Alfonso Arau

Alfonso Arau

出生 : 1932-01-11, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

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Alfonso Arau is a Mexican actor and director.

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Alfonso Arau

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Drunk Angry Idiot
Ernesto Pino
A comedy about alcoholism that follows the relationship between Mateo and his best friend, who always gets drunk.
リメンバー・ミー
Papá Julio Rivera (voice)
天才的なギターの才能を持つ少年ミゲルはミュージシャンを夢見ているが、過去の悲しい出来事が原因で、彼の一族には音楽禁止の掟が定められていた。ある日ミゲルは、憧れの伝説的ミュージシャン、デラクルスの霊廟に飾られていたギターを手にしたことをきっかけに、まるでテーマパークのように楽しく美しい「死者の国」へ。ミゲルはガイコツのヘクターに協力してもらい、元の世界へ戻る方法を探る。
I Heart Shakey
Raoul
Shakey is a family film about a 35-year-old widower named J.T. O'Neil, his precocious 10-year-old daughter and their devoted mutt Shakey. After moving from a small town to Chicago and missing the fine print in their rental contract, J.T. is forced to try and get rid of his lovable pooch. Shakey and Chandler won't have it and hatch a plan to keep Shakey and teach J.T. a valuable lesson about loyalty and the importance of keeping family together.
L'imbroglio nel lenzuolo
Director
1905, the cinematograph has reached Southern Italy, and casts fear among the people to whom it seems a devilish trick. They call it "o 'imbroglie din t'o lenzuolo" - "The Trick in the Sheet", as white sheets were used for screening.
The Dead One
Tezcatlipoca (voice)
Trapped between the living and the dead, Diego de la Muerte fights to rescue his soul from the evil god of death that controls him. But a bigger battle awaits him when the Aztec god demands the soul of Maria, the girlfriend Diego left behind.
Ni Muy, Muy... ni Tan, Tan... simplemente Tin Tan
Himself
"Ni Muy Muy, Ni Tan Tan, Sim­ple­men­te, Tin Tan. Tin Tan was one of the grea­test com­de­dian-​ac­tors in the his­tory of Me­xi­can Ci­ne­ma. He be­gan his film ca­reer du­ring the early years of what be­ca­me the Gol­den Age of Me­xi­can Ci­ne­ma. Th­roughout the ma­jo­rity of his mo­vies he plays the cha­rac­ter of a pa­chu­co; the Chi­cano/Me­xi­cano in zoot suit, th­ro­wing out the ti­ri­li ph­ra­ses and words, and jam­min the jitty-​bug. With the sty­le and the slang down to a tee, he was pi­cked up in Cd. Jua­rez Chihuahua by an ac­ting trou­pe. Tou­ring ex­ten­si­vely th­rough-​out Me­xi­co with the trou­pe lan­ded him in Me­xi­co City with film con­tracts. It was in tho­se films that Tin Tan ex­po­sed the ima­ge of the pa­chu­co, which Me­xi­can Youth adop­ted. From the de­sert bor­der-​towns of Jua­rez y El Pa­so the sty­le took off in va­rious parts of the coun­try, most no­ta­bly in Me­xi­co City
Zapata: The dream of a hero
Producer
This fictionalized portrayal of Emiliano Zapata as an Indigenous Mexican shaman, directed by Alfonso Arau, was reportedly the most expensive Mexican movie ever produced, with a massive ad campaign, and the largest ever opening in the nation's history. Unusual in the Mexican film industry, Zapata was financed independently.
Zapata: The dream of a hero
Writer
This fictionalized portrayal of Emiliano Zapata as an Indigenous Mexican shaman, directed by Alfonso Arau, was reportedly the most expensive Mexican movie ever produced, with a massive ad campaign, and the largest ever opening in the nation's history. Unusual in the Mexican film industry, Zapata was financed independently.
Zapata: The dream of a hero
Director
This fictionalized portrayal of Emiliano Zapata as an Indigenous Mexican shaman, directed by Alfonso Arau, was reportedly the most expensive Mexican movie ever produced, with a massive ad campaign, and the largest ever opening in the nation's history. Unusual in the Mexican film industry, Zapata was financed independently.
A Painted House
Director
A young boy, his family, and the migrant workers they hire to work their cotton farm struggle against difficult odds to raise and sell the crop. Meanwhile, the boy dreams of living in better conditions. However, with this particularly tough farming season, the boy learns that his challenges guide him in discovering who he really is.
The Magnificent Ambersons
Director
