A priest discovers the path of virtue can be steep, and temptation can demand a heavy price, in this controversial drama from Mexico. Father Amaro (Gael Garcia Bernal) is a young Catholic priest whose mentor, the Bishop (Ernesto Gomez Cruz), expects great things from him. However, like all priests, Amaro must first be assigned where he is needed ...
El Norte is a realistic picture of both the Guatemalan government's oppression of the Quiche Indians and the hard life of illegal immigrants in the United States. After the Guatemalan army destroys their village of San Pedro, two teenage Quiche Mayan Indian siblings journey north (hence El Norte) through Mexico to the United States to start a new ...
This dreamy and somewhat improbable tale set in the Mexican countryside has been compared with the fantasy-laden social satires of (Luis Bunuel). Not coincidentally, the director of this film, Luis Alcoriza has worked with Bunuel. In the story, Candelario (Gonzalo Vega), a rugged unemployed man, calls on Don Lazaro (Ernesto Gomez Cruz) the owner ...
Dull-witted Mexican peasant Ernesto Gomez Cruz comes into possession of a rooster severely injured in a cockfight. He restores the bird's health and wins several bouts, then runs afoul of gambler Alejandro Parodi, who has the rooster's ribs cracked so it can never win again. Taking Cruz under his wing, the gambler teaches the peasant how to be ...
This 1976 Mexican feature is based on a reportedly real incident which took place in 1968. When a group of hikers happen upon a village governed by a paranoid and fanatical priest, they are labelled as communists and desecrators and are lynched by the bespelled townspeople. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
A simple homeless man in search of a warm place to sleep is exploited by politicians eager to prove that poverty in Mexico has been eradicated in Herod's Law director Luis Estrada's caustic satire concerning the effect of globalization on Mexican citizens. A press conference has been held to proclaim that there are no more poor people in Mexico, ...
Violence, blood, and gore are the most noticeable elements in this sketchy plot about a Mexican guerrilla fighter at the turn of the 20th century who joins the revolution and has a love affair -- though his chances of seeing the results of his efforts in either arena are slim. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
The factory workers in the border towns on the U.S./Mexico border in this movie have fallen between the cracks of the guidelines which apply to either nation concerning worker safety. In this story, a group of young workers attempt to organize for better conditions. They are opposed by duplicitous workers who have accepted American "dirty" money. ...
Combining digital video technology with stylized computer-generated imagery, this film takes a decidedly unusual approach as it combines three short stories involving one Pachito Rex (Jorge Zarate), a former pop music star who became a powerful political figure before being assassinated somewhere in South America. Or was he? In the first segment, ...
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