
Birthday:
01-01-1923
Deathday:
10-02-1984 (61 years)
Birthplace:
Havana, Cuba
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El principio
Act like Doña Cuca
event1973 star_border 4.7
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Mexico is in the midst of Revolution when the protagonist returns after studying in Paris to find his native town in Chihuahua occupied by Francisco Villa’s revolutionary forces. He visits his deserted home and remembers people and events from his adolescence that provide glimpses of pre-Revolutionary society under dictatorship: his uncle, the chief of police; his sister’s involvement with a liberal political association; bathing with the girls from a local brothel; a labor strike that ended in a massacre. Returning to the present he discovers that his father has been assassinated and, in the company of his father’s former servant, joins the revolutionary movement.
Inspector Calzonzin
event1974 star_border 7.5
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Mexico's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1974
Los Caciques
Act like Flora
event1975 star_border 5.6
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A bad man holds the power of life and death over the inhabitants of a village... for no apparent reason... and he's fond of torturing them, tying them to crosses and leaving them to die. A cowboy with necromantic powers comes along and leads a rebellion to overthrow that reign of terror.
Mexicanos al Grito de Guerra
Act like Esther Dubois
event1943 star_border 5.9
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In times of the French Intervention, a student of Nunó, author of the Mexican National Anthem, falls in love with the niece of the French Ambassador, which causes quite amusing complications.
El testamento
Act like Elodia
event1981 star_border 5
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After the death of her husband the industrialist, unprepared trophy-wife takes over the management of his business concerns.
Wild Wind
Act like Esposa de Pedro
event1974 star_border 4
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A drama, western film.
The Braid
Act like Sara
event1975 star_border 6
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A town confused by religion persecutes a woman who stole the braid from the statue of the Virgin.
Me he de comer esa tuna
event1972 star_border 5
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In rural Mexico, a young man competes with his best school friend for the love of a girl whose marriage has been arranged by her parents.
The Birthday of the Dog
Act like Gloria Maldonado
event1975 star_border 5.9
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Two couples. One of the husbands kills his wife. He is temporarily helped by the other couple. The husband wants to help him, but his wife wants to turn him in to the police.
El rincón de las vírgenes
Act like Tencha
event1972 star_border 5.4
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"Faith-healer" develops a cult-like following in 1920s Jalisco.
La casta divina
Act like Doña Engracia
event1977 star_border 6.6
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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.
Longitud de Guerra
Act like Antonia la Medrano
event1976 star_border 5.2
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Based on the novel Tomochic by Heriberto Frías; tells the story of the rebellion of the inhabitants of the village of Tomochi, Chihuahua, against the government of Porfirio Diaz in 1891. Mexico's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1976.
La mujer que engañamos
Act like Clemencia
event1945 star_border 4.2
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Woman chooses between two suitors. The lucky one is a cad and cheats on her, the one who was rejected hangs around in the background to set things right whenever she has a problem.
The Fight with the Panther
Act like Mother Superior
event1975 star_border 4.9
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Three nymphets struggle to have a beneficial youth: Ana is suicidal, Mercedes is attracted to her brother William, and Patricia desires to be sexually abused.
El amor tiene cara de mujer
Act like Sonia
event1973 star_border 5
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The owner of a beauty salon and her employees discuss their lives and their struggles to get ahead in life.
Triángulo
Act like Directora del Internado
event1972 star_border 5.6
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The story of Mother and Daughter for a Husband and Stepfather who was killed by shotgun.
The Coming of the King Olmos
event1975 star_border 6
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After spending some time with the Mennonite community in Chihuahua, Reynaldo Olmos goes back to Mexico City and establishes a ministry in the poorest of poor neighborhoods. Is he sincere, or is this a scam?
Everyone's Hell so Feared
Act like Mother Martina
event1981 star_border 5.5
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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.
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