Ignacio López Tarso Movies

This documentary explores key moments in the life of writer Juan Rulfo, with artists such as Werner Herzog and Eduardo Galeano reflecting on his work.

A poor, but very lucky man in the cock fighting business, is hired by a rich man, but both are in love with the same woman.

An international oil company comes into conflict with a Mexican ranch owner who refuses to sell his land, resorting to a devious scheme to try to...

In the fall of 1824 Javier Montenegro, Bradomin Marquis is spared death hanging by Captain Casares, and in return, the Marquis agrees to help him...

A behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of John Huston's "Under the Volcano" (1984).

In Santa Fe de Tierra Firme, an imaginary Latin American country, the indigenous dictator Santos Banderas rules with an iron fist. A group of rebels...

A movie divided in two segments, the first "La puerta" (The Door) is about a high society gathering in which a door inside the mansion leads to a...

A novelist travels to the country to learn the problems of a friend's shy son and runs into an intruder.

The human and divine justice are exposed through five real life stories related to the legal processes of a prison. The cases presented are: "I want...

During a lull in the Mexican Revolution when Francisco Madero became president and attempted to implement land reforms, two former revolutionaries...

Three-fer anthology of black-humor sex-n-death anecdotes.

A young architect returns from Europe to live in the house of his uncles and cousins, where someone pretends to be the Devil.

Childhood trauma and religious repression causes little boy to grow up and murder .

A woman adopts a child and discovers that she can love again despite facing a wicked man.

Historical melodrama on horseback, 1840s or so in central Mexico. Pulpy, Zorro-ish...

Working-class dude grows up surrounded with petty delinquency and ghetto temptations; he marries a rich girl and faces the disapproval of her...

Desperate to save his family from death threats by a notorious drug dealer, Mateo Cruz steals the venerated image of the Virgin of Guadalupe causing...

During the Mexican Revolution, a hardened and rich lady landowner is overtaken by the violence of the times. Losing her land and house, she falls in...

Mourners share their memories of a dead film-star at her wake, a la Citizen Kane. Only melodrama.