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1) Amar a morir
Publisher
Universal Home Video
Pub. Date
1998
Language
Español
Description
Alejandro Viscaíno es el único heredero de un imperio bancario propiedad de su controlador padre Ricardo. Harto de la falsedad e hipocresía de la alta sociedad a la que pertenece, Alejandro comete un acto rebelde, que lo obliga a salir de la ciudad y buscar un sitio para escapar de realidad.
2) Pueblerina
Publisher
Alterfilms
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
Español
Description
Una sórdida historia de injusticia, traición y muerte en la que se ve reflejado el caótico México rural del fin de la revolución. Sólo un milagro podrá salvar a una inocente pareja de enamorados de ser victimas de los déspotas caciques de un pueblo.
Publisher
Super Estrella Films
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
Español
Description
In this comedy, a clumsy fireman is visited by his little goddaughter, whose mother recently died in the jungle. After fighting some fires, Cantinflas decides to quit his hazardous job to become a policeman. Everything goes well until a gang of gangsters kidnaps the girl and ransoms her for her inheritance.
Series
Publisher
Venevision International y Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
Español
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Description
"Haz que tus sueños se conviertan en realidad." Éste es el mensaje que se lee en una pelota de fútbol que cae misteriosamente del cielo en San Pancho, una localidad que solía ser la meca del fútbal. Y éste es el mensaje que un grupo de jóvenes rebeldes del lugar deciden hacer suyo. ¿Pueden estos chicos inadaptados e ignorados por la sociedad encontrar el coraje, la imaginación y la dedicación para recuperar la gloria de San Pancho y, de...
Publisher
Pantelion
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
Español
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Description
Bachelor Valentin Bravo has his life turned upside down when a former fling leaves a baby on his doorstep. They move to L.A. in search of the mother, but are unable to find her. So he decides to raise the baby on his own and gets a job as one of Hollywood's top stuntmen.
6) Cantinflas
Publisher
Kenio Films
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
Español
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Movies for Latinx/a/o Heritage Month- Películas para el mes de la herencia latinx/a/o 2022
¡Películas para celebrar el Mes de la Herencia Hispana!/Movies to Celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month!
¡Películas para celebrar el Mes de la Herencia Hispana!/Movies to Celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month!
Description
From his humble origins on the small stage to the bright lights of Hollywood, the comedian Cantinflas became famous around the world, one joke at a time.
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
Español
Description
"Idealistic filmmaker Sebastian ... and his cynical producer Costa ... arrive in Bolivia to make a revisionist film about Christopher Columbus' conquest of the Americas. But as filming commences, the local citizens begin to riot in protest against a multi-national corporation that is taking control of their water supply. With the film shoot in jeopardy, both men find their convictions shaken. Inspired by the real-life water wars in Bolivia in the...
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
Español
Description
"Julian Perez, Mexico's most powerful crime lord, must embark on a mission given to him by the only authority he respects...his mother. Joined by a colorful band of unlikely heroes, Julian must risk his life to fulfill his mother's wish and rescue his enlisted brother from the war-torn Iraq."--Container.
Pub. Date
2010
Language
Español
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Description
Raquel has worked as a housemaid for an upper-class Santiago, Chile, family for 23 years. On Raquel's 41st birthday, Pilar Valdez and family force the sullen, withdrawn maid to emerge from her kitchen sanctum and join the family for a celebration, but her discomfort is as strong as the family's need to acknowledge their awkward dependence on her. Raquel becomes unable to care for the house alone and new help is hired, which throws her into a jealous...
Series
Film Movement volume year 8, film 7
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
Español
Description
"Jorge has only a few weeks before his five-year-old son Natan leaves to live with his mother in Rome. Intent on teaching Natan about their Mayan heritage, Jorge takes him to the pristine Chinchorro reef, and eases him into the rhythms of a fisherman's life. As the bond between father and son grows stronger, Natan learns to live in harmony with life above and below the surface of the sea."--
11) Canoa
Series
Criterion collection volume 862
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
Español
Description
"One of Mexico's most highly regarded works of political cinema, Canoa: A Shameful Memory reimagines a real-life incident that had occurred just eight years before its release, when a group of urban university employees on a hiking trip were viciously attacked by residents of the village of San Miguel Canoa who had been manipulated by a corrupt priest into believing the travelers were communist revolutionaries. Director Felipe Cazals adopts a gritty...
12) Sin nombre
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
Español
Description
A teenage Honduran girl forms an unlikely friendship with a Mexican gang member who is helping her to smuggle her family into the United States.
13) No
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
Español
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Description
"Military dictator Augusto Pinochet calls for a referendum to decide his permanence in power in 1988, the leaders of the opposition persuade a young daring advertising executive - René Saavedra - to head their campaign. With limited resources and under the constant scrutiny of the despot's watchmen, Saavedra and his team conceive of a bold plan to win the election and free their country from oppression"--IMDb.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
Español
Description
Tells the parallel stories of nine-year-old Carlitos and his mother, Rosario. In the hopes of providing a better life for her son, Rosario works illegally in the U.S. while Rosario's mother cares for Carlitos in Mexico. Mother and son face daunting challenges and obstacles to reunite, but are sustained by their constant hope of finally being together again.
15) Roma
Series
Criterion collection volume 1014
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
Español
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Movies for Latinx/a/o Heritage Month- Películas para el mes de la herencia latinx/a/o 2022
Seeking Out Diverse Movies
¡Películas para celebrar el Mes de la Herencia Hispana!/Movies to Celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month!
Seeking Out Diverse Movies
¡Películas para celebrar el Mes de la Herencia Hispana!/Movies to Celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month!
Description
"In Mexico City's upscale Colonia Roma district, a quiet but swift change is on its way. Pivoting around Dr Antonio's middle-bourgeoisie family, the lives of two women--the devoted live-in maid and housekeeper of Mixteco heritage, Cleo, and her academic employer, Sofía--become inextricably intertwined, as a seemingly ordinary business trip to Quebec paves the way for a bitter heartbreak. Over a span of one long year--from the quadrennial 1970s World...
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