Abel Woolrich
Nascimento : , Mexico
Morte : 2006-05-12
História
Abel Woolrich was an actor and producer, known for The Mask of Zorro (1998), Ravenous (1999) and Apocalypto (2006). He died on May 12, 2006 in Mexico.
Laughing Man
Jaguar Paw (Rudy Youngblood) levava uma vida tranquila, que foi interrompida devido à uma invasão. Os governantes de um império maia em declínio acreditavam que a chave para a prosperidade seria construir mais templos e realizar mais sacrifícios humanos. Jaguar é capturado para ser um destes sacrifícios, mas consegue escapar por acaso. Agora, guiado apenas pelo amor que sente por sua esposa e pela filha, ele realiza uma corrida desesperada para chegar em casa e salvar sua família.
El Loco
Tepito is a neighborhood of Mexico City, where the dreams of many destitute people become real. But Tepito is also run by organized crime and corrupt politicians, impunity reigns and justice is non- existent. Here will take place the story of two foolishly proud young men, who were once best childhood friends, and now are blinded by greed and turn against each other. Their intentions are to destroy their families and eventually their own lives.
Carlos has an empty belly and tries to dominate nature by obeying it. The only two pigs in his village are seductive meat. He already has the table set, without knowing that the pig affection will tell him what the pantheons are full of.
Beggar
Esta é a aterrorizante sequência do grande sucesso de terror Vampiros de John Carpenter. O invencível caçador de vampiros Derek Bliss (Jon Bon Jovi) está tratando de caçar os chupadores no coração do México, quando recebe uma nova tarefa de um misterioso cliente. Derek e um grupo de caçadores de vampiros, incluindo a sexy Zoey - que talvez seja uma dos não-mortos - devem enfrentar um crescente número de vampiros que se movem muito rápido e estão ávidos por sangue. Estes vampiros, com esconderijo e poderoso líder, têm seus próprios planos para matar os caçadores de vampiros.
Man
Dr. Ulpiano, a psychologist and doctor of letters, lives immersed in a work routine that over the years has healed an aspect of fatigue on his face. He has a recurring dream in which he sees himself reincarnating another person: a caring for old, homeless cars. Such a dream causes him a great concern that makes him doubt about what reality is and what sleep is.
Musician Rosendo Nevárez learns of his brother Gabriel’s death in a remote spot in the Durango mountains and decides to return to his boyhood home to learn more about his brother’s untimely end. Gabriel, who was more widely known as the “Mountain Hawk,” led an outlaw’s life which was either that of a lowly criminal or daring do-gooder, as accounts of the man’s life vary depending on the point of view of the interviewee. As Rosendo digs deeper for the truth, it becomes apparent that Gabriel was a heroic figure worthy of the song his brother plans to write in his commemoration—if only Rosendo can overcome his growing envy for his brother’s immortal status as a swashbuckling rebel.
This historical drama depicts the waning days of the life of Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, the 19th century president of Mexico who, in 1847, waged a war against the United States that ultimately cost his nation half of its territory
Soldado Viejo
In the colonial New Spain Ana is a missionary who decides to support the indigenous people.
Borracho
Em 1847, um oficial da Cavalaria americana é enviado para um forte numa região remota da Califórnia, na Sierra Nevada, onde aparece um estranho com uma história misteriosa sobre canibais. A situação se complica ainda mais quando eles saem para investigar o local onde teria acontecido a tragédia.
Ancient Zorro
Depois de vinte anos, o lendário Zorro escapa da prisão para vingar o assassinato de sua mulher e o rapto de sua filha Elena, ambos realizados pelas mãos de seu inimigo Don Rafael Montero. Mas primeiro ele deve transformar o jovem ladrão arrogante Alejandro Murrieta no temido herói e lutar pelo povo do qual fez parte um dia.
Lazaro
Mario Van Peebles estrela como o exército de um só homem em Projeto Solo, a aventura "high-tech" sobre um andróide do exército que aprende a pensar - e matar - por vontade própria. A maior ameaçao do exército desde a bomba atômica, Solo é um andróide indestrutível, construído para vencer qualquer batalha. Quando inocentes civis são subjugados por sua unidade, Solo percebe que está do lado errado de uma operação ilegal. Agora, a última palavra em arma do exército se voltou contra seus próprios criadores.
Tísico
O filme La orilla de la tierra se concentra na história sobre dois homens Gregorio e André à procura de um tesouro que só viram em sonhos, em sua busca eles vão a um lugar onde apenas as mulheres viviam porque os homens foram trabalhar no campo dos Estados Unidos, mas cansado de esperar e deixar a aldeia só fica Matilde que mais tarde se reúne Gregory e André.
