Arturo Ripstein Movies

After the death of his son, Javier hopes that restoring his family's abandoned ranch will allow him and his wife Mariana, who attempted suicide, a...

A profile and history of film director Akira Kurosawa.

The Lecumberri Penitentiary was one of the most notorious prisons in 20th-century Mexico, known for the notorious inmates who were held there and the...

Legendary 1970s Mexican horror film auteur Juan F. Moctezuma II reportedly influenced the work of mega-directors Guillermo del Toro, Robert...

Deceived over and over again by the whole world, a woman does not want to give up in the face of life's adversities.

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

Mexico City. Every day, Beatriz is insulted and humiliated by her jealous husband, but she does not flee his side because they have created a...

Thriller directed by Arturo Ripstein.

Surrealist master Luis Buñuel is a towering figure in the world of cinema history, directing such groundbreaking works as Un Chien Andalou,...

The story of two women, a mother and her daughter, who during the Cristero War set traps for government soldiers passing by their house, using...

A group of people, including Capulina and Viruta, head towards the city by train. A heavy storm interrupts their journey and now they must take a...

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

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

A married couple entrusts the care of their young son to a strange clown. The film focuses on the relationship between the clown and the child, to...

"La Nueva Jerusalem" is a small community of believers lead by Papá Basilio and Mamá Dorita. They're waiting for the second coming of...

An erotic model has three lovers, one of them is the father of her child. Which of the three will be?

After her husband leaves her for a younger woman, the helping of her caring, but cynical godmother, is not enough to prevent Julia from plotting her...