Salvador Sánchez

A chronicle of the Mexican oil expropriation in 1938 through the eyes of President Lazaro Cardenas and journalist Alberto Miranda.

Ofelia, uma jovem freira é forçada a realizar um exorcismo em uma mulher grávida depois que o padre local é derrotado pelo diabo. Quando parece que a possessão acabou, ela descobre que a presença maligna não saiu da cidade e que, pelas próximas quarenta e oito horas, tentará retornar ao corpo de sua vítima. Ela terá que se tornar uma exorcista para enfrentar um duelo de morte contra o Demônio.

Poucos dias antes da visita ao México do presidente dos Estados Unidos, Filiberto García, veterano da revolução mexicana, é recrutado pela polícia mexicana para investigar uma suposta conspiração dos mongóis para assassinar o Presidente John F. Kennedy.

At a pivotal moment in her singing career, Rocío discovers that her mother is ill and that her final wish is to meet with her again before she dies. After evading the past for 10 years, Rocío returns to her hometown from where she was once expelled. When confronting her family, she comes to understand that forgiveness is the key that will allow her to realize her full potential.

In an attempt to solve their marriage problems, Eric and Mari take a trip to the Mexican southeast, but she disappears under mysterious circumstances. On his way back to Mexico City, Eric meets Narciso, a mysterious man, and gives him a ride. Eric describes a series of events which finally lead him to a revelation about the time he shared with Mari.

Depois de mais uma das frequentes gafes cometidas pelo presidente da República, o MX TV, maior TV do México, tem que ajudar seu aliado político antes que a polêmica gere uma crise na sua imagem. Para isso, a televisão tenta desviar a atenção do povo exibindo, em horário nobre, um vídeo onde o Governador Carmelo Vargas (Damián Alcázar) pratica corrupção. Desesperado para salvar seu futuro político, Vargas decide fechar um acordo secreto com a própria emissora que o denunciou para mudar sua imagem e torná-lo a nova estrela política do país. Mas para lançar esse possível novo candidato à presidência a qualquer custo, a situação acaba fugindo do controle.

Silverio Palacios, 40, a failed union worker from Veracruz, decides to turn his life around. Tired of earning his money panhandling in the streets, he decides to follow up on a plan that’s been on his friend and union leader's, Alacrán, mind for the longest time. He transforms his old taxi into a makeshift raft and set sail towards Miami to find success in the United States posing as a Cuban immigrant.

Benjamin Garcia, Benny é deportado dos Estados Unidos. De volta ao México e diante de um quadro sombrio, Benny se envolve no tráfico de drogas, no qual tem pela primeira vez na vida, uma ascensão espetacular cercado de dinheiro, mulheres, violência e diversão. Mas logo ele descobrirá que a vida criminosa nem sempre cumpre suas promessas.

Tells the story behind an assassination attempt perpetrated in 1897, by a dipsomaniac man, against the President of the Mexican Republic, General Porfirio Diaz.

Adela é uma adolescente rebelde que já coleciona cinco tatuagens, um piercing e uma recente prisão por comportamento indecente. Assustado com a possibilidade de que o comportamento rebelde de sua amada filha arruíne suas chances de se eleger governador da Cidade do México, o pai de Adela a matricula à força na última escola de etiqueta para moças existente na cidade, onde a diretora Maca Ribera garante que transforma qualquer garota numa dama, por pior que ela seja... pelo menos até conhecer Adela. A disputa entre as duas mulheres acaba sendo uma hilária batalha, que enlouquece a escola toda a cada reação de Adela às tentativas de Maca de transformá-la em uma moça comportada e futura deusa doméstica.

Gordon Brewer é um bombeiro que perde sua esposa e filho em um atentado terrorista organizado por Claudio Perrini. Como as investigações oficiais do governo americano parecem não chegar a lugar algum, Brewer decide então perseguir o próprio Claudio, se envolvendo em um complicado jogo que o leva até a Colômbia.

Jerry Welbach é um gângster atrapalhado que recebe dois ultimatos de uma vez só. O primeiro vem de seu chefe mafioso, que quer que ele vá ao México para recuperar uma pistola antiga e inestimável. Já o segundo vem de sua namorada Samantha, que exige que ele rompa sua associação com a máfia. Entre perder a vida ou a namorada, Jerry resolve ir ao México, ainda mais depois de saber que Samantha será mantida refém pelos mafiosos até que ele retorne com a lendária pistola.

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

Um zelador que se tornou prefeito de uma cidadezinha perdida no deserto do México percebe aonde o seu recém-adquirido poder e a corrupção podem levá-lo, depois da visita de um esperto político.