The spoiled rotten and utterly unlikable rich kid George Amberson becomes horrified when his recently widowed mother rekindles her relationship with the wealthy Eugene Morgan, who she left decades earlier in order to marry George's father. As George struggles to sabotage his mother's new romance, he must deal with his own romantic feelings for Morgan's daughter and the consequences of his meddling as his once great family falls into ruin due to his machinations...
Picking Up the Pieces
Executive Producer
A small New Mexican village discovers a severed hand that is considered a miracle of God, when it actually belongs to a murdered spouse with a husband in search of it.
Picking Up the Pieces
Dr. Amado
A small New Mexican village discovers a severed hand that is considered a miracle of God, when it actually belongs to a murdered spouse with a husband in search of it.
Picking Up the Pieces
Director
A small New Mexican village discovers a severed hand that is considered a miracle of God, when it actually belongs to a murdered spouse with a husband in search of it.
Committed
Grampy
After her husband, Carl, suddenly leaves, Joline travels from New York to Texas to track him down. Although Joline tries to remain upbeat, she is discouraged when she discovers that Carl already has a new girlfriend, the lovely Carmen. Familiarizing herself with Carl's new home and friends, Joline gets company in the form of her brother, Jay. Will Joline win Carl back, or are there other romantic possibilities on her horizon?
雲の中で散歩
Director
World War II vet Paul Sutton falls for a pregnant and unwed woman who persuades him -- during their first encounter -- to pose as her husband so she can face her family.
Polvora En La Piel
Compilation tape of Hora Marcada episodes. Roxana Chavez is a young girl who's flirting with death, trapped in a dangerous liaison with boss Fernando Balzaretti. She has the power to seduce him but her life will shortly turn into a nightmare when she discovers a stranger waiting in her apartment. What does he have to do with her lover, and how can she escape this assassin's trap?
Like Water for Chocolate
Producer
Tita is passionately in love with Pedro, but her controlling mother forbids her from marrying him. When Pedro marries her sister, Tita throws herself into her cooking and discovers she can transfer her emotions through the food she prepares, infecting all who eat it with her intense heartbreak.
Like Water for Chocolate
Director
Tita is passionately in love with Pedro, but her controlling mother forbids her from marrying him. When Pedro marries her sister, Tita throws herself into her cooking and discovers she can transfer her emotions through the food she prepares, infecting all who eat it with her intense heartbreak.
Camino largo a Tijuana
Juan (Armendariz) lives in a trash depository in Mexico City. He knows Lila (Pereyra), a drug addict rich girl who reminds him of his long lost daughter. Lila is kidnapped by drug dealers and Juan feels responsible for her. He takes the long way to Tijuana to rescue Lila. (Written by Maximiliano Maza mmaza@campus.mty.itesm.mx)
Where the Hell's That Gold?!!?
Indio
A pair of thieves are pursued by the U.S. Army, the Mexican federales and Apaches in this made-for-TV Western.
Stones for Ibarra
Chuy Santos
A couple moves to a small Mexican town called Ibarra. They help open a local mine which brings new life to the town and the local ways help the two of them find peace they were missing.
Walker
Raousset
William Walker and his mercenary corps enter Nicaragua in the middle of the 19th century in order to install a new government by a coup d'etat.
サボテン・ブラザース
El Guapo
ハリウッドをクビになった芸人トリオスリー・アミーゴーズが、ショウ出演と勘違いして、山賊に苦しめられているメキシコの村へやって来る。だが、そこで三人を待ち受けていた仕事とは、本物の山賊退治だった。
Chido Guan, el tacos de oro
Story
Street-punk drafted to soccer team, rises to stardom. Cuz he plays so good.
Chido Guan, el tacos de oro
Screenplay
Street-punk drafted to soccer team, rises to stardom. Cuz he plays so good.
Chido Guan, el tacos de oro
Director
Street-punk drafted to soccer team, rises to stardom. Cuz he plays so good.
ロマンシング・ストーン 秘宝の谷
Juan
姉がコロンビアで誘拐されたことを知った、女流作家ジョーン。姉から届いた1枚の地図を持って救出に向かうが、それはエメラルドの在り処を示す宝の地図だった!? 密林を舞台に繰り広げられるアクション・アドヴェンチャー。
El día que murió Pedro Infante
Anselmo
Mexican feature film
Mojado Power
Nato Solís
Mexico's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1981
Mojado Power
Director
Mexico's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1981
ユーズド・カー
Manuel
