María Rubio

María de Jesús Rubio Tejero was a first Mexican actress. She is remembered for her impeccable portrayal of Catalina Creel in the highly successful telenovela Cuna de lobos in Mexico and Latin America. Additionally, People en Español magazine ranked it as one of the ten best soap operas. Catalina Creel has been a figure throughout the world as the best villain of all time.

El hijo de Huracán Ramírez (1966)

A wrestler is arrested on suspicion of assault, but his son manages to capture the real culprits.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joselito Rodríguez
CAST:  Pepe Romay  •  Titina Romay  •  David Silva  •  Carmelita González

A wrestler is arrested on suspicion of assault, but his son manages to capture the real culprits.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joselito Rodríguez
CAST:  Pepe Romay  •  Titina Romay  •  David Silva  •  Carmelita González

Monstroid (1980)

A rural Colombian village is attacked by a horrible sea serpent, aroused by industrial pollution of a nearby lake. Based on a real event that took place in June of 1971.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenneth Hartford  •  Herbert L. Strock
CAST:  James Mitchum  •  John Carradine  •  Philip Carey  •  Anthony Eisley

A rural Colombian village is attacked by a horrible sea serpent, aroused by industrial pollution of a nearby lake. Based on a real event that took place in June of 1971.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenneth Hartford  •  Herbert L. Strock
CAST:  James Mitchum  •  John Carradine  •  Philip Carey  •  Anthony Eisley

Bloody Moon (1981)

Miguel, a horribly disfigured young man, goes on a rampage at a masquerade party and rapes and then mutilates a girl. Institutionalized at a mental asylum, he is released five years later, into the care of his sister, Manuela who, along with their wheelchair bound ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jesús Franco
CAST:  Christoph Moosbrugger  •  Olivia Pascal  •  Nadja Gerganoff  •  Alexander Waechter

Miguel, a horribly disfigured young man, goes on a rampage at a masquerade party and rapes and then mutilates a girl. Institutionalized at a mental asylum, he is released five years later, into the care of his sister, Manuela who, along with their wheelchair bound ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jesús Franco
CAST:  Christoph Moosbrugger  •  Olivia Pascal  •  Nadja Gerganoff  •  Alexander Waechter

forty years without sex (1979)

Through various episodes we are shown sexual repression and desire at the same time, in the Spanish of yesteryear.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Juan Bosch
CAST:  Marta Angelat  •  José Antonio Ceinos  •  Alfred Lucchetti  •  Carlos Lucena

Through various episodes we are shown sexual repression and desire at the same time, in the Spanish of yesteryear.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Juan Bosch
CAST:  Marta Angelat  •  José Antonio Ceinos  •  Alfred Lucchetti  •  Carlos Lucena

Murder in the Central Committee (1982)

The plot follows a private detective, an ex communist and former CIA agent, who travels from Barcelona to Madrid to discover the identity of the assassin of the leader of the Spanish Communist party who was stabbed during a blackout while presiding over a meeting ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vicente Aranda
CAST:  Patxi Andión  •  Victoria Abril  •  Conrado San Martín  •  Héctor Alterio

The plot follows a private detective, an ex communist and former CIA agent, who travels from Barcelona to Madrid to discover the identity of the assassin of the leader of the Spanish Communist party who was stabbed during a blackout while presiding over a meeting ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vicente Aranda
CAST:  Patxi Andión  •  Victoria Abril  •  Conrado San Martín  •  Héctor Alterio

Valentina (1982)

In 1939, in a French prison camp, José Garcés of the defeated Spanish Republican army raises the spirits of his fellow prisoners by telling the story of the year he was 8 years old, 1911, in a small town in northeastern Spain. He was a rascal, baffling his father, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Antonio José Betancor
CAST:  Anthony Quinn  •  Jorge Sanz  •  Paloma Gómez  •  Saturno Cerra

In 1939, in a French prison camp, José Garcés of the defeated Spanish Republican army raises the spirits of his fellow prisoners by telling the story of the year he was 8 years old, 1911, in a small town in northeastern Spain. He was a rascal, baffling his father, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Antonio José Betancor
CAST:  Anthony Quinn  •  Jorge Sanz  •  Paloma Gómez  •  Saturno Cerra

El caso de las envenenadas de Valencia (1985)

Valencia, 1955. A down-on-her-luck spinster poisons her friend and employers out of envy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pedro Olea
CAST:  Terele Pávez  •  Susana Canales  •  Alfred Lucchetti  •  Marta Angelat

Valencia, 1955. A down-on-her-luck spinster poisons her friend and employers out of envy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pedro Olea
CAST:  Terele Pávez  •  Susana Canales  •  Alfred Lucchetti  •  Marta Angelat

