Movies: Alejandro Parodi

Mexico is in the midst of Revolution when the protagonist returns after studying in Paris to find his native town in Chihuahua occupied by Francisco Villa’s revolutionary forces. He visits his deserted home and remembers people and events from his ad...

During the mid-1970s, in the Mexican state of Guanajuato, authorities discover a clandestine burial ground. The corpses are from murdered prostitutes. The suspects are three sisters known as "Las Poquianchis"....

President Juárez fights against the conservatives, who have ordered an emperor to be brought from France to govern Mexico...

Five surreal short stories make up this Mexican anthology film....

Ambition, social climbing and insincerity shape the emotional climate among a circle of young professionals launching their careers....

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Historical melodrama on horseback, 1840s or so in central Mexico. Pulpy, Zorro-ish......

Rodrigo Zaracho, once a promising boxer, is in decline. While fleeing from a gang that is chasing him, he remembers his past....

Two shareholder brothers close several factories due to economic problems, except for their chemical plants....

After being unjustly accused of corruption and seriously injured in prison, Miguel's personality will merge with the characters he reads in his police novels....

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Mother and son conspire against his sister when she marries against their wishes....

Two secret agents are after a couple of car thieves who belong to a band of criminals headed by Ernesto. The band has kidnapped the son of Daniel, a boxer who is about to fight for the world title. The agents must destroy Ernesto's band and rescue Da...

The story of the difficult life of itinerant artists in Mexico and their futile dreams of happiness. Marin's father, a traveling artist, dreamed of saving money and sending his daughter to school. But his earnings were too small, barely enough to cov...

Lamberto Quintero is assassinated and his son intends to avenge him following in his footsteps. The pair of father and son, Antonio Aguilar and Pepe Aguilar star in this action film....

Chronicle of the repression that a foreign company exerts on the miners of a small nitrate town in Chile, whose workers decide to claim their most essential rights. A reflection of the historic union struggles in the northern Chile that ended with te...

The story of the oil leader Lázaro Pizarro, of his political and personal wars, the use of crime to settle conflicts and the course of his power between the basements and the domes of Mexican politics, have a narrative record made in the Gulf of accu...

Family plans for a quiet weekend at the beach, but everything goes wrong....

Pepito's father dies in rollover the Ferrari that is winning a race car, so Pepito is about his grandfather and asks him to equip a car to get him to compete....

After working for three years in the USA, Filiberto returns to his home town in Mexico. A proud man, he is searching for the recognition that will give him a new position in life. However, he finds that things have changed. His mother is dead, and Lu...