Arturo Ripstein Movies

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

The arrival of Aunt Alejandra triggers a series of nightmarish events that will put the life of a family at mysterious risk.

A plague is spreading through 16th century Mexico, and the Inquisition of the Roman Catholic Church is rooting out Jews, for they are believed to be...

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

After her husband leaves her for a younger woman, Julia plans her revenge with the help of her grandmother.

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...

Two dark-comedy stories involving blackmail, murder and love triangles in Rio de Janeiro

Documentary about a Mexico City prison, notorious for holding political prisoners and for civil rights abuses committed there.

The legendary life of Mexican singer Lucha Reyes is the basis of this fictionalized biography ( or as director Arturo Ripstein puts it "an imaginary...

In a reinterpretation of Madame Bovary set on contemporary Mexico City, Emilia, a middle class housewife, tries to deal with the monotony of her...

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

Betty is visited by a strange salesman the day she is going away on a trip. He stays in the house as a series of bizarre events occur with his...

Many stories happen simultaneously through Internet. In the real world, people are lonely, isolated, desperate for finding love, friendship and...

Two wrestlers decide to go to a hotel in order to meet two prostitutes.

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

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

Perla, a prostitute and the star in a miserable cabaret in the docks, falls in love with a sailor without knowing that he is her brother. Tomasa,...

An erotic model has three lovers, one of them is the father of her child. Which of the three will be?

Friends of Luis Buñuel discuss the director while Buñuel mixes drinks and entertains friends in his home.