El centro del laberinto

1985

El rey de la vecindad poster
6.5

Sentimental comedy about ups and downs in a working-class neighborhood.

El rey de la vecindad

1985

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

Three of Cups poster
6.1

While touring the towns, two revelers meet a beautiful woman who awakens greed and passion in both.

Three of Cups

1986

A Married Woman poster
6.0

Irene is a young housewife and mother who tries to raise her young family, love her husband and keep her home all the while studying her masters' degree. Mario, her husband, is a good man, but he's tied by convention. When she has a strange mishap one day, her domestic life is catapulted in a whirl of horror and violence that will tear the fabric of her very existence apart.

A Married Woman

1982

The Flying Pony poster
5.4

Mythical and fantastic story on the wishes of a peasant boy, Diego, who become reality in the course of a day and a night. On the eve of his birthday, the child's godfather gives her a shot of cardboard. At night, the little dreams that is mounted on the horse and find a nymph that describes the exact location of much needed water does to your family.

The Flying Pony

1982

Chido Guan, el tacos de oro poster
5.8

Street-punk drafted to soccer team, rises to stardom. Cuz he plays so good.

Chido Guan, el tacos de oro

1986

Lovers, Partners & Spies poster
8.0

Retired international police agent, now suburban housewife, is asked by her former partner to help him catch a serial killer.

Lovers, Partners & Spies

1988

Deceitful Appearances poster
4.6

The sexual misunderstandings caused by the real identity of a rich woman serve Hermosillo to satirize the moral and social hypocrisy of the provincial that every Mexican carries inside.

Deceitful Appearances

1983

Knock Out poster
6.8

Rodrigo Zaracho, once a promising boxer, is in decline. While fleeing from a gang that is chasing him, he remembers his past.

Knock Out

1984

Luna de sangre poster
6.7

Mexican feature film

Luna de sangre

1984

Occupation of Darkness poster
5.1

Set in 1934, and meant to dramatize social injustices, this melodrama examines an official's attempt at land reform. The landowners are against any reform and are also not interested in ending the exploitation of their workers. On the opposite side of the fence, the Native Americans have almost no way to better their living conditions or to fight oppression. They are also plagued by "superstition," which leads to some misguided actions that only make things worse. Violence and sexual encounters are interspersed throughout the story.

Occupation of Darkness

1981

Mundo mágico poster
5.8

Anthology movie that presents 3 stories about romance.

Mundo mágico

1983

Herencia maldita poster
5.0

Mexican feature film

Herencia maldita

1987

Los años duros: El nacimiento de un guerrillero poster
6.2

The lives of Rolo, Chino and Boby take different courses since the student movement of the 60’s. Some years later, the friends meet again. Rolo has turned into a guerrilla fighter, Boby into a businessman and Chino into an embittered and solitary man.

Los años duros: El nacimiento de un guerrillero

1989

Motel poster
5.1

The discovery of the mutilated body of a wealthy woman leads a detective to an isolated motel.

Motel

1984

1970s · 11 titles

Broken Flag poster
6.9

When a group of young filmmakers witness and film a crime of passion, the most outrageous blackmail of the century begins. By means of a fantastic plan, the filmmakers send to the murderer, a financial and industrial big shot, a copy of the movie that incriminates him and they demand him an improvement of the standard of living for the working class.

Broken Flag

1979

New World poster
5.7

Towards the end of the 16th century, the Spanish conquerors living in the New World faced a serious problem: the evangelization of the indigenous people, who did not understand or accept Christianity due to their unshakable faith in their own religion. The court of the Inquisition cracks down on heretics and the natives prepare for a general uprising ...

New World

1978

The Year of the Plague poster
5.3

A terrible disease is found in a Mexican town. A doctor tries to alert the authorities when he discovers its epidemic nature. No one listen to him and soon after the disease spreads. The government tries to control the information in order to prevent panic.

The Year of the Plague

1978

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

Los Desalmados poster
6.3

No synopsis available yet.

Los Desalmados

1971

Chin Chin el teporocho poster
6.1

Rogelio’s story, a young man of humble origin in the neighborhood of Tepito, who falls in love with the daughter of a wealthy grocer, Michelle, but his marriage to her will be a failure and he will end up as a one more drunk.

Chin Chin el teporocho

1976

The Hard Years poster
6.7

Three boys, after participating in the events of 1968 in Mexico, find themselves in the need to get away from the social struggle

The Hard Years

1973

La casta divina poster
6.7

Chronicle Caste War in Yucatan held in the nineteenth century, where the land and the people were the property of the landowners, who called themselves " divine caste ". On one hand, General Salvador Alvarado organized the revolution; on the other, the landowners hire Colonel Ortiz Argumedo to organized the defense of their autonomy. Don Wilfrido, one of the masters, do not hesitate to send his son to fight to maintain their wealth and privileges.

La casta divina

1977

Paper Flowers poster
4.6

On the thinnest of pretexts, a horde of homeless people descend on the apartments of two members of the comfortable middle class and proceed to loot and vandalize both homes, leaving the next morning with many of the belongings they found there, as well as one of the residents who has opted to join them. This political allegory is based on two plays by the Chilean playwright Egon Wolff.

Paper Flowers

1978

Cuartelazo poster
6.2

Narration of one of the bloodiest episodes of the Mexican national history, The Tragic Ten, beginning when General Victoriano Huerta sent to kill President Francisco I. Madero, Vice President José María Pino Suárez and Senator Belisario Dominguez. The film recreates the moment of the execution at the hands of Huerta and his accomplices Bernardo Reyes, Félix Díaz and Manuel Mondragón.

Cuartelazo

1977

El Reventón poster
5.8

Wild-partying hippie-artist-dilettantes end up forming a revolutionary terrorist cell. The misfit Gato loses a lot of money in bets and his father throws him out of his house. Ál leaves his girlfriend Laura for his lover, the married Adriana. Out of money Gato and Ál becomes urban guerrilla when they plan to kidnap Gato's rich father.

El Reventón

1977

1950s · 4 titles

Behind the camera

Broken Flag poster
6.9

When a group of young filmmakers witness and film a crime of passion, the most outrageous blackmail of the century begins. By means of a fantastic plan, the filmmakers send to the murderer, a financial and industrial big shot, a copy of the movie that incriminates him and they demand him an improvement of the standard of living for the working class.

Broken Flag

1979

The Naked City poster
6.6

A gritty tale of survival set against a city ripe with violence and corruption. The Naked City tells the tale of Alfonso and Aurelia, who with their infant daughter flee the scene of a traffic accident they inadvertently caused, leaving several people seriously injured. On the run, they check into a hotel in a different part of the town. By coincidence, or fate, the hotel is about to be attacked by a violent gang, who resume to hold everyone hostage, moving room to room raping, killing and brutalizing the guests. When it is turn to visit with the young couple it is their time to decide to succumb to the violence, or fight back.

The Naked City

1989

Paper Flowers poster
4.6

On the thinnest of pretexts, a horde of homeless people descend on the apartments of two members of the comfortable middle class and proceed to loot and vandalize both homes, leaving the next morning with many of the belongings they found there, as well as one of the residents who has opted to join them. This political allegory is based on two plays by the Chilean playwright Egon Wolff.

Paper Flowers

1978

Viaje al paraíso poster
4.5

Family plans for a quiet weekend at the beach, but everything goes wrong.

Viaje al paraíso

1985

Viaje al paraíso poster
4.5

Family plans for a quiet weekend at the beach, but everything goes wrong.

Viaje al paraíso

1985