Ernesto Gómez Cruz
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Mayan Indian peasants are tired of being thought of as nothing more than manual laborers. They organize an effort to improve their lot in life, but are discovered by the Guatemalan army. After the army destroys their village and family, Enrique and Rosa, a teenage brother and sister, who barely escaped the massacre, decide they must flee to United States. After receiving clandestine help from friends and humorous advice from a veteran immigrant on...
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Candelairo, a drifter calls on an old friend, Don Lazaro, an owner of of a run-down ranch who agrees to board him in exchange for labor. Soon, Candelairo catches the eye of Lazaro's alcoholic wife and they become involved in a passionate affair, leading to a series of unforeseen events.
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This is the story of three neighbors whose lives are intertwined. Rutilio, the family man who experiences homosexual feelings that shatter his domestic life; Susanita, the spinster who dreams of getting married and falls prey to a thief; and Alma, the virgin who becomes a cocaine addicted prostitute.
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A recently ordained priest is sent to a small parish church in rural Mexico to help an aging priest. Upon arriving at his new post, he meets a beautiful young woman with a religious passion that borders on obsession. Quickly her passion for her faith becomes entangled in a growing attraction to the new priest. When the priest crosses the line that seperates temptation from sin, he finds himself torn between the devine and the carnal, the righteous...
6) El infierno
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Benny returns to his desolate hometown after 20 years in the United States to find it in the grip of a murderous drug boss, falling in with El Cochiloco and his gang of hitmen.
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When in San Pedro de los Saguaros, the mayor is lynched by a group of indigenous people, the old junkyard operator Juan Vargas is named the Temporary Municipal President. This makes him believe that his dream of power is going to come true; but when confronted with the problems of the place, he decides to resign. However, his boss obliges him to stay by telling him that he's been touched by Herodes Law and gives to him the constitution as an aid and...
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Heated tempers, frustrated desires and dashed hopes plague a diverse group of individuals whose lives cross paths in Mexico City. There is the bar-owner's son, Chava, who yearns to immigrate to America. A poor barber, Abel, is madly in love with the gorgeous Alma, who eventually becomes a high-class prostitute. Finally, there is Susanita, the desperate spinster who pursues many love affairs in hopes of finding a husband.
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Benjamín García, El Benny, es deportado de Estados Unidos y al regresar a su pueblo encuentra un panorama desolador. La violencia, la corrupción y la crisis económica que azotan al país han devastado por completo al lugar. El Benny, sin otras opciones y para ayudar a su familia a salir adelante, se involucra en el negocio del narco, en el que tiene, por primera vez en su vida, una fulgurante prosperidad llena de dinero, mujeres y violencia, pero...
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Because of his ugliness, Ramiro Cinco is a self-conscious man. He stands to inherit most of his father's money if he agrees to undergo plastic surgery. After the death of his father he decides to go into the operation room. After the procedure he meets Delia a waitress, with whom he has an affair. But with his new look, also comes new problems when he is mistaken for a bank robber.
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"Una provocadora sátira que con mucho humor, reflexiona sobre las desigualdades sociales en el país y sus posibles consecuencias en un futuro no muy lejano. Un mundo maravilloso narra la historia de Juan Pérez, un vagabundo que salta a la fama por un accidente en el que parece que se va a suicidar para protestar contra el gobierno y su idílica y fantasiosa visión de la realidad del país. La noticia genera un gran escándalo y el Ministro de...
12) Canoa
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"One of Mexico's most highly regarded works of political cinema, Canoa: A Shameful Memory reimagines a real-life incident that had occurred just eight years before its release, when a group of urban university employees on a hiking trip were viciously attacked by residents of the village of San Miguel Canoa who had been manipulated by a corrupt priest into believing the travelers were communist revolutionaries. Director Felipe Cazals adopts a gritty...
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La historia de uno de estos bargados hombres. Cuando Villa ataco Columbos los Estados Unidos de Norteamérica, pidió permiso para buscar en tierras Mexicanas a Pancho Villa. Se le concedió, y esto permitió a las tropas Norteamericanas internarse en el territorio nacional iniciándose así una verdadera cacería para capturar a Villa. Es precisamente ahí donde se inicia esta historia. Villa es herido y necesita atención medica por encontrarse...
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"Historia de Dionisio Pinzón, anunciador de palenques, y de un regalo que le cambia la vida; un gallo moribundo. Tras la muerte de su madre y la recuperación del gallo, éste hace ganar dinero a Dionisio en los palenques. La fortuna parece sonreírle, y más aún cuando la mujer que ama accede a casarse con él".
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Benjamin Garcia, El Benny, is deported from the U.S., and upon his return to Mexico finds a bleak picture. The violence, corruption and economic crisis plaguing the country have completely devastated the place. Benny, with no other options and to help his family out, gets involved in the drug business, where he finds, for the first time in his life, a prosperous life, full of money, women and violence. In the end, he discovers firsthand that the tempting...
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La diosa arrodillada (b&w): Raquel is looking for a way out of her love affair with Antonio, a married aristocrat.
La generala (col.): A woman landowner falls in love with a revolutionary, who is brutally murdered by the federals. To avenge his death, she joins the revolutionaries towards a path of volence and destruction.