Arturo Ripstein Movies

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

"Nazarín is a Quixote of the priesthood " "Among the films I have made in Mexico, Nazarin is one that I prefer." "As inexplicable as the...

When a young boy steals billiard balls from a local saloon, a stranger is charged with the crime. The local layabouts find there is no reason to hang...

Directed by Arturo Ripstein

A profile and history of film director Akira Kurosawa.

Narration of one of the bloodiest episodes of the Mexican national history, The Tragic Ten, beginning when General Victoriano Huerta sent to kill...

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

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

Set in Mexico City, Mentiras Piadosas is the doomed love story of Clara and Israel. She is a health inspector and he is an herb merchant, who is...

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

Two wrestlers decide to go to a hotel in order to meet two prostitutes.

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

The arrival of Aunt Alejandra triggers a series of nightmarish events that will put the life of a family at mysterious risk.

A singer is on the run from the law and a criminal gang. She takes refuge at a hotel where she finally reveals a complex story of betrayal and...