Acting
Alejandro Parodi
Born July 23, 1928 · Mexico
Died August 26, 2011 · aged 83
Alejandro Parodi Montaño (1928 - 2011) was a Mexican actor. Parodi made professional studies in photography, cinematography and theater. He studied drama with the teacher Seki Sano, in addition to having been a disciple of Alex Phillips. He taught at the Universidad Iberoamericana; with studies in Madrid, Spain. He participated in works of Spanish and German cinema. He alternated with actors suc…
Known For
Alsino and the Condor · 1982Alsino and the Condor
★ 5.31982
MovieDramaWar
Alsino, a boy of 10 or 12, lives with his grandmother in a remote area of Nicaragua. He's engulfed in the war between rebels and government troops when a US advisor orders the army to open a staging area by the boy's hamlet. Alsino tries to be a child, climbing trees with a girl, looking through his grandfather's trunk of mementos and trying to fly; he goes to town to sell a saddle, has his first drink and is taken to a brothel. But the war surrounds him. The US advisor takes Alsino on a chopper flight, but he's unimpressed. The soldiers' cruelties awake rebel sympathies in Alsino, and after an army assault backfires, the lad is fully baptized into the conflict.
Letters from Marusia · 1975Letters from Marusia
★ 5.61975
MovieDramaHistory
Chronicle of the repression that a foreign company exerts on the miners of a small nitrate town in Chile, whose workers decide to claim their most essential rights. A reflection of the historic union struggles in the northern Chile that ended with terrible repressive acts.
The Year of the Plague · 1978The Year of the Plague
★ 5.31978
MovieThrillerScience Fiction
A terrible disease is found in a Mexican town. A doctor tries to alert the authorities when he discovers its epidemic nature. No one listen to him and soon after the disease spreads. The government tries to control the information in order to prevent panic.
The Beginning and the End · 1994The Beginning and the End
★ 7.71994
MovieDrama
The film tells the story of the Boteros, a middle-class Mexican family struggling against poverty after their father's death. Ignacia (Egurrola) is the Boteros mother, a desperate woman who chooses to sacrifice the destiny of her three older children, in order to protect Gabriel (Laguardia) the youngest one. She believes Gabriel will climb the social structure and bring back the lost fortune to the family. But destiny has other plans for the Boteros and tragedy will overcome eventually. Based on the novel of Nobel Prize winner Naguib Mahfouz.
Difficult Days · 1988Difficult Days
★ 6.41988
MovieCrimeDrama
Two shareholder brothers close several factories due to economic problems, except for their chemical plants.
Las Poquianchis · 1976Las Poquianchis
★ 7.01976
MovieCrimeDrama
Three sisters run brothels protected by the authorities, abuse and prostitute young women under the false pretense of employing them as servants.
Living Is What Matters · 1987Living Is What Matters
★ 5.41987
MovieRomanceDrama
A drifter named Candelario asks to spend the night at the hacienda of Don Lazaro. Once there, he gets the offer to stay and work as a laborer with a fixed salary. Over time, Candelario is gaining the confidence of his employer, and becomes indispensable. The situation will change radically when Don Lazarus discovers that Candelario is having a love affair with his wife.
Dying in the Gulf · 1990Dying in the Gulf
★ 6.81990
MovieDrama
The story of the oil leader Lázaro Pizarro, of his political and personal wars, the use of crime to settle conflicts and the course of his power between the basements and the domes of Mexican politics, have a narrative record made in the Gulf of accuracy and dexterity
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