Carlos Fuentes

Writing

Carlos Fuentes

Born November 11, 1928 · Panama City, Panama

Died May 15, 2012 · aged 83

Carlos Fuentes Macías (November 11, 1928 – May 15, 2012) was a Mexican novelist and essayist. Among his works are The Death of Artemio Cruz (1962), Aura (1962), Terra Nostra (1975), The Old Gringo (1985) and Christopher Unborn (1987). In his obituary, The New York Times described Fuentes as "one of the most admired writers in the Spanish-speaking world" and an important influence on the Latin Ame…

Known For

Old GringoOld Gringo · 1989
Old Gringo
★ 5.71989
MovieActionDrama
A writer forms a triangle with a schoolmarm and a Mexican general on the run.
The OutsidersThe Outsiders · 1967
The Outsiders
★ 8.11967
MovieDrama
A couple on the verge of getting married gets mixed up with a gang of thugs in this routine crime drama that underscores the Socio-economic disparity in the Mexican culture. The upper-class couple rides along with outsiders who go club-hopping and resort to petty thievery. After their adventure, the couple questions whether or not they are right for each other.
Complot Petróleo: La cabeza de la hidraComplot Petróleo: La cabeza de la hidra · 1981
Complot Petróleo: La cabeza de la hidra
★ 5.71981
MovieDramaCrime
While Mexico swims in the oil veins that were deeded to him by the Devil, a bureaucrat is thrown into a whirlwind of intrigue and international espionage where he discovers that the guts of the beast in charge are one and the same, and the evacuation conduit itself. : We are the shit of that monster. At the same time, a man and a woman discover that behind their passion there is a dark reality that drives them to disguise as action what is only hunger, suffering, desire.
The WitchThe Witch · 1966
The Witch
★ 6.51966
MovieHorror
A historian goes to a castle library to translate some ancient erotic literature. While there he discovers what he believes to be supernatural forces at work.
The Golden CockerelThe Golden Cockerel · 1964
The Golden Cockerel
★ 7.11964
MovieDrama
A poor, but very lucky man in the cock fighting business, is hired by a rich man, but both are in love with the same woman.
Leonora Carrington or The Ironic SpellLeonora Carrington or The Ironic Spell · 1965
Leonora Carrington or The Ironic Spell
★ 9.71965
MovieDocumentary
Cinema and painting establish a fluid dialogue and begins with introspection in the themes and forms of the plastic work of a woman tormented by the elongated specters, originating from her obsessions and nightmares.
Pedro ParamoPedro Paramo · 1967
Pedro Paramo
★ 7.21967
MovieDramaFantasy
When his mother Dolores dies, Juan Preciado, son of Pedro Páramo, goes to Comala to claim his inheritance; but when he arrives he finds an abandoned and sinister place, inhabited by mysterious voices and whispers…
AuraAura
Aura
Movie
Aura is an experimental narrative adaptation of the novel by Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes.

Filmography

Sort
Las cautivasLas cautivas · 1973
Las cautivas
★ 4.21973
MovieDrama
Raimundo, a wealthy man, died of a heart attack. The notary reads out Raimundo's will, leaving all his estate and companies to the widow, Luz, with the surprising clause that she will remain without a man for the period of two years, during which his trusted attorney, Arturo, will be in possession of the whole patrimony. Luz being much younger than her late husband, resents this clause that will keep her captive of the dead man for so long. Her attempts to seek release in the night spots of the town do not prove satisfying. Lucia, the maid, starts an extortion scheme against the widow, menacing to denounce the murder of Raimundo with venom, as Luz and Arturo were lovers. The faithful cook and the gardener are dismissed and Lucía literally takes her employer's image, clothes, and manners - forcing Luz to play humbly to her (progressively insane) demands.

Writer