José Estrada

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José Estrada

Born October 11, 1938 · Mexico City, Mexico

Died September 23, 1986 · aged 47

José Estrada Aguirre (11 October 1938 – 23 August 1986), better known as José Estrada, was a Mexican film director and screenwriter. He directed 19 films between 1971 and 1985. His 1985 film Mexican, You Can Do It was entered into the 14th Moscow International Film Festival.

Known For

Dark BerryDark Berry · 2025
Dark Berry
10.02025
MovieHorrorComedy
An agoraphobic, germophobic, sex-crazed and suicidal struggling writer discovers that he is the target of a sinister plot.
El AlbañilEl Albañil · 1975
El Albañil
7.11975
MovieDramaComedy
Construction worker falls in love with a handicapped woman who aspires to a career as a singer.
La ChinaLa China · 1975
La China
5.71975
Movie
Mexican feature film
¡Pum!¡Pum! · 1981
¡Pum!
5.81981
Movie
Based on a true story, it tells the story of opera singer Paco Sierra, who, realizing that the life of an artist does not provide him with enough money, plans and carries out a terrorist act: He assures the passengers of an airplane that he has placed a bomb.
Maten al LeónMaten al León · 1977
Maten al León
6.61977
MovieDramaAdventure
A pilot is called back to his homeland, the Latin American republic of Arepa, by the rich islanders to participate in a complot to kill the dictator known as El León (The Lion).
Ángela Morante, ¿crimen o suicidio?Ángela Morante, ¿crimen o suicidio? · 1981
Ángela Morante, ¿crimen o suicidio?
5.01981
MovieDramaMystery
Reporter investigating an actress' death gains an overview of her whole biography.
Recodo de purgatorioRecodo de purgatorio · 1975
Recodo de purgatorio
5.71975
MovieDrama
An unnamed man goes to a hotel to commit suicide with pills while listening to songs by Marlene Dietrich. But that act that seems to trigger the mere memory of places and experiences before dying, suddenly merges with other characters and dramatic experiences, which give life to a limit work, of desperate, almost intolerable courage, obstinate in dismantling all institutional discourses of the history of Mexico, without ceasing to use extraordinarily all possible cinematographic resources.
Los indolentesLos indolentes · 1979
Los indolentes
5.51979
MovieDramaThriller
Wealthy family in the 1940s have failed to change with the times, and now everything's collapsing in their lives.

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Angel del barrioAngel del barrio · 1981
Angel del barrio
6.71981
MovieActionDrama
Patada de Mula, an old retired boxer, lives with the guilt of having killed his opponent in his last fight, but he works as a masseur in a gym, sells balloons on Sundays and with the proceeds supports the widow of the opponent he killed and his son El Kid, an aspiring boxer, without his knowledge. Patada is also in love with his neighbor Marga, a young woman who is pushed into prostitution by the gangster Duque and his own father, but to whom Patada sends letters as an anonymous lover. The Kid is sponsored by Duke and detests Patada for the death of his father, but when he throws him out of the inn that his mother tends she confesses to him what he has done for them and the Kid asks her forgiveness and makes him his second.

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