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Dana Rotberg

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Dana Rotberg

Born August 11, 1959 · Mexico City, Mexico (age 67)

Dana Rotberg Rotschild (b. 11 Augiust 1960), better known simply as Dana Rotberg, is a Mexican film director and screenwriter based in Auckland, New Zealand. Born in Mexico City, she began her career with the documentary Elvira Luz Cruz, pena máxima (1985), followed by the feature Intimidad (1989). Her second feature, Ángel de fuego (1992), screened in the Directors’ Fortnight section of the 1992 …

Known For

AguacuarioAguacuario · 2024
Aguacuario
2024
MovieDrama
To fullfill his responsibilities or defying his brother and embarking on a small three-wheeled adventure-that's the dilemma for a 10-year-old boy on a lonely coast in Mexico.
Ángel de fuegoÁngel de fuego · 1992
Ángel de fuego
★ 5.91992
MovieDrama
The young trapeze artist Alma is part of the show of a miserable traveling circus. In an act of desperation, Alma commits incest with her father, a sick clown obsessed with the woman who abandoned them. Determined to have his child, Alma leaves the circus and joins a group of preachers led by Refugio, a woman who performs puppet shows with biblical passages in poor neighborhoods.
The Perfect CircleThe Perfect Circle · 1997
The Perfect Circle
★ 7.01997
MovieDramaWar
An alcoholic Bosnian poet sends his wife and daughter away from Sarajevo so they can avoid the troubles there. However, he is soon descended upon by a pair of orphaned brothers. The brothers have escaped a massacre in their own village and have come to the Bosnian capital in search of a long lost Aunt. The poet befriends the boys and together they try to survive the horror of the siege of Sarajevo.
Three of CupsThree of Cups · 1986
Three of Cups
★ 6.11986
MovieAdventureWestern
While touring the towns, two revelers meet a beautiful woman who awakens greed and passion in both.
The Wrath of a GodThe Wrath of a God · 1988
The Wrath of a God
★ 5.21988
MovieDrama
On the beach lies the body of Claudio O'Riley, heir to a monopoly shrimp, and his voice recounts his rise to power: the incestuous relationship with his sister, the degrading treatment to their partners and so on.
The HumiliatedThe Humiliated · 1986
The Humiliated
★ 5.71986
MovieCrimeDrama
Four nuns are raped by a group of lepers. Although they all turn out to be pregnant, their status is hidden from them in the convent.
White LiesWhite Lies · 2013
White Lies
★ 5.82013
MovieDramaHistory
A medicine woman - a giver of life - is asked to hide a secret which may protect one life but which will destroy another.
Elvira Luz Cruz, Maximum SentenceElvira Luz Cruz, Maximum Sentence · 1985
Elvira Luz Cruz, Maximum Sentence
★ 7.01985
MovieDocumentary
Elvira Luz Cruz was accused of killing her children. The filmmakers interview neighbours, the father, the mother-in-law, the psycologist and the lawyer that defended her.

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