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Jaime Humberto Hermosillo
Born January 22, 1942 · Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, Mexico
Died January 13, 2020 · aged 77
Jaime Humberto Hermosillo (January 22, 1942 - January 13, 2020) was a Mexican film director, often compared to Spain's Pedro Almodóvar. Born in Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, in central Mexico, Hermosillo's films often explore the hypocrisy of middle-class Mexican values. He worked with Gabriel García Márquez on "Mary My Dearest" in 1979 and "The Summer of Miss Forbes" in 1988. His 1991 film "H…
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Free Love · 1978Free Love
★ 5.21978
MovieComedyRomance
Two single women share an apartment, work together, and sometimes swap boyfriends. None of their romantic attachments seem quite as stable or enduring as their friendship.
Esmeralda Comes by Night · 1997Esmeralda Comes by Night
★ 5.31997
MovieComedy
The husbands of a charismatic nurse devise a plan to free her from prison when she is arrested for being a polygamist.
Doña Herlinda and Her Son · 1985Doña Herlinda and Her Son
★ 5.31985
MovieComedyRomance
A manipulative mama deftly manages the life of her homosexual son so that he can have his cake and eat it too. A woman of means, she does this by allowing her son, a doctor, to tryst in her home with his lover. Putting her son's happiness above all else, she then arranges a marriage of convenience to a woman.
The Birthday of the Dog · 1975The Birthday of the Dog
★ 6.01975
MovieCrimeDrama
Two men who kill their wives so they can be together. A tailor goes from having his dog as his best friend to a young man, in a friendship that becomes so very close that the younger man murders his wife. He is helped by the other man. The husband wants to help him, but his wife wants to turn him in to the police. So he also kills his wife.
The Master of Ballantrae · 1974The Master of Ballantrae
★ 5.81974
MovieDrama
Adult brothers compete for pateral affection and for control of the family estate.
Bathroom Intimacy · 1989Bathroom Intimacy
★ 5.41989
MovieDrama
A family crisis revealed through each member's bathroom intimacy.
Forbidden Homework · 1992Forbidden Homework
★ 4.51992
MovieDrama
A young man completing an assignment for his film class invites Marieda, a middle-aged woman, over to his aunt's house to rehearse for a drama she believes they will eventually record. But she doesn't realize that she is being videotaped since her arrival.
Magdalena’s True Vocation · 1972Magdalena’s True Vocation
★ 7.01972
MovieComedy
Sex and middle class are the main topics in "La verdadera vocación de Magdalena". Hermosillo shows marriage as a matter of interests (economical and social) in the modern society. emphasizing the education, lose of tradition and customs in the gap generation of sixties youth and its parents. Angelica María, plays the best character in his career, being a kind and vulnerable girl raised in a hard moral education
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