The Place Without Limits

The Place Without Limits 1978

7.30

Father and daughter compete for the same passion in a ruthless place where kindness mixes with hate.

1978

Desires

Desires 1977

5.30

Snippets of a family drama involving a rebellious son coming to his depressing home village, his father, and a jaded ex-lover, mixed with various surrealist scenes and statements about sin.

1977

Red Bells Part II: I Saw the Birth of a New World

Red Bells Part II: I Saw the Birth of a New World 1982

4.25

The second part of Soviet filmmaker Sergei Bondarchuk's epic biography of John Reed. It is October 1917 and the American journalist has found himself and his wife, Louise Bryant, in Petrograd on the eve of the Bolshevik revolution.

1982

The Dried Butterflies

The Dried Butterflies 1978

6.39

A disturbed middle aged writer becomes obsessed with a little boy who reminds her of a former lover.

1978

Vai Trabalhar Vagabundo II: A Volta

Vai Trabalhar Vagabundo II: A Volta 1991

4.60

Exiled in Acapulco, the bon vivant Dino cheats a rich widow into financing his coming back to Brazil. To avoid getting caught, he hides in a coffin. His fake burial is celebrated in high style and it doesn't take long before he starts getting himself into weird situations.

1991

Violent Stories

Violent Stories 1985

5.70

Five surreal short stories make up this Mexican anthology film.

1985

The Year of the Plague

The Year of the Plague 1978

5.10

A terrible disease is found in a Mexican town. A doctor tries to alert the authorities when he discovers its epidemic nature. No one listen to him and soon after the disease spreads. The government tries to control the information in order to prevent panic.

1978

Lola

Lola 1989

4.71

A single mother sells clothes on the streets to support her daughter in Mexico City after the earthquake.

1989

In the Land of Light Feet

In the Land of Light Feet 1982

5.00

During his vacations, 12-year-old Manuel travels by train with his mother to the Sierra Tarahumara to spend a few days with his father, who works in the mountains with the indigenous people protecting nature. Manuel befriends Jesus, who takes him to his town and teaches him the customs of his own. Both children discover illegal loggers.

1982

Prisión de mujeres

Prisión de mujeres 1977

5.20

'Prisión de Mujeres' is a film by Fernando A. Rivero that narrates a harsh reality: the strength of women in a prison, how they lose their dignity and do not stop for anything.

1977

The Dracula Dynasty

The Dracula Dynasty 1980

4.90

In the 16th century, the Inquisition condemns Count Orloff, a vampire and sorcerer to death. In the 19th century, the vampire Madame Kostoff arrives in Mexico and buys the house where the vampire was buried and revives him.

1980

El elegido

El elegido 1977

6.30

A guy is peer-pressured, despite his reluctance, to play the role of Christ in a local production of the Passion Play.

1977

La sombra del ciprés es alargada

La sombra del ciprés es alargada 1990

5.40

Avila, early twentieth century. Pedro, a boy of nine years, accompanied by his tutor, comes to live in the house of Don Mateo, a teacher that from that moment will be responsible for his education. Pedro begins an almost familiar relationship with Doña Gregoria and Martina, wife and daughter of his master. The appearance of Alfredo, and roommate and colleague of studies, complete the circle of his emotional environment. Provincial life, relationships with peers and the special relationship between life and death instilled by Don Mateo, definitely will influence his future life.

1990

At a Lame Pace

At a Lame Pace 1980

4.50

Ragtag crew of indigents from an asylum for the handicapped form a squadron to defend the Church during the Cristero Uprising.

1980

El futbolista fenómeno

El futbolista fenómeno 1979

4.50

A beer seller is kidnapped by martians, who give him special powers to become a super football player.

1979