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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.
4) 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.
Publisher
Distribuido por Distrimax
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
Español
Description
Basado en el corrido "Los dos hermanos," este drama dibuja la lujuria y traicion de una mujer casada cuya ambicion la lleva a plantar la semilla del odio entre dos jovenes valerosos hermanos que la conocieron en su nínez.
Based on the corrido "Los dos hermanos," this drama portrays the lust and treachery of a married woman whose ambition makes her plant the seed of hate between two young brothers who met her in their childhood.
Publisher
distributed by Distrimax
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
Español
Description
A story based on actual events. Three humble fishermen from Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico, are hired to pick up some mysterious cargo at sea. They face mortal danger when they discover the contents of the boxes. Then they must choose between a sure death at the hands of their smuggler captors or the small chance of surviving at sea in a small boat without provisions.
Al ser contratados para recoger una carga misteriosa en mar abierto, tres humildes...
9) Sobre ella
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
Español
Description
A group of friends learns how to stick together despite everyday problems.
Series
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
©2003
Language
Español
Description
Rodrigo and Rocco are cousins with little in common but devotion to their grandfather. When the grandfather dies, other family members are consumed by the old man's will and the distribution of the inheritance. The two cousins take it upon themselves to carry out their grandfather's wishes to have his ashes scattered into the sea at Acapulco and embark on a journey of self-discovery and mutual understanding.
Series
Publisher
Venevision International y Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
Español
Appears on list
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
Appears on list
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.
Series
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
Español
Description
Ansiedad : "Twins (both played by Infante) are separated while very young, one raised as a singer by their widowed mother and another as the heir to one of Mexico's richest families. Their paths cross in the future, but they are unable to recognize each other due to their very different social backgrounds."--Source: imdb.com.
Escuela de música : "Popular South-of-the-Border singing stars Pedro Infante and Libertad Lamarque head the cast of Escuela...
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
Pantelion
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
Español
Description
Pasco is so fed up with his nagging and nitpicking wife Dana that he comes up with an ingenious plan to end the unhappy union. He finds her a boyfriend by hiring a professional seducer nicknamed 'El Taiger' to whisk her off her feet and out of the marriage. But even the best laid plans can backfire when love is involved.
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
Appears on list
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."--
19) 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...
20) Cesar Chavez
Publisher
Pantelion, LLC
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
The story of the famed civil rights leader and labor organizer torn between his duties as a husband and father and his commitment to securing a living wage for farm workers. Chavez embraced non-violence as he battled greed and prejudice in his struggle to bring dignity to people. He inspired millions of Americans who never worked on a farm to fight for social justice. His triumphant journey is a remarkable testament to the power of one individual's...
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