A homely man is mistaken for a notorious bank robber after receiving plastic surgery to get handsome quick. Ramiro Cinco has...
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2010
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A child's reunion with his ne'er do well father is cut short in the midst of a dangerous journey in this drama from Mexico....
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2008
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2006
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A simple homeless man in search of a warm place to sleep is exploited by politicians eager to prove that poverty in Mexico...
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2006
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2006
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2006
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In this black comedy, master Mexican director Arturo Ripstein (The Holy Office, Deep Crimson) presents another of his...
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2006
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Luis Estrada directs this groundbreaking and extremely controversial satire about Mexico's long-ruling political party, the...
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2003
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A priest discovers the path of virtue can be steep, and temptation can demand a heavy price, in this controversial drama from...
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Bishop
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2002
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Combining digital video technology with stylized computer-generated imagery, this film takes a decidedly unusual approach as...
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2001
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1998
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1997
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This Mexican drama is a faithful adaptation of Nobel-laureate Naguib Mahfouz's novel, only it is set in contemporary Mexico...
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1995
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This Mexican drama, set in 1941 just before the U.S. entered WW II, examines the lives of Communists who worked and spread...
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1994
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Lorenzo O'Brien wrote this scathing black comedy about a naive Mexican highway patrolman who is irresistibly drawn into...
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1993
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An exotic dancer working in a rundown nightclub attempts to salvage her dignity before selling her soul in this...
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1993
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1992
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1991
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In Mexico, as in many former Spanish colonies, despite many attempts at change, the larger part of the country's farmland is...
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Nasario
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1991
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Guerilla wars against the major powers have been a factor in Central American politics for a long time. This biographical...
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1990
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This dreamy and somewhat improbable tale set in the Mexican countryside has been compared with the fantasy-laden social...
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Don Lázaro
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1989
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1989
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The mere fact of a marijuana plantation in the Mexican state of Chihuahua might not be enough to upset many, and many...
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Muchi
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1987
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The Mexican romantic film Tacos Al Carbon tells a tale of true love surviving dramatic changes in the protagonists' lives. ~...
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1987
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Dull-witted Mexican peasant Ernesto Gomez Cruz comes into possession of a rooster severely injured in a cockfight. He...
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El gallero
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1986
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Despite its singular title, the Spanish-Mexican Cronica de Familia concentrates on two Mexican families, both wealthy and...
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1986
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Five separate stories written by Pedro F. Miret are each interpreted by a different director in this 100-minute compilation...
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1984
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In yet another slick, formulaic Charles Bronson vengeance film (they would continue until the actor was in his mid-70s, still...
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1984
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Violence, blood, and gore are the most noticeable elements in this sketchy plot about a Mexican guerrilla fighter at the...
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1983
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El Norte is a realistic picture of both the Guatemalan government's oppression of the Quiche Indians and the hard life of...
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Arturo Xuncax
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1983
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This tantalizing blend of eroticism and mysticism was adapted from a novel by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Erendira...
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1983
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1982
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Manuel Miranda
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1982
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1981
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Carmichael
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1980
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1980
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An ex-con struggling to break away from his criminal past is dragged back into a life of crime by a crooked policeman in...
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1978
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This 1976 Mexican feature is based on a reportedly real incident which took place in 1968. When a group of hikers happen...
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1976
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Originally Actas De Marusia, this Mexican film re-creates a dark chapter in the history of Chile. The scene is a small...
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1975
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The factory workers in the border towns on the U.S./Mexico border in this movie have fallen between the cracks of the...
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Roman Carvajal
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1975
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Actor and filmmaker Alfonso Arau stars in the period musical comedy about the last great days of burlesque in Mexico. In the...
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1974
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The peasants of Mexico have a need for a protector, whether it be El Super Barrio or, as in this movie, the Christlike...
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1974
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A couple on the verge of getting married gets mixed up with a gang of thugs in this routine crime drama that underscores the...
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El Gato
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1966
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Ivan Lipkies' Mexican comedy Las Delicias del Poder stars Maria Elena Velasco as a peasant girl who eventually meets up with...
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