Arturo Beristáin

Arturo Beristáin

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Arturo Beristáin

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Noise
Julia is a mother, or rather, one of many mothers, sisters, daughters, colleagues, who have had their lives torn apart by the widespread violence in a country waging a war against its women. Julia is searching for Ger, her daughter. And in her search, she will weave through the stories and struggles of the different women she will meet.
Love Can't Wait
Don Juan
Viri owns "Amores", one of the last video stores in Mexico City. She's sad because nobody remembered her birthday. Augustin comes to rent an old movie almost at closing time. While they look for the movie, an employee closes the Video Store thinking it's empty. Filmed in real time and in one single shot, both, Viri and Agustin, will realize that love always operates in unexpected ways, as in the movies.
I'm Not A Rebel
Presidente
Mexico 1968: students are the public enemy. Mitch, a wealthy student of Monterrey, hijacks a plane to retrieve Beatrice, who has been kidnapped by the secret police six months ago. Armed with a gun, which he doesn't know how to use, and helped by his two friends as allies, Mitch will face the most bloodthirsty General and force him to release the love of his life.
Las Armas
Estrada Villa
A group of peasants and teachers of education, tired of abuse, take up arms and decide to attack the Madera military barracks; most of them lose their lives.
She Doesn't Want to Sleep Alone
Amanda is 33 years old. Her dull life is suddenly altered when she is forced to take care of her old alcoholic grandmother, Dolores, a retired actress who lives on her past glories. Up until now, Amanda has never had much of a relationship with her grandmother.
Machete Language
Love and political passion shared between an activist and his punk singer girlfriend goes to extremes as violent repression pushes them over the edge.
Memories of My Melancholy Whores
Marco Tulio / Newspaper manager
To celebrate his 90th birthday, an old single journalist, Sabio, decides to gift himself with an intense night of love with a virgin teenager. Rosa Cabarcas, his old friend as a brothel madam arranges him the ideal young woman, Delgadina, a factory worker, who sells her virginity to support her family, but when he sees her sleeping angelically, he loses interest in pure pleasure and falls in love with her. That love was not meant to be true, but fate changes, and that hope is born of an opportunity for unbridled love.
File of Attempted Murder
Porfirio Díaz
Tells the story behind an assassination attempt perpetrated in 1897, by a dipsomaniac man, against the President of the Mexican Republic, General Porfirio Diaz.
The Overturning Of The Heart
1941, Jose Antelmo Cruz regrets his past while writing a novel and falling in love with a prostitute.
La chica de la piscina
Javier
A famous television showman is suffering a mental and spiritual crisis. But fortunately three friends who once have all been lovers of his try to help him...
Poison for the Fairies
Flavia's Father (uncredited)
In 1965 Mexico City, Flavia, a wealthy yet lonely schoolgirl, befriends Veronica, a young orphan girl who has a fascination with witchcraft. Veronica convinces Flavia that she is a real witch and forces her to be her assistant. The children's games gradually become more serious and Veronica demands more from Flavia.
Deceitful Appearances
The sexual misunderstandings caused by the real identity of a rich woman serve Hermosillo to satirize the moral and social hypocrisy of the provincial that every Mexican carries inside.
Maria of My Heart
Gerente del centro nocturno
Héctor and María meet again after eight years of not seeing each other. She works as a magician in cabarets and he robs houses. María convinces Héctor to become a magician and work together. Life seems to smile on them until one day, when Maria travels to another city, the couple's situation will be overshadowed by an unfortunate event.
Crónica íntima
Mexican feature film
El mar
Alberto
Local artists mingle with tourists and each other at a Mexican resort. Mingle, mingle.
Cuartelazo
Sebastián Quiroga
Narration of one of the bloodiest episodes of the Mexican national history, The Tragic Ten, beginning when General Victoriano Huerta sent to kill President Francisco I. Madero, Vice President José María Pino Suárez and Senator Belisario Dominguez. The film recreates the moment of the execution at the hands of Huerta and his accomplices Bernardo Reyes, Félix Díaz and Manuel Mondragón.
La vida cambia
Miguel
An unhappy marriage is complicated when hubby starts an affair with his sister-in-law. Darkest before the dawn...
Letters from Marusia
Young Worker
Chronicle of the repression that a foreign company exerts on the miners of a small nitrate town in Chile, whose workers decide to claim their most essential rights. A reflection of the historic union struggles in the northern Chile that ended with terrible repressive acts.
The Other Virginity
Luis
Two young waitresses, Laura and Eva, become romantically involved with a movie distributor, Adrian, and his friend Luis.
The Holy Inquisition
Baltasar
A Jewish family suffers persecution and suffering in the 16th century when they are accused of practicing witchcraft.
Castle of Purity
Porvenir
A disciplined and sexually driven man forces his family to stay isolated in their home in order to protect them from the “evil nature” of human beings.