When the owner of a struggling used car lot is killed, it's up to the lot's hot-shot salesman to save the property from falling into the hands of the owner's ruthless brother and used-car rival.
Tivoli
Writer
While trying to save the famous Tivoli burlesque theater, the participants uncover a web of commercial corruption.
Tivoli
Tiliches
While trying to save the famous Tivoli burlesque theater, the participants uncover a web of commercial corruption.
Posse
Pepe
A tough marshal with political ambitions leads an elite posse to capture a notorious train robber and his gang.
Inspector Calzonzin
Producer
Mexico's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1974
Inspector Calzonzin
Writer
Mexico's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1974
Inspector Calzonzin
Director
Mexico's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1974
El rincón de las vírgenes
Lucas Lucatero
"Faith-healer" develops a cult-like following in 1920s Jalisco.
Run, Cougar, Run
Etio
In this nature adventure, a courageous cougar must struggle to survive after a cruel human hunter kills her mate.
Aunt Isabel's Garden
A ship carrying Conquistadors is wrecked and the survivors are thrown ashore to struggle through the Yucatan jungle.
El águila descalza
Writer
Shmuck makes a superhero costume, rides his bike to crime scenes. He gets involved with something big involving US capitalists taking over local Mexican businesses.
El águila descalza
Poncho / Jonathan Eaglepass / Mascalzzone
Shmuck makes a superhero costume, rides his bike to crime scenes. He gets involved with something big involving US capitalists taking over local Mexican businesses.
El águila descalza
Director
Shmuck makes a superhero costume, rides his bike to crime scenes. He gets involved with something big involving US capitalists taking over local Mexican businesses.
Scandalous John
Paco
A crotchety old ranch owner fights to be able to live his life the way he wants to, and not the way other people--and the law--tell him he has to.
エル・トポ
Bandit 1
El Topo decides to confront warrior Masters on a trans-formative desert journey he begins with his 6 year old son, who must bury his childhood totems to become a man.
Paradise
El Perro
Problems arise between the divers Román and Lauro when the former falls in love with a prostitute on the beaches of Acapulco.
Jóvenes de la Zona Rosa
"Mod" culture in Mexico City.
Tres amigos
Man accused of murder, and the dead man's daughter, try to find proof of the real murderer's identity.
ワイルドバンチ
Herrera
バイオレンス映画の巨匠サム・ペキンパー監督が、20世紀初頭のメキシコを舞台に滅びゆくアウトローたちの姿を描いた傑作西部劇。1913年、アメリカ・テキサスでの銀行強盗に失敗したパイクら強盗団はメキシコに逃走する。旧友ソーントンら賞金稼ぎに追われる中、メキシコ政府のマパッチ将軍の依頼で米軍用列車から武器を強奪するパイクたちだったが、マパッチの裏切りに遭い、仲間を人質に取られてしまう……。スローモーションに細かいカットを挿入するペキンパーのアクション演出は後続に大きな影響を与えた。出演はウィリアム・ホールデン、アーネスト・ボーグナイン。
El aviso inoportuno
The farce starring Polivoces , creative Mexican comedians duo formed by Enrique Cuenca and Eduardo Manzano, in the roles of characters and Gordolfo Naborita respectively. When the child Gordolfo question the identity of his father, devoted Naborita recounts the story of his family in five innings , located in the contexts of the Stone Age , the Roman Empire , incursions of English pirates in the Caribbean , West American and the space race of the years after World War II .
Operación carambola
Capulina's Aid #1
Two clumsy and absent-minded spies (Capulina and Chespirito) are hired to save the world from a nuclear attack.
Pedro Paramo
'Saltaperico'
When his mother Dolores dies, Juan Preciado, son of Pedro Páramo, goes to Comala to claim his inheritance; but when he arrives he finds an abandoned and sinister place, inhabited by mysterious voices and whispers…
There Are No Thieves in This Village
Agente viajero
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 out at the bar without being able to shoot pool, and the boy entertains thoughts of forming a gang to steal more billiard balls in hopes of making money.
...And Your Love Too
Alfredo
On August 13th, 1961 - the night that the Berlin Wall goes up - three people must make a decision that will change their lives forever.
Los pistolocos
Papa and the butler try to find an acceptable husband for daddy's spoiled little girl.
Trip to the Moon
Carlos Vera
In this movie a couple of comedians try to disappear for a while and end up in an asylum, where confused as the mad, and try to escape, but one of them falls in love and that complicates things.