A rebellious young man sets out to find himself in this melodrama by Roberto Rodríguez (of the brothers Rodríguez, well-established in Mexican cinema). The setting is Acapulco and the young man is one of the divers who throw themselves off the incredibly high cliffs known as the Quebrada, for recompense from tourists. That calling is dangerous ...
La Carcel de Cananea is a well-wrought, finely acted Mexican western directed by Gilberto Gazcon and starring the popular Pedro Armendariz as a federal lawman on the trail of a young criminal. The youthful fugitive from justice (Augustin de Anda who died before the film was released) is at first an unknown quantity. But after he is captured by the ...
José Maria (Luis Aguilar) is a widower with three children who tries to seek a better life for his family. He falls in love with Laura (Sonia Furio), and the two are later married. Things work out for a while until Laura becomes mentally unbalanced to the point where she is a homicidal maniac. Poor José! The film is aimed at the teen market. ~ Dan ...
Mexican helmer Carlos Enrique Taboada's Spanish-language melodrama El Arte de Enganar concerns Fabian, an incorrigible womanizer whose philanderings directly prompted a married woman to off herself. The plot thickens when Fabian falls hard for the victim's daughter, further rousing the ire of her already enraged husband. Driven around the bend, ...
South-of-the-border director Carlos Enrique Taboada helms the Spanish-language soaper El Deseo en Otoño. The story concerns a young woman named Elena (Maricruz Oliver) who ascends from rags to riches when she inherits a substantial fortune; having no one else with whom she can share the monies, she invites her best friend, Clara, to move into her ...
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