Diabolical Vengeance (1990)

Mexican revenge horror.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Francisco Guerrero
CAST:  Noé Murayama  •  Juan Valentín  •  María Rubio  •  Raúl Araiza

Mexican revenge horror.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Francisco Guerrero
CAST:  Noé Murayama  •  Juan Valentín  •  María Rubio  •  Raúl Araiza

Traficantes de Niños (1992)

Film about child trafficking in México.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ismael Rodríguez Jr.
CAST:  Mario Almada  •  Olivia Collins  •  Humberto Elizondo  •  María José Garrido

Film about child trafficking in México.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ismael Rodríguez Jr.
CAST:  Mario Almada  •  Olivia Collins  •  Humberto Elizondo  •  María José Garrido

La noche violenta (1970)

Police are chasing him for a murder, so man breaks into an expensive home and takes husband and wife hostage. The bloodshed continues...  (more)

DIRECTION:  José María Fernández Unsáin
CAST:  Enrique Lizalde  •  Jacqueline Andere  •  Luis Aldás  •  María Rubio

Police are chasing him for a murder, so man breaks into an expensive home and takes husband and wife hostage. The bloodshed continues...  (more)

DIRECTION:  José María Fernández Unsáin
CAST:  Enrique Lizalde  •  Jacqueline Andere  •  Luis Aldás  •  María Rubio

To Die... To Sleep... Perchance to Dream (1976)

Given the proximity of death, the experiences of the past come to the memory of Juan. In a fragmented, sometimes confused way, Juan relives the crucial moments of his life, always linked to the names of women. Moments that remind him of having missed numerous ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Manuel Mur Oti
CAST:  Pedro Díez del Corral  •  Jane Seymour  •  Rafael Arcos  •  Israel Morales

Given the proximity of death, the experiences of the past come to the memory of Juan. In a fragmented, sometimes confused way, Juan relives the crucial moments of his life, always linked to the names of women. Moments that remind him of having missed numerous ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Manuel Mur Oti
CAST:  Pedro Díez del Corral  •  Jane Seymour  •  Rafael Arcos  •  Israel Morales

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DIRECTION:  Fernando Cortés
CAST:  Pancho Córdova  •  Alfredo Landa  •  Dacia González  •  Rafael Llamas

A Secretary's Intimacies (1971)

Mexican feature film  (more)

DIRECTION:  José María Fernández Unsáin
CAST:  Jacqueline Andere  •  Carlos Piñar  •  Rafael Baledón  •  Félix González

Mexican feature film  (more)

DIRECTION:  José María Fernández Unsáin
CAST:  Jacqueline Andere  •  Carlos Piñar  •  Rafael Baledón  •  Félix González

Con el amor no se juega (1991)

Susana, a beautiful young girl living in 1990, is happily looking forward to her forthcoming marriage - and has bought an antique mirror to grace her future home. Three weeks before the wedding, the mirror is delivered to her Grandmother's home and taken to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  José Luis García Agraz  •  Tomás Gutiérrez Alea  •  Carlos García Agraz
CAST:  Arcelia Ramírez  •  Daniel Giménez Cacho  •  María Rubio  •  Margarita Isabel

Susana, a beautiful young girl living in 1990, is happily looking forward to her forthcoming marriage - and has bought an antique mirror to grace her future home. Three weeks before the wedding, the mirror is delivered to her Grandmother's home and taken to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  José Luis García Agraz  •  Tomás Gutiérrez Alea  •  Carlos García Agraz
CAST:  Arcelia Ramírez  •  Daniel Giménez Cacho  •  María Rubio  •  Margarita Isabel

The Simón's Jigsaw: A Trip to the Universe of Juan Piquer Simón (2015)

A journey through the work of Spanish filmmaker Juan Piquer Simón (1935-2011).  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luis Esquinas Chanes
CAST:  Lone Fleming  •  Sanora Alberti  •  Víctor Matellano  •  José Luis Salvador Estébenez

A journey through the work of Spanish filmmaker Juan Piquer Simón (1935-2011).  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luis Esquinas Chanes
CAST:  Lone Fleming  •  Sanora Alberti  •  Víctor Matellano  •  José Luis Salvador Estébenez

Some birds aren't mean to be caged (2016)

Manuel and Adela are not going through the best stage of their relationship. In a trip to Las Cañas lake they will meet Santi, a young bird spotter.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrea Jaurrieta
CAST:  Iván Artiles  •  María Rubio  •  Xoel Yáñez

Manuel and Adela are not going through the best stage of their relationship. In a trip to Las Cañas lake they will meet Santi, a young bird spotter.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrea Jaurrieta
CAST:  Iván Artiles  •  María Rubio  •  Xoel Yáñez