Mario Castillón Bracho

The Master of Ballantrae (1974)

Adult brothers compete for pateral affection and for control of the family estate.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jaime Humberto Hermosillo
CAST:  Hugo Stiglitz  •  Mario Castillón Bracho  •  Fernando Soler  •  Daniela Rosen

Adult brothers compete for pateral affection and for control of the family estate.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jaime Humberto Hermosillo
CAST:  Hugo Stiglitz  •  Mario Castillón Bracho  •  Fernando Soler  •  Daniela Rosen

Cuartelazo (1977)

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alberto Isaac
CAST:  Bruno Rey  •  Héctor Ortega  •  Arturo Beristáin  •  Alejandro Parodi

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alberto Isaac
CAST:  Bruno Rey  •  Héctor Ortega  •  Arturo Beristáin  •  Alejandro Parodi

There Are No Thieves in This Village (1965)

When a young boy steals billiard balls from a local saloon, a stranger is charged with the crime. The local layabouts find there is no reason to hang out at the bar without being able to shoot pool, and the boy entertains thoughts of forming a gang to steal more ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alberto Isaac
CAST:  Julián Pastor  •  Rocío Sagaón  •  Graciela Enríquez  •  Luis Buñuel

When a young boy steals billiard balls from a local saloon, a stranger is charged with the crime. The local layabouts find there is no reason to hang out at the bar without being able to shoot pool, and the boy entertains thoughts of forming a gang to steal more ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alberto Isaac
CAST:  Julián Pastor  •  Rocío Sagaón  •  Graciela Enríquez  •  Luis Buñuel

Get Off at the Next Corner! (1948)

Driver Gregorio del Prado and fare collector Regalito were suspended for deviating from their route to impress a young woman named Cholita.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alejandro Galindo
CAST:  David Silva  •  Fernando Soto  •  Olga Jiménez  •  Delia Magaña

Driver Gregorio del Prado and fare collector Regalito were suspended for deviating from their route to impress a young woman named Cholita.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alejandro Galindo
CAST:  David Silva  •  Fernando Soto  •  Olga Jiménez  •  Delia Magaña

The Holy Inquisition (1974)

A plague is spreading through 16th century Mexico, and the Inquisition of the Roman Catholic Church is rooting out Jews, for they are believed to be its cause. At his father's funeral, a monk observes his family practicing Jewish burial rite, and he reports them, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arturo Ripstein
CAST:  Jorge Luke  •  Diana Bracho  •  Claudio Brook  •  Ana Mérida

A plague is spreading through 16th century Mexico, and the Inquisition of the Roman Catholic Church is rooting out Jews, for they are believed to be its cause. At his father's funeral, a monk observes his family practicing Jewish burial rite, and he reports them, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arturo Ripstein
CAST:  Jorge Luke  •  Diana Bracho  •  Claudio Brook  •  Ana Mérida

Foxtrot (1976)

A Romanian aristocrat retreats to a desert isle with his wife and servants on the eve of World War II.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arturo Ripstein
CAST:  Peter O'Toole  •  Charlotte Rampling  •  Max von Sydow  •  Jorge Luke

A Romanian aristocrat retreats to a desert isle with his wife and servants on the eve of World War II.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arturo Ripstein
CAST:  Peter O'Toole  •  Charlotte Rampling  •  Max von Sydow  •  Jorge Luke

The Mansion of Madness (1973)

The inmates of an insane asylum take over the institution, imprison the doctors and staff, and then put into play their own ideas of how the place should be run.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Juan López Moctezuma
CAST:  Claudio Brook  •  Arthur Hansel  •  Ellen Sherman  •  Martin LaSalle

The inmates of an insane asylum take over the institution, imprison the doctors and staff, and then put into play their own ideas of how the place should be run.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Juan López Moctezuma
CAST:  Claudio Brook  •  Arthur Hansel  •  Ellen Sherman  •  Martin LaSalle

Castle of Purity (1973)

A disciplined and sexually driven man forces his family to stay isolated in their home in order to protect them from the “evil nature” of human beings.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arturo Ripstein
CAST:  Claudio Brook  •  Rita Macedo  •  Arturo Beristáin  •  Diana Bracho

A disciplined and sexually driven man forces his family to stay isolated in their home in order to protect them from the “evil nature” of human beings.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arturo Ripstein
CAST:  Claudio Brook  •  Rita Macedo  •  Arturo Beristáin  •  Diana Bracho

Los doce malditos (1974)

Escaping after a heist, bank-robbers run afoul of an ex bounty hunter with whom they have back story.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Toni Sbert
CAST:  Jorge Russek  •  Rogelio Guerra  •  Claudia Islas  •  Mario Almada

Escaping after a heist, bank-robbers run afoul of an ex bounty hunter with whom they have back story.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Toni Sbert
CAST:  Jorge Russek  •  Rogelio Guerra  •  Claudia Islas  •  Mario Almada

Pubertinaje (1978)

Three episodes: 1) "A Christmas dinner" where the family members fantasize about being somewhere else. The fetishist father wants to put on feminine clothes. The son longs for another transvestite adventure. The daughter yearns to be a singer and destroy the saints ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  José Antonio Alcaraz  •  Pablo Leder  •  Luis Urias
CAST:  Brontis Jodorowsky  •  Rosa Furman  •  Martin LaSalle  •  Kitzya Poniatowska

Three episodes: 1) "A Christmas dinner" where the family members fantasize about being somewhere else. The fetishist father wants to put on feminine clothes. The son longs for another transvestite adventure. The daughter yearns to be a singer and destroy the saints ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  José Antonio Alcaraz  •  Pablo Leder  •  Luis Urias
CAST:  Brontis Jodorowsky  •  Rosa Furman  •  Martin LaSalle  •  Kitzya Poniatowska