Four raw stories about justice and law.

After his wife is murdered by gang members, a man must take revenge.

The story unfolds in an underclass neighborhood of Mexico City, a place where a unique troupe features a circus act, led by Don Ramón (López Moctezuma himself.) He and his wife Petra (Isaura Espinosa) have to take care of the daughter of a neighbor who has been jailed for drug trafficking. Petra decides that the girl (who is only 5 years old) must earn a living, entrusting her several domestic tasks; the little girl, which he nicknamed "Flea" befriends Pepito, who works as a clown on the street. Things get complicated when somone with satanic tendencies arrives to Ramon's house, and the visitor develops an interest on Petra. A fight between the three adults causes that "lil Flea" suffers a fatal accident, so the solution will be to use her meat for the tamales sold by Petra.

Heroic Mexican wrestler duo Octagon and Mascara Sagrado take on a bevvy of sexy female catburglars led by Lina Santos

On the day of his first communion, the boy Honorato is orphaned because the mafia murders his parents. Before dying, the father recommends that the son defend himself against whoever tries to harm him, so that over time he becomes a bloodthirsty and sadistic gunman, always accompanied by the ghost of his father. His fame bears in the ears of Rutilo, the boss of the central supply, who hires him to avenge the death of his son. Honorato fulfills the mission with luxury of violence and becomes a trusted man of the gangster.

A Colombian gangster buys modern weapons to re-sell them to guerrillas of various countries, under the patronage of the Mafia. Interpol is after Gallardo, the Mexican provider, with the help of two masked wrestlers, Octagon and Atlantis.

A criminal organization hires some ninjas to steal the formula for a new drug, described as cheaper and more powerful than cocaine. As it turns out, the industrialist who financed the research has taken elaborate steps to make sure that the new substance won´t fall into the wrong hands, and the ninjas find they have only succeeded in stealing half the formula. To please their disgruntled employers, the evil ninjas try to blackmail the industrialist into handing over the remaining half and it´s up to the Mexican Ninja and his pals to stop him.

Filme baseado na vida real do médico paraguaio Joel Filartiga (Anthony Hopkins de O Silêncio dos Inocentes), que ousou enfrentar o regime militar instaurado pelo violento general Alfredo Strossner no país. Acreditando em seus ideais humanitários, o médico desafia o regime ao oferecer tratamento gratuito aos pacientes pobres. Isso irrita os militares até que Joel tem o filho morto. Ele descobre sinais de tortura no corpo do jovem e passa a acreditar que na verdade ele foi assassinado pelo governo, e não foi vitima de um crime passional como o fizeram a acreditar no princípio. O filme ainda tem a participação da atriz brasileira Fernanda Torres (de Casa de Areia).

A group of young people lives in a world of drugs and crime, they wanna be free.

In a miserable circus, a young trapeze artist seduces her father, gets pregnant and decides to have her baby, so she leaves the circus and joins a group of puppeteers who make shows from passages of the Bible.

A journalist Lorena and her friend photographer Raul decide to try to take an interview from influential politician Hermenegildo Parra. After several unsuccessful attempts they decide to break into his house and make some photos there but when they enter his cabinet they see him stabbed with the knife. The next day the newspaper announces his death and start to celebrate a big amount of sold copies but during the fiesta a phone calls and it was Mr.Parra "alive and kicking". After this scandal Lorena becomes pursued by some mysterious killers who want to take the negatives from her at any price. The solution of this mystery is very unexpected...

Compilation tape of Hora Marcada episodes.

Lamberto Quintero is assassinated and his son intends to avenge him following in his footsteps. The pair of father and son, Antonio Aguilar and Pepe Aguilar star in this action film.

Murders take place in and around a hotel. Debuted on Mexican TV.

Mexican feature film

Two shareholder brothers close several factories due to economic problems, except for their chemical plants.

It's love on the old frontier in this western adventure set in Arizona in the 1870s. It centers on a beautiful, young blonde girl whose peaceful life on her parents' isolated ranch is permanently disrupted when she is abducted and raped by a drunken Mexican bandit. Later, she finds herself drawn to her tormentor and romance ensues.

Um fotojornalista americano se vê envolvido na luta política em El Salvador, em 1980. Um jornalista, com pouca sorte nos Estados Unidos, vai para El Salvador para reportar os eventos da ditadura militar de 1980, incluindo o assassinato do arcebispo Oscar Romero. Ele faz uma aliança desconfortável com dois guerrilheiros que querem que ele tire fotos para a imprensa americana, e também com os militares de direita, que querem que ele lhes traga fotos dos rebeldes. Além disso, ele tem que encontrar uma maneira de proteger sua namorada salvadorenha e levá-la para fora do país.

