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Jorge Fons
Born April 23, 1939 · Tuxpan, Veracruz, Mexico
Died September 22, 2022 · aged 83
Jorge Fons Pérez (23 April 1939 – 22 September 2022) was a Mexican film director. He belonged to the first generation of film directors of the UNAM. His short film, Caridad (1973), is still considered one of the best films in Mexican cinema. Two of the most important films of his filmography are Rojo amanecer (1989) and El callejón de los milagros (1995) based on the homonymous book by Naguib Mah…
Known For
The Summit · 2003The Summit
★ 8.02003
MovieDrama
A fleeting instant in filial relations shows us the way in which we transmit to our children and others the meaning we attribute to life.
Red Dawn · 1990Red Dawn
★ 8.21990
MovieDramaThriller
On October 2, 1968, a student uprising descends into violence after the Mexican government begins to use lethal force against the protesters.
Tú, yo, nosotros · 1972Tú, yo, nosotros
★ 6.31972
MovieDrama
Three interwoven stories where the characters experience deception, passion, love and rejection.
Midaq Alley · 1995Midaq Alley
★ 7.31995
MovieDrama
Heated tempers, frustrated desires and dashed hopes plague a diverse group of individuals whose lives cross paths in Mexico City. There is the bar-owner's son, Chava, who yearns to emigrate to America. A poor barber, Abel, is madly in love with the gorgeous Alma, who eventually becomes a high-class prostitute. Finally, there is Susanita, the desperate spinster who pursues many love affairs in hopes of finding a husband.
Faith, Hope and Charity · 1974Faith, Hope and Charity
★ 6.41974
MovieDramaComedy
Three episodes. Faith: a woman is attacked. Hope: a fakir is crucified. Charity: a woman faces bureaucracy.
Love Traps · 1969Love Traps
★ 5.61969
MovieRomanceComedy
Love, infidelity and desire are the protagonists of three stories full of entanglements and romance.
The Children's Hour · 1969The Children's Hour
★ 5.71969
MovieDrama
A married couple entrusts the care of their young son to a strange clown. The film focuses on the relationship between the clown and the child, to whom he reluctantly tells stories and tries to keep entertained while waiting for his fee to be paid.
The Bricklayers · 1976The Bricklayers
★ 6.61976
MovieDramaMystery
When a worker is found murdered on the construction side, the investigation swiftly turns from things criminal to the political circumstances surrounding the building itself. Widespread corruption and neglect by the builder himself are seen to have brought the situation about. Much of the movie is filmed using hand-held cameras, and the majority of the dialogue is in the difficult-to-understand and very slangy Spanish dialect of Mexico City's bricklayers.
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