Movies: José Carlos Ruiz

Through the humble potter Celso we will know one of the most dramatic events in the history of Mexico in the twentieth century, in which the federal government and Catholic believers, fought a bloody struggle. Time passes and the Church and the State...

A guerrilla commando tries to kidnap a politician. In the attempt, several policemen and a guerrillero die. By chance the head of the kidnappers meets an old colleague; to prevent him from betraying them, he kidnaps him....

Fantasy-life of an upper-class girl overwhelmed with spiritual questions....

In Mexico City's infamous Lecumberri prison, three drug-addicted convicts celebrate getting drugs from one of their the mothers. They are found out and locked up in the "apando," the dreaded punishment cell. Protests over the treatment of those held ...

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

Based on a true story in the American owned Cananea mine. It depicts how the owner profits while the Mexican workers struggle to survive and are exploited for their labour....

A story centered on the centuries-old feud between the aristocratic vampire race and their former slaves, the werewolves....

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

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...

A woman adopts a child and discovers that she can love again despite facing a wicked man....

When a worker is found murdered on the construction side, the investigation swiftly turns from things criminal to the political circumstances surrounding the building itself. Widespread corruption and neglect by the builder himself are seen to have b...

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Mexican feature film...

After the Revolution, Villa works on defining his legacy... and then he gets assassinated....

This is the story of a man, Emiliano Zapata, and of a revolution, the Mexican Revolution....

A filmmaker is commissioned to film a documentary on the social reality of the Lacandon people in the state of Chiapas. As he enters the harsh living conditions of this indigenous community, his social conscience forces him to confront his superiors,...

Desperate to save his family from death threats by a notorious drug dealer, Mateo Cruz steals the venerated image of the Virgin of Guadalupe causing pandemonium throughout Mexico....

3 real life stories taken from the Mexican police archive....

Romero, a retired fisherman and a forgotten hero by the community, lives isolated in his home, surrounded by ghosts of the life he couldn't have, spirits that materialize before him as his real family. Alcoholic and schizophrenic, surviving on a dail...

Three octogenarians set out on a trip in order to fulfill the dying wish of a lifelong friend, in spite of the disapproval of their families and the limitations of their advanced age. Along the way, they find themselves embroiled in a series of comed...