82% (2) Nazarin 94 min, Not Rated, [Drama] [Luis Buñuel] [20 Jun 1968]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 80%, Rotten Tomatoes: 85%, External Reviews
Awards: 2 wins & 1 nomination.
Actors: Francisco Rabal, Ignacio López Tarso, Marga López, Rita Macedo
Writer: Julio Alejandro (adapted for the screen by), Luis Buñuel (adapted for the screen by), Benito Pérez Galdós (based on the novel by), Emilio Carballido (dialogue)
External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: Spanish Country: Mexico
Plot: Nazarin is a priest, attempting to living a pure and honest life strictly according to Christian principles - but others only show him distrust and hatred, apart from the local prostitute...
Rotten Tomatoes: One of cinema's true innovators, Luis Buñuel takes a Spanish novel about a Don Quixote-like priest who is ridiculed for following the path of Christ, and brilliantly transposes it to turn-of-the-century Mexico. When he is defrocked for championing a prostitute and an outcast, Don Nazario takes to the road with the two women, living out his ideals until they are smashed by an uncaring world. "A masterpiece that reveals the human condition and shows us a way to surpass it. Buñuel's film unfolds under the double arch of beauty and rebellion.
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71% (2) Under the Volcano 112 min, R, [Drama] [John Huston] [13 Jun 1984]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 71%, Rotten Tomatoes: 71%, External Reviews
Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 3 wins & 5 nominations.
Actors: Albert Finney, Anthony Andrews, Ignacio López Tarso, Jacqueline Bisset
Writer: Malcolm Lowry (novel), Guy Gallo (screenplay)
External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, Spanish Country: Mexico, USA
Plot: Against a background of war breaking out in Europe and the Mexican fiesta Day of Death, we are taken through one day in the life of Geoffrey Firmin, a British consul living in alcoholic disrepair and obscurity in a small southern Mexican town in 1939. The Consul's self-destructive behaviour, perhaps a metaphor for a menaced civilization, is a source of perplexity and sadness to his nomadic, idealistic half-brother, Hugh, and his ex-wife, Yvonne, who has returned with hopes of healing Geoffrey and their broken marriage.
Rotten Tomatoes: A strange, hallucinatory adaptation of Malcolm Lowry's novel is set during the Mexican "Day of the Dead" ceremony in 1939. Albert Finney stars as the booze-besotted former British consul to Cuernevarca, who has cut himself off from his loved ones. Finney's half-brother goes on a search for his missing sibling.
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84% (1) Macario 91 min, [Drama, Fantasy, Mystery] [Roberto Gavaldón] [09 Jun 1960]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 84%, External Reviews
Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 2 wins & 1 nomination.
Actors: Enrique Lucero, Ignacio López Tarso, Mario Alberto Rodríguez, Pina Pellicer
Writer: B. Traven (story "The Third Guest"), Emilio Carballido (screenplay), Roberto Gavaldón (screenplay)
External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: Spanish Country: Mexico
Plot: Poor, hungry peasant Macario longs for just one good meal on the Day of the Dead. After his wife cooks a turkey for him, he meets three apparitions, the Devil, God, and Death. Each asks him to share his turkey, but he refuses all except Death. In return, Death gives him a bottle of water which will heal any illness. Soon, Macario is more wealthy than the village doctor, which draws the attention of the feared Inquisition.
Rotten Tomatoes: B. Traven, the reclusive author of Treasure of the Sierra Madre, used an old Mexican folk tale as the basis for his novel The Third Guest. The book was in turn adapted for film as Macario. Ignacio Tarso plays a poverty-stricken peasant who goes on a hunger strike, hoping that someone will take pity on him and give him a turkey dinner. Torres' wife Pina Pellecier steals a turkey, and just as Torres is about to wolf down his food, he is visited by Death (Enrique Lucerio). The grim reaper offers to bestow magical powers upon Torres in exchange for part of the meal. Torres is gifted with the ability to restore health to sick people, but he is permitted to utilize this gift only upon persons of Death's choosing. At first, Torres is lauded as a hero, but before long he is being shunned as an instrument of Satan. Torres' last-ditch effort to redeem himself causes him to renege on his bargain with Death--and you know what that means. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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78% (1) The Paper Man 110 min, [Drama] [Ismael Rodríguez] [05 Sep 1963]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 78%, External Reviews
Awards: Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 1 win.
Actors: Alida Valli, Guillermo Orea, Ignacio López Tarso, Susana Cabrera
Writer: Ismael Rodríguez (screenplay), Luis Spota (story "El Billete"), Mario Hernández (collaboration), Pedro de Urdimalas (collaboration), Fernando Morales Ortiz (collaboration), Ricardo Garibay (special collaboration)
External Links: Wikipedia IMDb Language: Spanish, Italian Country: Mexico
Plot: A deaf and mute vagabond finds a large denomination bill in a Mexico City dump, and while he tries to buy something with it, others try to con him into giving it away.
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74% (1) The Bricklayers 122 min, [Drama, Mystery, Thriller] [Jorge Fons] [23 Dec 1976]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 74%, External Reviews
Awards: 2 wins & 1 nomination.
Actors: Ignacio López Tarso, Jaime Fernández, José Alonso, Salvador Sánchez
Writer: Luis Carrion, Jorge Fons, Vicente Leñero
External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: Spanish Country: Mexico
Plot: A watchman is murdered in a building site. The movie narrates the several versions of implicates. Based in the Vicente Leñero's novel.
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74% (1) Always Further On 105 min, [Drama] [Luis Alcoriza] [09 Sep 1965]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 74%, External Reviews
Awards: Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 2 wins & 1 nomination.
Actors: Aurora Clavel, Eric del Castillo, Ignacio López Tarso, Jaime Fernández
Writer: Luis Alcoriza
External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: Spanish Country: Mexico
Plot: A worker of the Mexican Indigenist Institute tries to help the Tarahumara Indians to protect and keep their lands, but he must face corrupt landowners and politicians.
Rotten Tomatoes: Raul (Igancio Lopez Tarso) is a white man who enjoys the simple way of life practiced by the Indians of Mexico. He does his best to try and help the tribe, but he becomes a victim of greedy land grabbers who covet the tribal property. Jaime Fernandez and Aurora Clavel play the Indians. The feature, written and directed by Luis Alcoriza, appeared at the 1965 Cannes Film Festival. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi
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72% (1) Pedro Páramo 110 min, [Drama, Fantasy, Horror] [Carlos Velo] [01 Aug 1967]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 72%, External Reviews
Awards: 1 win & 1 nomination.
Actors: Ignacio López Tarso, John Gavin, Julissa, Pilar Pellicer
Writer: Manuel Barbachano Ponce (screenplay), Carlos Fuentes (screenplay), Juan Rulfo (novel), Carlos Velo (screenplay)
External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: Spanish Country: Mexico
Plot: Highly symbolic and allegorical, this drama takes the search of a son for his father in the chaotic times of the Mexican Revolution and the early 1900s as its basis. Stereotypical (or archetypal) figures from early Mexican cinema appear from time to time, and the violence of the revolutionary period is not glossed over. As the son searches for the father, scenes of the father and his earthy way of living are screened.
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