Arturo Ripstein Movies

The legendary life of Mexican singer Lucha Reyes is the basis of this fictionalized biography ( or as director Arturo Ripstein puts it "an imaginary...

Documentary about a Mexico City prison, notorious for holding political prisoners and for civil rights abuses committed there.

As a teenager and student at a convent school, young Mariana runs away with her boyfriend, provoking the wrath of her father who sends her to...

Many stories happen simultaneously through Internet. In the real world, people are lonely, isolated, desperate for finding love, friendship and...

A woman seeks help from one of her bigamous husband's killers to transport his corpse back to her home.

Documentary about the founding of Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl on the outskirts of Mexico City in the sixties.

The film tells the story of the Boteros, a middle-class Mexican family struggling against poverty after their father's death. Ignacia (Egurrola) is...

The haunting story of a child left in the care of a clown.

Homero Olmos, a famous television publicist known as "H.O." or "The Voice of Experience," is driving along a lonely road heading to Rio de Janeiro...

Friends of Luis Buñuel discuss the director while Buñuel mixes drinks and entertains friends in his home.

Documentary following Gloria Contreras, a dancer, choreographer and pedagogue, as she manages her own dance company.