Felipe Cazals
Felipe Cazals (July 28th, 1937 - October 16th, 2021) was a Mexican film director, screenwriter and producer. Along with Arturo Ripstein, Jaime Humberto Hermosillo and Jorfe Fons, he is considered one of the most representative film directors of his generation. His masterworks The Humilliated (Las inocentes, 1986), Las Poquianchis (1976), The Heist (El Apando, 1976) and Canoa (1976), make him to be considered as one of the most creative and bitter-critic filmmaker in the history of Latin-American movies. Canoa was entered into the26th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize. His 1973 film Thoe Years (Aquellos Años, 1974) was entered into the 8th Moscow International Film Festival where it won a Special Prize.
Digna: Worthy to Her Last Breath (2004)
The life and work of Mexican lawyer Digna Ochoa, from her first kidnapping at the hands of the police to her murder. (more)
The life and work of Mexican lawyer Digna Ochoa, from her first kidnapping at the hands of the police to her murder. (more)
The Citrillo's Turn (2006)
1903, before the Revolution… The Citrillo’s Turns is a pulque bar in Mexico City, in which beings with no present or future gather to drink their lives away and tell stories of the dead and apparitions. Thus is woven a story of real passions –love, betrayal, ... (more)
1903, before the Revolution… The Citrillo’s Turns is a pulque bar in Mexico City, in which beings with no present or future gather to drink their lives away and tell stories of the dead and apparitions. Thus is woven a story of real passions –love, betrayal, ... (more)
Under the Shrapnel (1983)
A guerrilla commando tries to kidnap a politician. In the attempt, several policemen and a guerrillero die. By chance the head of the kidnappers meets an old colleague; to prevent him from betraying them, he kidnaps him. (more)
A guerrilla commando tries to kidnap a politician. In the attempt, several policemen and a guerrillero die. By chance the head of the kidnappers meets an old colleague; to prevent him from betraying them, he kidnaps him. (more)
The Wrath of a God (1988)
On the beach lies the body of Claudio O'Riley, heir to a monopoly shrimp, and his voice recounts his rise to power: the incestuous relationship with his sister, the degrading treatment to their partners and so on. (more)
On the beach lies the body of Claudio O'Riley, heir to a monopoly shrimp, and his voice recounts his rise to power: the incestuous relationship with his sister, the degrading treatment to their partners and so on. (more)
Rigo is Love (1980)
Rigo and la Tulipana meet at the cabaret where they work, he as a singer and she as a fichera. They live an intense love, but Rigo's alcoholism is a source of constant tension. (more)
Rigo and la Tulipana meet at the cabaret where they work, he as a singer and she as a fichera. They live an intense love, but Rigo's alcoholism is a source of constant tension. (more)
Las Poquianchis (1976)
During the mid-1970s, in the Mexican state of Guanajuato, authorities discover a clandestine burial ground. The corpses are from murdered prostitutes. The suspects are three sisters known as "Las Poquianchis". (more)
During the mid-1970s, in the Mexican state of Guanajuato, authorities discover a clandestine burial ground. The corpses are from murdered prostitutes. The suspects are three sisters known as "Las Poquianchis". (more)
Aunt Isabel's Garden (1972)
A ship carrying Conquistadors is wrecked and the survivors are thrown ashore to struggle through the Yucatan jungle. (more)
A ship carrying Conquistadors is wrecked and the survivors are thrown ashore to struggle through the Yucatan jungle. (more)
Citizen Buelna (2013)
Rafael faces the complications of the revolution and discovers true love with Luisa. (more)
Rafael faces the complications of the revolution and discovers true love with Luisa. (more)
Leonora Carrington or The Ironic Spell (1965)
Cinema and painting establish a fluid dialogue and begins with introspection in the themes and forms of the plastic work of a woman tormented by the elongated specters, originating from her obsessions and nightmares. (more)
Cinema and painting establish a fluid dialogue and begins with introspection in the themes and forms of the plastic work of a woman tormented by the elongated specters, originating from her obsessions and nightmares. (more)
Those Years (1974)
President Juárez fights against the conservatives, who have ordered an emperor to be brought from France to govern Mexico (more)
President Juárez fights against the conservatives, who have ordered an emperor to be brought from France to govern Mexico (more)
Luz's Motives (1985)
Luz is in jail, accused of murdering her own children. Her husband and her mother-in-law say she killed them in cold blood. Dr. Rebollar tries to help the woman, but she refuses to remember anything. Luz thinks of jail as the purgatory: it's only one step to reach ... (more)
Luz is in jail, accused of murdering her own children. Her husband and her mother-in-law say she killed them in cold blood. Dr. Rebollar tries to help the woman, but she refuses to remember anything. Luz thinks of jail as the purgatory: it's only one step to reach ... (more)
Chicogrande (2010)
Butch Fenton, major of American army, comes for Villa's head and he's gonna get it. The "Punitive Expedition" proved to be the last major campaign of the U.S. Cavalry. Mexican revolution is the first social movement of the century. (more)
Butch Fenton, major of American army, comes for Villa's head and he's gonna get it. The "Punitive Expedition" proved to be the last major campaign of the U.S. Cavalry. Mexican revolution is the first social movement of the century. (more)
Canoa: A Shameful Memory
(1976)
A group of students arrives in a small town during a hiking expedition. Once there, the local priest accuses them of being communist agitators on the run from an army crack-down against student demonstrations in nearby Mexico City and rallies the townsfolk to lynch ... (more)
A group of students arrives in a small town during a hiking expedition. Once there, the local priest accuses them of being communist agitators on the run from an army crack-down against student demonstrations in nearby Mexico City and rallies the townsfolk to lynch ... (more)
The Year of the Plague (1978)
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. (IMDb) (more)
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. (IMDb) (more)
Three of Cups (1986)
While touring the towns, two revelers meet a beautiful woman who awakens greed and passion in both. (more)
While touring the towns, two revelers meet a beautiful woman who awakens greed and passion in both. (more)
His Most Serene Highness (2000)
This historical drama depicts the waning days of the life of Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, who waged a war against the United States that ultimately cost his nation half of its territory (more)
This historical drama depicts the waning days of the life of Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, who waged a war against the United States that ultimately cost his nation half of its territory (more)
The Heist (1976)
In Mexico City's infamous Lecumberri prison, three drug-addicted convicts celebrate getting drugs from one of their the mothers. They are found out and locked up in the "apando," the dreaded punishment cell. Protests over the treatment of those held in the cell ... (more)
In Mexico City's infamous Lecumberri prison, three drug-addicted convicts celebrate getting drugs from one of their the mothers. They are found out and locked up in the "apando," the dreaded punishment cell. Protests over the treatment of those held in the cell ... (more)
The Great Victory (1981)
The adventures and misadventures the popular singer Rigo Tovar, his relationships, trips and unparalleled successes (more)
The adventures and misadventures the popular singer Rigo Tovar, his relationships, trips and unparalleled successes (more)
The Seven Cucas (1981)
A worker's wife and six pretty daughters are desired by all the men in their little town, so he decides to move his family elsewhere. (more)
A worker's wife and six pretty daughters are desired by all the men in their little town, so he decides to move his family elsewhere. (more)
The Humiliated (1986)
Four nuns are raped by a group of lepers. Although they all turn out to be pregnant, their status is hidden from them in the convent. (more)
Four nuns are raped by a group of lepers. Although they all turn out to be pregnant, their status is hidden from them in the convent. (more)