Fernando Marcos

Movies

Tirando a gol
Cronista deportivo
Blended family comedy/drama -- the narrative hook is that the two original families are fans of opposing soccer teams.
Roots
Narrator (prologue)
Four independent stories based on writer Francisco Rojas Gonzáles's work, depicting the reality of Mexican indian people: Las Vacas (The Cow), Nuestra Señora (Our Lady), El Tuerto (One-Eyed) and La Potranca (The Filly). In El Tuerto, a one eyed boy is relentlessly bullied by his mates. His religious mother asks God to make the boy's eyes equal. The outcome is tragic.
Felipe de Jesús
Producer
Biography of the first Catholic Saint to be born in Mexico.
Salon Mexico
Executive Producer
Mercedes (Marga Lopez) dances for money with the clients of Salon Mexico, a famous cabaret in Mexico City. Her younger sister Beatriz (Derbez) studies in an expensive private school, paid by Mercedes. Obviously, young Beatriz doesn't know about her sister's job. Troubles begin when Mercedes wins a danzon contest with Paco (Acosta), her pimp. Paco refuses to share the prize with Mercedes, so she steals the money when he's sleeping.
Rosenda
Executive Producer
A ruffian sends his assistant to force a peasant girl to marry him, but while he is bringing her to him, he falls in love with her.