Arturo Ripstein Movies

A married couple entrusts the care of their young son to a strange clown. The film focuses on the relationship between the clown and the child, to...

Deceived over and over again by the whole world, a woman does not want to give up in the face of life's adversities.

A gunfighter is appointed sheriff of a town that is terrorized by a gang of criminals.

Documentary following Gloria Contreras, a dancer, choreographer and pedagogue, as she manages her own dance company.

When a young boy steals billiard balls from a local saloon, a stranger is charged with the crime. The local layabouts find there is no reason to hang...

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

A story where the Cristero Rebellion creates a story of love, passion, and betrayal. When the Federal Rosas and his lover arrive in a town, a local...

Documentary about the founding of Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl on the outskirts of Mexico City in the sixties.

Set in Mexico City, Mentiras Piadosas is the doomed love story of Clara and Israel. She is a health inspector and he is an herb merchant, who is...

A woman seeks help from one of her bigamous husband's killers to transport his corpse back to her home.

Javier Espada's documentary about the making of Bunuel's masterpiece "Los Olvidados".

The film tells the story of the Boteros, a middle-class Mexican family struggling against poverty after their father's death. Ignacia (Egurrola) is...

An examination of the problem of alcoholism in Mexico, focusing primarily on the underprivileged, though it also analyzes how this addiction...

Intrigues and secrets come together because of a woman, who has the protection of the parish priest.

As a teenager and student at a convent school, young Mariana runs away with her boyfriend, provoking the wrath of her father who sends her to...