El mil amores

El mil amores 1954

7.20

Carmen has a daughter, Patricia, who attends a school for young ladies where they think Carmen is married to a sailor. Viviano is a friend of Carmen and when she needs it, he poses as the father of Patricia and she believes is her father. Actually, Viviano is engaged with Marilu

1954

Last Stop Paradise

Last Stop Paradise 1998

7.20

Mitu and Elena get to know each other in the course of a vodka drinking contest and discover that they are both dissatisfied with the status quo. Mitu is about to begin military service and Elena is to be married to a man she does not love. They decide they are meant for each other and plan on a different future, one that is on a collision course with the authorities, and start a mad affair.

1998

A Place Close to Heaven

A Place Close to Heaven 1952

8.20

On reaching the capital, Pedro Gonzalez gets a lowly job and marries Margaret. After losing that job, get a new one as a bodyguard but is fired again. With so much poverty and despair Pedro believes that his only way out is suicide.

1952

School for Buglars

School for Buglars 1958

7.50

The police plan to capture a killer by using a double that looks exactly as one of his victims.

1958

Fever Mounts at El Pao

Fever Mounts at El Pao 1959

5.90

Aroused citizens assassinate an unpopular Caribbean despot, then two men vie for his gorgeous widow Ines. Ojeda is a steamy, isolated island, the penal colony for an oppressive dictatorship. A reactionary seizes the murdered governor's post, and rushes to eliminate his romantic rival, an idealistic underling. The bureaucrat Vazquez hopes to marshal the angry residents of the capitol, El Pao, plus the many political prisoners, to oust Governor Gual.

1959

The Seven Cucas

The Seven Cucas 1981

6.40

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.

1981

The White Horse

The White Horse 1962

6.60

Claimed by his grandmother, who lives in a Mexican village, Joselito begins the journey from Spain. Once there, while traveling in a stagecoach, is assaulted by bandits. Joselito manages to escape and, walking aimlessly, he meets Antoine, a rider who is ex officio of random player, and become close friends.

1962

The Devil Is a Woman

The Devil Is a Woman 1950

7.10

A woman, after committing a murder, flees into a church, confessing her life story to a priest.

1950

Gitana tenías que ser

Gitana tenías que ser 1953

7.50

Pastora de los Reyes is a beautiful Spanish that goes to Mexico with a contract to film a movie. The main actors will receive her at the airport, among them is Paul, a little-known mariachi that has been chosen to become a new idol. Automatically, both had bad relations and during filming many discussions happens. This arguments gives way to a deep love.

1953

Perez Family

Perez Family 1949

6.10

Gumaro Pérez must fulfill all the whims of his wife, who is sworn lady of society even though the Pérez are not a wealthy family. In order not to look bad with his wife, Gumaro asks for a loan, but when he receives it, all his co-workers take it from him since he owes everyone money.

1949

Far from Heaven

Far from Heaven 1952

7.60

Pedro Gonzalez first gets into trouble as part of a criminal gang and then works honourably to become rich. Money is his undoing allowing him to become a womanizer and drinker, almost losing his wife. Finally he rejoins her, they have a son and he pays for his mistakes.

1952

Bello recuerdo

Bello recuerdo 1961

5.40

Back from vacation, Lucy, a school's music teacher, misses a boy. People say he will not return because he recently lost his father. She is very affected by his favorite student, so she decides to go to see him, finding the house in utter ruin. But chance makes Lucy forced to take the child and immediately found in him the son that was kidnapped years ago in America when she was a famous artist.

1961

The Third Word

The Third Word 1956

6.70

The English-language title of this Mexican musical was The Third Word. Singer Pedro Infante stars as a pampered young man who is sheltered by his doting aunts. Deciding that their darling boy needs an education, the ladies hire pretty schoolteacher Marga Lopez. Upon discovering that her pupil is 28 years old, Marga is momentarily nonplused, but then settles into her duties. Inevitably, romance blossoms between Pedro and Marga, much to the aunts' dismay.

1956

My Son, the Hero

My Son, the Hero 1961

8.10

Northern Mexico, early 20th century. Reynaldo del Hierro is murdered while riding with his sons Reynaldo and Martín, whose mother instills in them the need for revenge.

1961

Sor Ye-yé

Sor Ye-yé 1968

4.90

Maria is a young orphan who lives with her wealthy aunt. Maria sings in a cocktail bar with his friends, who form a rock band, and enjoy the night with them. One of his friends, Ernesto, is in love with her, though she does not seem to feel the same about him. In fact, multiple existential doubts and feel a strange emptiness in his life suddenly drive to enter a convent as a novice, breaking Ernestos' heart. However, with her cheerlul character, open and rebellious, not appear to conform to life in the cloister, and especially have problems with the novices director , who often punished for trying to take the right path. In the convent, which also functions as children's hospital, she meets a doctor with which it takes quite right for the contrast between his two characters, but his way with love and mutual respect.

1968

History of a Scoundrel

History of a Scoundrel 1964

6.20

A woman betrayed and betrayed by a man falls into despair and ends up killing him.

1964

Love & Sex (Sappho 1963)

Love & Sex (Sappho 1963) 1964

5.50

Independently-wealthy woman tries to break free of repressive, conservative cultural constraints.

1964

The Afternoon of a Torturer

The Afternoon of a Torturer 2002

7.00

A young journalist interviews a man who was a torturer during the early days of the communist regime in Romania.

2002

El baisano Jalil

El baisano Jalil 1942

6.30

Aristocratic but penniless, the Veradada have to resort to loans Lebanese businessman Jalil, whose son Selim, suffers the scorn of Martha, the daughter of the Veradada wasteful. Being invited to the house of Don Guillermom, Jalil and his wife Suan and Selim are teased and contempt. Finally, the Lebanese family worker puts in place the family of Don Guillermo ridiculous.

1942

El hombre inquieto

El hombre inquieto 1954

6.10

Adult street urchin passes himself off as rich man's long-lost son.

1954