Zacarías
Heated tempers, frustrated desires and dashed hopes plague a diverse group of individuals whose lives cross paths in Mexico City. There is the bar-owner's son, Chava, who yearns to emigrate to America. A poor barber, Abel, is madly in love with the gorgeous Alma, who eventually becomes a high-class prostitute. Finally, there is Susanita, the desperate spinster who pursues many love affairs in hopes of finding a husband.
Toothless Local
A screenwriter is sent to Mexico to develop a story that can be used to wrap up a movie presently in production. Given a very short time allotment, the writer immerses himself in the seamier side of a Mexican beach resort, but soon finds himself involved in a 'body organ for profit' operation. Drugged, he has one of his own kidneys removed, and then, with a woman he isn't sure he can trust, he sets out to expose the ring...
Diego
Bruno, a novelist with no luck goes to call for help from his love always sofia, who is in Veracruz desolate without knowing what to do with the corpse of her boyfriend who died because of a heart attack while they made love
Fisherman
Bruno, a novelist with no luck goes to call for help from his love always sofia, who is in Veracruz desolate without knowing what to do with the corpse of her boyfriend who died because of a heart attack while they made love
Margarito
Biopic about a woman who played a courageous role in the resistance against French occupation of Mexico in the early 1800s.
Barman
In a totalitarian future, in a nightmare metropolis, inhabited only by criminals and police, Erik Lonnrot, a gifted detective, investigates a series of strange murders and disappearances that seem to implicate a insane crime lord. (Re-released in 1996 as a feature film, 86 minutes.)
Poor Dionisio finds himself as recipient of the good fortune, but soon he forgets that everything that goes up also has to go down, and that in the depressing nothingness of his town it is easy to die.
Marino Albizetti
A fire started by Harry Thompson destroys the Liguria, a legendary ship of the 19th century, and its treasure of gold and diamonds sinks in the sea. Thompson manages to escape unaware that Albizetti sleeps in the same lifeboat he uses. They manage to arrive at a deserted island, which has also been reached on the opposite shore– by the other survivors of the shipwreck: three children, a woman and three men.
Producer
Women escape from prison to search for a treasure whose location has been revealed to them by a dying old woman.
Women escape from prison to search for a treasure whose location has been revealed to them by a dying old woman.
Joven II
A young deaf-mute who lives and has intercourse with a blind man much older than she, inevitably attracts a shy driving instructor a strange, hallucinatory underworld, populated by those beings whose mutilation, impaired physical differences, have become rejected of society.
Alberto
The inner demons of an aspiring writer, whose dissatisfaction has pushed him to alcohol and drugs, lead him to his self-destruction under the guise of confusing political positions.
Producer
When a group of young filmmakers witness and film a crime of passion, the most outrageous blackmail of the century begins. By means of a fantastic plan, the filmmakers send to the murderer, a financial and industrial big shot, a copy of the movie that incriminates him and they demand him an improvement of the standard of living for the working class.
Enrique Olivares
When a group of young filmmakers witness and film a crime of passion, the most outrageous blackmail of the century begins. By means of a fantastic plan, the filmmakers send to the murderer, a financial and industrial big shot, a copy of the movie that incriminates him and they demand him an improvement of the standard of living for the working class.
Towards the end of the 16th century, the Spanish conquerors living in the New World faced a serious problem: the evangelization of the indigenous people, who did not understand or accept Christianity due to their unshakable faith in their own religion. The court of the Inquisition cracks down on heretics and the natives prepare for a general uprising ...
On the thinnest of pretexts, a horde of homeless people descend on the apartments of two members of the comfortable middle class and proceed to loot and vandalize both homes, leaving the next morning with many of the belongings they found there, as well as one of the residents who has opted to join them. This political allegory is based on two plays by the Chilean playwright Egon Wolff.
Capitán
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.
Rogelio’s story, a young man of humble origin in the neighborhood of Tepito, who falls in love with the daughter of a wealthy grocer, Michelle, but his marriage to her will be a failure and he will end up as a one more drunk.
Librado, an unemployed man, lives in a crowded small house with numerous children and relatives, is beaten for stealing a car antenna. His godmother and her children try to settle in his place. She then is arrested at a supermarket for stealing, however, she offers herself and volunteers a friend of hers for sex to the policemen so she can be released. She is a maid of an employee who acts subservient to his boss, a mid-level government employee at once servile who delivers speeches on sexuality in educational texts and then discusses the matter with his brother, a corrupt inspector.
Motociclista
A mechanic takes his family to a car race and a series of events occur which brings problems, betrayals, violence and the unexpected death of an elderly person.