Mauricio de la Serna

Movies

Nora la rebelde
Director
Mexican feature film
Furia en el Edén
Writer
Furia en el Edén
Director
Cuando los hijos se pierden
Director
Young woman's parents don't supervise her activities closely enough; she ends up going to a beatnik nightclub and dancing the twist and getting raped.
Pecado de juventud
Director
A sympathetic elder docsplains life to a teenaged girl in his neighborhood.
Martín Santos el llanero
Director
A farmer aspires to marry the daughter of the local aristocrats, but she think he's beneath her. It take a long time for things to settle into a groove so life can run smoothly again for all concerned.
Cuanto vale tu hijo
Director
Family life in a squatter's-rights neighborhood on the outskirts of Mexico City.
Rumbo a Brasilia
Adaptation
When his town is devastated by a flood, a young boy takes it upon himself to seek the help of the president. He meets a variety of characters along the way, not all of whom are eager to help. The road to salvation for his little community becomes one of discovery as he learns to distinguish truth from deceit in director Mauricio de la Serna's charming fable. Antonio Aguilar, Antonio Carlos Pereira and Angela Maria star.
Rumbo a Brasilia
Director
When his town is devastated by a flood, a young boy takes it upon himself to seek the help of the president. He meets a variety of characters along the way, not all of whom are eager to help. The road to salvation for his little community becomes one of discovery as he learns to distinguish truth from deceit in director Mauricio de la Serna's charming fable. Antonio Aguilar, Antonio Carlos Pereira and Angela Maria star.
Paraíso escondido
Director
Snow masses pile up in abundance on the deep snow-covered slopes. The wind has created bizarre snowdrifts on the steep mountain ridges, and further below, the Swiss pine carry the weight of this sparkling splendor. The Arlberg is the embodiment of an idyllic winter and the cradle of alpine skiing. However, this famous ski resort that connects Tyrol with Vorarlberg, offers a lot more than expected.
La joven mancornadora
Director
Young woman disguised as a man sets out to kill two brothers that she believes cheated her father out of his property. She discovers they were innocent of that, and takes a job on their farm, provoking some gender-fluid wooing confusion from both of them.
Mis abuelitas... no más!
Director
Bush-league actor allows two adorable grannies to believe he's their long-lost grandson. Then: complications!
The Trial of the Vivanco Ladies
Director
After being arrested the two adorable grannies spend some time in jail and then stand trial for the robberies they've committed.
¡Qué bonito amor!
Director
Bride backs out of her wedding at the last possible minute; she and her fiance get caught up in a power-struggle that ends with both running for mayor.
Cada quien su musica
Director
Unscrupulous promoter creates hostilities that ruin the friendships between six young musicians.
The Vivanco Ladies
Writer
Two women of lesser descent are dedicated to stealing to support their brother's daughter.
The Vivanco Ladies
Director
Two women of lesser descent are dedicated to stealing to support their brother's daughter.
El derecho a la vida
Director
Four interlocking stories about pregnancy all intersecting in an obstetrician's office.
Pepito y los robachicos
Director
Good-hearted simpleton opens his home to a street urchin escaping from an Oliver Twist-style kid-gang of pickpockets beggars and paperboys.
¡Viva el amor!
Director
Man wants to dump wife for a new girlfriend; all three end up weekending in Acapulco together along with a gentleman the wife meets enroute, and all four explore the possibility of forming new relationships.
El buen ladrón
Writer
El buen ladrón
Director
Pablo y Carolina
Writer
Torn between three lovers and bored by her typewriting classes, Carolina (Dillian) writes a passionate love letter to fictional Pablo Garza from Monterrey. The letter is sent by mistake and received by real Pablo Garza's girlfriend. Pablo himself (Infante) flies to Mexico City looking for an explanation. Carolina is rehearsing a musical show for her school dressed as a man. When Pablo meets her, she pretends to be her brother Anibal, a shy and feminine sailor. Pablo likes Anibal and invites "him" to a cabaret. After that, Carolina falls inlove with Pablo but resists to unveil her real self. Meanwhile, Pablo feels himself confused, because young "Anibal" is cute as an angel and has "those blue eyes..."
Pablo y Carolina
Director
Torn between three lovers and bored by her typewriting classes, Carolina (Dillian) writes a passionate love letter to fictional Pablo Garza from Monterrey. The letter is sent by mistake and received by real Pablo Garza's girlfriend. Pablo himself (Infante) flies to Mexico City looking for an explanation. Carolina is rehearsing a musical show for her school dressed as a man. When Pablo meets her, she pretends to be her brother Anibal, a shy and feminine sailor. Pablo likes Anibal and invites "him" to a cabaret. After that, Carolina falls inlove with Pablo but resists to unveil her real self. Meanwhile, Pablo feels himself confused, because young "Anibal" is cute as an angel and has "those blue eyes..."
Illusion Travels by Streetcar
Story
Confronted with the unfortunate news that their favorite Streetcar, no. 133, is going to be decommissioned, two Municipal Transit workers get drunk and decide to "take 'er for one last spin," as it were. Unfortunately, the "one last spin" ends up being an all-night and all-day scramble to stay out of trouble, as they are confronted with situation after sometimes bizarre situation that prevents them from returning the "borrowed" Streetcar!
Fruto prohibido
Producer
A writer is given custody of his editor's daughter after she is orphaned. Once she grows up, they become romantically involved.
Stolen Heaven
Producer
A young woman loses her mind when she finds out that her uncle and his boyfriend met in a train accident.
Stolen Heaven
Adaptation
A young woman loses her mind when she finds out that her uncle and his boyfriend met in a train accident.
The Other
Producer
A mousy, poor manicurist seeks to switch places with her more glamorous, wealthy twin sister.
The Last Adventure
Producer
All of Mexico asks the same question, who has won the lottery jackpot of five million pesos? If the lucky person who won them does not show up soon to collect the prize, it will have to be raffled again.
The Jungle of Fire
Producer
A beautiful woman awakens passions in the workers of a camp deep in the jungle.. Venice Film Festival 1947
Twilight
Producer
Neurotic society doctor struggles with anomie and existential despair.
Yo bailé con Don Porfirio
Producer
Light comedy in which Joaquin Cortes and Mapy Pardavé join their talents, written and directed by Gilberto Martinez Solares. It deals with the life of a pair of twins from a provincial family who emigrated to the city, then one begins to work in a music magazine and occasionally is confused with her sister, which causes problems with their respective boyfriends.
The Night of the Mayans
Producer
A white man seduces a local girl in an isolated Mayan village, which makes gods unhappy.