Acting
Roberto Cobo
Born February 20, 1930 · General Zuazua, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
Died August 2, 2002 · aged 72
Roberto Cobo was born on February 20, 1930 in General Zuazua, Nuevo Leon, Mexico as Roberto Garcia Romero. He was an actor, known for Los olvidados (1950), Dulces compañías (1996) and Subida al cielo (1952). His apartment collapsed during the 1985 Mexico City earthquake. Fortunately, he was rescued but his hip was damaged badly. He had to use a staff to walk after the earthquake. He died on Augu…
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The Young and the Damned · 1950The Young and the Damned
★ 8.11950
MovieDramaCrime
A group of juvenile delinquents live a violent life in the infamous slums of Mexico City; among them Pedro, whose morality is gradually corrupted and destroyed by the others.
The Image Book · 2018The Image Book
★ 6.32018
MovieDocumentaryDrama
In Le Livre d’Image, Jean-Luc Godard recycles existing images (films, documentaries, paintings, television archives, etc.), quotes excerpts from books, uses fragments of music. The driving force is poetic rhyme, the association or opposition of ideas, the aesthetic spark through editing, the keystone. The author performs the work of a sculptor. The hand, for this, is essential. He praises it at the start. “There are the five fingers. The five senses. The five parts of the world (…). The true condition of man is to think with his hands. Jean-Luc Godard composes a dazzling syncopation of sequences, the surge of which evokes the violence of the flows of our contemporary screens, taken to a level of incandescence rarely achieved. Crowned at Cannes, the last Godard is a shock film, with twilight beauty.
Amsterdam Boulevard · 1991Amsterdam Boulevard
★ 6.31991
MovieDrama
Gaby, a gay guy, lives with his sick father. One day Salvador, an ex-lover, appears in his apartment, who comes to borrow money from him and to ask him to be a couple again.
Cabeza de Vaca · 1991Cabeza de Vaca
★ 6.81991
MovieActionDrama
In 1528, a Spanish expedition flounders off the coast of Florida with 600 lives lost. One survivor, Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca, roams across the American continent searching for his Spanish comrades. Instead, he discovers the Iguase, an ancient Indian tribe. Over the next eight years, Cabeza de Vaca learns their mystical and mysterious culture, becoming a healer and a leader. But soon this New World collides with the Old World as Spanish conquistadors seek to enslave the Indians, and Cabeza de Vaca must confront his own people and his past.
El Dia Del Compadre · 1983El Dia Del Compadre
★ 5.51983
MovieComedy
The inhabitants of a condominium prepare to party and have a baile where various things happen caused by alcohol.
The Place Without Limits · 1978The Place Without Limits
★ 7.21978
MovieDrama
Family honor, greed, machismo, homophobia, and dreams collide in a small Mexican town.
Estas ruinas que ves · 1979Estas ruinas que ves
★ 4.21979
MovieDramaRomance
In this sexy romantic comedy from Mexico, the life of a college professor is turned upside down when he falls for a former student, who is already pledged to marry another man.
Life Sentence · 1979Life Sentence
★ 6.81979
MovieCrimeDrama
After being released from jail, "Tarzan" Lira seeks to rebuild his life as a bank employee. Unfortunately, it might not be as easy as he thinks.
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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.
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La pasión de Isabela · 1984La pasión de Isabela
★ 7.01984
SeriesDramaSoap
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