Fictional biography of Mexican folk singer Lucha Reyes. The film tells the story of her bisexual love affairs Read More »
Tag Archives: Arturo Ripstein
The Place Without Limits AKA El lugar sin límites (1978) Arturo Ripstein, Roberto Cobo, Fernando Soler, Lucha Villa
Family honor, greed, machismo, homophobia, and the dreams of whores collide in a Mexican town. Read More »
Deep Crimson AKA Profundo carmesí (1996) Arturo Ripstein, Regina Orozco, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Sherlyn
Set in 1940s northern Mexico, this film re-tells the story of “The Lonely Hearts Killers” Read More »
Life Sentence AKA Cadena perpetua (1979) Arturo Ripstein, Pedro Armendáriz Jr., Narciso Busquets, Ernesto Gómez Cruz
“El Tarzan” Lira is an ex-convict who decides to give up his criminal past and reform his life. Read More »
Carnival of Sodom AKA El carnaval de Sodoma (2006) Arturo Ripstein, Marta Aura, María Barranco, Alejandro Camacho
Residents of a bordello scurry to put together their outfits for an annual carnival. Read More »
Divine AKA El evangelio de las maravillas (1998) Arturo Ripstein, Francisco Rabal, Katy Jurado, Edwarda Gurrola
“La Nueva Jerusalem” is a small community of believers lead by Papá Basilio Read More »
The Virgin of Lust AKA La virgen de la lujuria (2002) Arturo Ripstein, Luis Felipe Tovar, Ariadna Gil, Patricia Reyes Spíndola
In Vera Cruz in the 1940s, Nacho, an Indian, waits tables at Don Lázaro’s café at Hotel Ofélia. Read More »
No One Writes to the Colonel AKA El coronel no tiene quien le escriba (1999) Arturo Ripstein, Fernando Lujan, Marisa Paredes, Salma Hayek
Every Friday, the Colonel puts on his only suit and goes to the dock to await a letter announcing the arrival of his pension. Read More »
La calle de la amargura AKA Bleak Street (2015) Arturo Ripstein, Patricia Reyes Spíndola, Nora Velázquez, Silvia Pasquel
In the early morning hours, two elderly whores go back to their hovels. Read More »
Castle of Purity (1973) Arturo Ripstein, Claudio Brook, Rita Macedo, Arturo Beristáin, Drama
The story of a disciplined and sexually driven man who keeps his family isolated in his home for years to protect them from the “evil nature” Read More »
The Beginning and the End (1993) Arturo Ripstein, Ernesto Laguardia, Julieta Egurrola, Blanca Guerra, Drama
The film tells the story of the Boteros, a middle-class Mexican family struggling against poverty after their father’s death. Read More »
El imperio de la fortuna / The Realm of Fortune (1986) Arturo Ripstein, Ernesto Gómez Cruz, Blanca Guerra, Alejandro Parodi, Drama
A very poor and handicaped man, lives in a small town in Mexico with his mother. Read More »