Mario González

Movies

Colombia Connection
Cinematography
Death of a Bureaucrat
Editor
A young man attempts to fight the system in an entertaining account of bureaucracy amok and the tyranny of red tape. Restored by the Academy Film Archive and the Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industrias Cinematográficos in 2019.
Cumbite
Editor
A Haitian son returns from fifteen years in Cuba to find his home village afflicted with the double plague of drought and strife. A Cuban production from the director of Memories of Underdevelopment. In Spanish.
Cyclone
Editor
CICLÓN is a coverage of hurricane Flora's sweeping the Cuban provinces of Camagüey and Oriente in October 1963: the damage, the evacuation of the villages, and the aid to victims.
The Twelve Chairs
Editor
When her country is taken over by socialist revolutionaries, a wealthy woman can't bear to give up all of her wealth and possessions to the new government, so she hides all of her treasures in the 12 chairs of a dining-room set. After her death her nephew finds out what she had done and, since the chairs had been "nationalized" and are now in the possession of a dozen different people, he sets out to track them down and get the treasures he believes rightfully belong to him.
El joven rebelde
Editor
Pedro is a young peasant who leaves home to join the Rebel Army, based in Sierra Maestra.
Stories of the Revolution
Editor
A film about the Cuban Revolution told from three different perspectives.
Sandra, the Woman of Fire
Editor
An exuberant dancer decides to change her lifestyle after meeting a millionaire.
Perez Family
Editor
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.
Midnight
Editor
A villain has his cronies kidnap a teacher and pretends to be him, teaching in a hidden town.
May God Forgive Me
Editor
Concentration Camp survivor tries to start over with a new identity.
La barca de oro
Editor
Ranch-heiress chooses a husband.
El barchante Neguib
Editor
Small-town Arabic family moves to Mexico City to live with the oldest son who made his career there. Follow-up (not a direct sequel) to El baisano Jalil (1942).
La mujer de todos
Editor
A beautiful woman of affairs falls in love with a handsome young man of great promise. Fearing for his future, the man's father begs her to leave his son so that her reputation will not hold him back.
La mujer que engañamos
Editor
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.
Dark Angel
Editor
Despite the strange death of Jorge's previous wives, Elisa decides to marry him.
When the Children are Gone
Editor
Unjustly accused of theft, the noble Raimundo is forced to leave his paternal home. A new incident, caused by the ambition of his brother José, causes Raimundo to be disowned by his girlfriend María and by his father, the just and strict Don Pepe. The only one who believes in Raimundo is his mother, Dona Lupita, a woman who suffers deeply because of the wrong decisions of her children.
Con su amable permiso
Editor
Unassuming elderly gent is installed as Mayor, by a cabal of financiers that expect to use him as a cat's paw.
Con su amable permiso
Writer
Unassuming elderly gent is installed as Mayor, by a cabal of financiers that expect to use him as a cat's paw.
You’re Missing the Point
Editorial Manager
Cantinflas, the boyfriend of the servant of a rich industrial man, gets into the house in order to kill a mad dog. Suddenly this man appears so the servant tells him that Cantinflas is his wife's brother (Leonardo), who had been lost for years. The rich man then remembers that his father in law's testament could only be paid when all brothers get together, so treats Cantinflas, a real bum, as a king.
Cantinflas y su prima
Editor
Cantinflas appears flirting with a lady until her lover arrives. Angry, Cantinflas call the husband causing a number of situations.
Cantinflas boxeador
Editor
We see a young Mario Moreno making us laugh while he trying to fight against an opponent on a ring.
Pobre diablo
Editor
An elderly homeless dude lucks into a situation where a young woman's uncle and her boyfriend ask him to impersonate her long-lost father and give her some nurturing parent attention.
To the Sound of the Marimba
Editor
Shabby-genteel big city family tries to marry their daughter off to a wealthy landowner from the southern provinces.
In the Times of Don Porfirio
Editor
In a Mexican city at the end of the 19th century, Don Francisco, a gambler and a bohemian, almost forgets his wedding and is late. The bride, who is pregnant, is sent to Paris by the snubbed family.
Cantinflas Ruletero
Editor
Cantinflas Ruletero is one of his most famous short films, where the great comedian acts as a taxi driver, making his passengers work without taking them to their destination.
The Girls Aunt
Editor
Two middle-aged no-goodniks are trying to marry two young ladies; two age-appropriate young men concoct a scheme to prevent it, which involves one of them masquerading as the young ladies' aunt.