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Alejandro Pelayo
Born September 17, 1945 · Mexico City, Mexico (age 81)
Alejandro Pelayo Rangel (Mexico City, September 17, 1945) is a Mexican film director, producer and screenwriter. He has won several Ariel awards, and stood out for his films Miroslava (1993), and Morir en el golfo (1990).
Known For
Vintage Model · 1992Vintage Model
★ 5.81992
MovieDramaRomance
Life unravels when famous radio talk-show host Carmen (Sylvia Pinal) discovers she has just months to live. To tie up the loose ends of her life, she hires a chauffeur to drive her around Mexico City and visit her old haunts. But he does far more than that; instead, he gives her life a much-needed spark and shows her the road to happiness. Alonso Echanove and Raul Araiza Jr. co-star.
Miroslava · 1993Miroslava
★ 6.21993
MovieDrama
The beautiful and popular movie star Miroslava is depressed tonight. As she prepares her suicide, her entire life is revealed on screen in a disturbing portrait of a lonely woman.
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
The Eve · 1982The Eve
★ 6.01982
MovieDrama
Aging politicians who have faded from the public eye hold a cocktail party to celebrate one friend's appointment to the President's Cabinet. Illusions are indulged, illusions are shattered.
Difficult Days · 1988Difficult Days
★ 6.41988
MovieCrimeDrama
Two shareholder brothers close several factories due to economic problems, except for their chemical plants.
Hablar · 2015Hablar
★ 5.92015
MovieDramaComedy
An anthology film with 20 stories on the subject of words, communication, linked to one another over a 400-metre stretch: from Madrid's Lavapiés Square to the Sala Mirador. A journey between theatre and cinema, filmed in a single fixed shot running continuously over 80 minutes and half a kilometer, in Madrid's popular Lavapiés district. The characters talk, argue, laugh, cry, threaten, whisper, shout, steal, make dates, get angry with and hug one another, prompting the spectator to reflect on the immense power of words.
Ship of Dreams · 1996Ship of Dreams
★ 7.31996
MovieDrama
Four men and two women illegaly board a cargo ship from Buenaventura, Colombia to New York. All their dreams and frustrations confronts them while they attempt not to be discovered by the ship crew. They all seek the "American Dream".
Deceitful Appearances · 1983Deceitful Appearances
★ 4.61983
MovieDrama
The sexual misunderstandings caused by the real identity of a rich woman serve Hermosillo to satirize the moral and social hypocrisy of the provincial that every Mexican carries inside.
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