Arturo Ripstein Movies

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

Thriller directed by Arturo Ripstein.

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

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,...

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

Family honor, greed, machismo, homophobia, and dreams collide in a small Mexican town.

The film tells the story of the Boteros, a middle-class Mexican family struggling against poverty after their father's death. Ignacia (Egurrola) is...

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

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...

Narration of one of the bloodiest episodes of the Mexican national history, The Tragic Ten, beginning when General Victoriano Huerta sent to kill...

Many stories happen simultaneously through Internet. In the real world, people are lonely, isolated, desperate for finding love, friendship and...

A story where the Cristero Rebellion creates a story of love, passion, and betrayal. When the Federal Rosas and his lover arrive in a town, a local...

"Nazarín is a Quixote of the priesthood " "Among the films I have made in Mexico, Nazarin is one that I prefer." "As inexplicable as the...

A profile and history of film director Akira Kurosawa.

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

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

As a teenager and student at a convent school, young Mariana runs away with her boyfriend, provoking the wrath of her father who sends her to...

After being released from jail, "Tarzan" Lira seeks to rebuild his life as a bank employee. Unfortunately, it might not be as easy as he thinks.

A novelist travels to the country to learn the problems of a friend's shy son and runs into an intruder.