Arturo Ripstein Movies

A group of people, including Capulina and Viruta, head towards the city by train. A heavy storm interrupts their journey and now they must take a...

Surrealist master Luis Buñuel is a towering figure in the world of cinema history, directing such groundbreaking works as Un Chien Andalou,...

An examination of the problem of alcoholism in Mexico, focusing primarily on the underprivileged, though it also analyzes how this addiction...

The legendary life of Mexican singer Lucha Reyes is the basis of this fictionalized biography ( or as director Arturo Ripstein puts it "an imaginary...

"Nazarín is a Quixote of the priesthood " "Among the films I have made in Mexico, Nazarin is one that I prefer." "As inexplicable as the...

A story where the Cristero Rebellion creates a story of love, passion, and betrayal. When the Federal Rosas and his lover arrive in a town, a local...

In a reinterpretation of Madame Bovary set on contemporary Mexico City, Emilia, a middle class housewife, tries to deal with the monotony of her...

When a young boy steals billiard balls from a local saloon, a stranger is charged with the crime. The local layabouts find there is no reason to hang...

Two wrestlers decide to go to a hotel in order to meet two prostitutes.

Homero Olmos, a famous television publicist known as "H.O." or "The Voice of Experience," is driving along a lonely road heading to Rio de Janeiro...

A man comes home after serving 18 years in jail for murder in this routine western. Although the man killed in self defense, rumors in town...

"La Nueva Jerusalem" is a small community of believers lead by Papá Basilio and Mamá Dorita. They're waiting for the second coming of...

Two dark-comedy stories involving blackmail, murder and love triangles in Rio de Janeiro

Narration of one of the bloodiest episodes of the Mexican national history, The Tragic Ten, beginning when General Victoriano Huerta sent to kill...

Javier Espada's documentary about the making of Bunuel's masterpiece "Los Olvidados".

Friends of Luis Buñuel discuss the director while Buñuel mixes drinks and entertains friends in his home.

A married couple entrusts the care of their young son to a strange clown. The film focuses on the relationship between the clown and the child, to...

A woman seeks help from one of her bigamous husband's killers to transport his corpse back to her home.

Mama has four daughters in their late teens. some of them might be more interested in careers than husbands, but she's hoping she'll find a highly...