This film is a chronicle of painter Frida Kahlo, and her encounter with the personalities of her time. Despite being confied to a wheelchair as a result of polio, operations and amputations, she faces and traces some of the most colorful and controversial aspects of Mexican history, during the dominant time of Mexican muralism.

Family plans for a quiet weekend at the beach, but everything goes wrong.

As últimas 24 horas na vida de Geoffrey Firmin, um cônsul inglês solitário e deprimido que se retira ao álcool para se consolar. Em um cenário de guerra na Europa e na festa mexicana do Dia da Morte, somos levados em um dia na vida de Geoffrey Firmin, um cônsul britânico que vive em abandono e obscuridade alcoólica em uma pequena cidade do sul do México em 1939. O comportamento autodestrutivo do cônsul, talvez uma metáfora para uma civilização ameaçada, é uma fonte de perplexidade e tristeza para seu meio-irmão nômade idealista, Hugh, e sua ex-esposa, Yvonne, que retornaram com esperanças de curar Geoffrey e o casamento desfeito. (e 16 - Estimado 16 Anos)

The discovery of the mutilated body of a wealthy woman leads a detective to an isolated motel.

A guerrilla commando tries to kidnap a politician. In the attempt, several policemen and a guerrillero die. By chance the head of the kidnappers meets an old colleague; to prevent him from betraying them, he kidnaps him.

The third film version of the popular Mexican novel, about a wayfarer who travels to a mysterious arid village, to meet the father who long ago abandoned his wife.

The third film version of the popular Mexican novel, about a wayfarer who travels to a mysterious arid village, to meet the father who long ago abandoned his wife.

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.

Mexican feature film

Returning from a business trip, a man meets some peasants who arouse fears in him.

Set in the early 1900s, this film charts the rule of a Latin American dictator as he moves from being a charming despot to a tyrannical ruler before he is finally ousted, only to die in obscurity in Paris. Early in his regime, the resources and agricultural products his country sells command high prices, and he is a reasonably confident, even gentle, ruler who likes to take long vacations with his daughter in Paris. After World War I, with falling prices and a number of coup attempts behind him, his rule becomes quite cruel.

Directed by Federico Weingartshofer

A guy is peer-pressured, despite his reluctance, to play the role of Christ in a local production of the Passion Play.

When a worker is found murdered on the construction side, the investigation swiftly turns from things criminal to the political circumstances surrounding the building itself. Widespread corruption and neglect by the builder himself are seen to have brought the situation about. Much of the movie is filmed using hand-held cameras, and the majority of the dialogue is in the difficult-to-understand and very slangy Spanish dialect of Mexico City's bricklayers.

Analytical view of one of the least reported conflicts of national cinema: the Cristero movement that developed in the regions of western Mexico between 1926 and 1929, highlighting the inability to be faithful to both the Church and the State.

In the middle 70's in the mexican state of Guanajuato, authorities discover a clandestine burial ground, the corpses were from murdered prostitutes. The suspects are three sisters known as "Las Poquianchis".

In Mexico City's infamous Lecumberri prison, three drug-addicted convicts celebrate getting drugs from one of their the mothers. They are found out and locked up in the "apando," the dreaded punishment cell. Protests over the treatment of those held in the cell lead to a bloody confrontation.

Indian village experiences forced relocation; their experience is paralleled by that of other groups dating back to the 18th century.

A group of students arrives in a small town during a hiking expedition. Once there, the local priest accuses them of being communist agitators on the run from an army crack-down against student demonstrations in nearby Mexico City and rallies the townsfolk to lynch them. Based on a true story.

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.

Carrying his son on his back, a man travels from place to place looking for a doctor to treat the sick boy. As they journey, the indio father tells the boy stories to keep him distracted. These stories reveal the life of native peoples in Mexico, both in the countryside and in cities, and they shed light on characteristic beliefs and rituals.

A 43 minutes short film filmed in Mexico in 1975

A smuggler lives far from civilization, in a hut in the jungle with his wife, La Choca, his son and his sister-in-law Flor. One day some men arrive, who accuse him of having betrayed them.

President Juárez fights against the conservatives, who have ordered an emperor to be brought from France to govern Mexico

Adult brothers compete for pateral affection and for control of the family estate.

Subsistence-economy slum guy who sells used newsprint for a living breaks into showbiz with an inadvertantly-comical fire-eater act. The novelty of him wears off very quickly, and then...

This is the story of a man, Emiliano Zapata, and of a revolution, the Mexican Revolution.