Arturo Ripstein Movies

This documentary explores key moments in the life of writer Juan Rulfo, with artists such as Werner Herzog and Eduardo Galeano reflecting on his work.

The story of two women, a mother and her daughter, who during the Cristero War set traps for government soldiers passing by their house, using...

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

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

After her husband leaves her for a younger woman, the helping of her caring, but cynical godmother, is not enough to prevent Julia from plotting her...

Narration of one of the bloodiest episodes of the Mexican national history, The Tragic Ten, beginning when General Victoriano Huerta sent to kill...

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

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

A man comes home after serving 18 years in jail for murder in this routine western. Although the man killed in self defense, rumors in town...

A profile and history of film director Akira Kurosawa.

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?

A Romanian aristocrat retreats to a desert isle with his wife and servants on the eve of World War II.

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...

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

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.