Ignacio López Tarso Movies

The story tells us about an old teacher from the town, who upon knowing he was going to die, entrusts his sixth-grade class to a colleague who had...

Subsistence-economy slum guy who sells used newsprint for a living breaks into showbiz with an inadvertantly-comical fire-eater act. The novelty of...

"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...

The apparitions of a man who died during the Revolution lead a man to confess to the crime he committed for money.

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

Juan is subjected to shock treatment in the hands of Dr. David, and apparently is able to resume a "normal" life. He and his wife María make...

Three episodes from the "history" of organized labor in the harbors of Tampico, 1912 to modern-times.

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...

Mourners share their memories of a dead film-star at her wake, a la Citizen Kane. Only melodrama.

A mid-level government bureaucrat is forced to think hard about his ideas on governmental corruption and his own integrity.

Three-fer anthology of black-humor sex-n-death anecdotes.

Odyssey of a man involved in a criminal activity, which leads him to his moral and material failure.

Man and woman have a couple of one-night-stands spread out over 15 or 20 years.

The discovery of a young woman murdered in her car triggers unrelated problems among a diverse group of people.

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

Priest defies the gods by refusing to sacrifice his daughter. Also: conquistadores.

Drug dealer tries to force local subsistance farmers to sell their land to him. The village's "good" rich guy eventually gets around to helping them...