Arturo Ripstein Movies

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...

In a reinterpretation of Madame Bovary set on contemporary Mexico City, Emilia, a middle class housewife, tries to deal with the monotony of her...

When a young boy steals billiard balls from a local saloon, a stranger is charged with the crime. The local layabouts find there is no reason to hang...

This documentary explores key moments in the life of writer Juan Rulfo, with artists such as Werner Herzog and Eduardo Galeano reflecting on his work.

Two dark-comedy stories involving blackmail, murder and love triangles in Rio de Janeiro

A singer is on the run from the law and a criminal gang. She takes refuge at a hotel where she finally reveals a complex story of betrayal and...

Héctor, a young writer, arrives in the capital to try his luck. There, he meets Mario and Gloria, a painter. Through her, he soon finds...

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...

Mama has four daughters in their late teens. some of them might be more interested in careers than husbands, but she's hoping she'll find a highly...

Documentary following Gloria Contreras, a dancer, choreographer and pedagogue, as she manages her own dance company.

A woman seeks help from one of her bigamous husband's killers to transport his corpse back to her home.

Perla, a prostitute and the star in a miserable cabaret in the docks, falls in love with a sailor without knowing that he is her brother. Tomasa,...

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

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

A Romanian aristocrat retreats to a desert isle with his wife and servants on the eve of World War II.

A profile and history of film director Akira Kurosawa.

In a seedy brothel, their frustrations parade: A poet who has never published, a revolutionary who came late to history, a provocative angel, a...

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

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

Documentary about the founding of Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl on the outskirts of Mexico City in the sixties.