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Mauricio de la Serna

Born November 26, 1902

Died March 19, 1986 · aged 83

Mauricio de la Serna (26 November 1902 – 19 March 1986; sometimes reported as 20 March 1986) was a Mexican film director, screenwriter, and producer active in cinema from 1938 to 1979. From 1950 he resumed credited story work and expanded into screenplay writing; his first credited screenplay is commonly identified as a 1951 film directed by Julio Bracho, and one of his story credits served as th…

Known For

¡Qué bonito amor!¡Qué bonito amor! · 1960
¡Qué bonito amor!
5.81960
Movie
Bride backs out of her wedding at the last possible minute; she and her fiance get caught up in a power-struggle that ends with both running for mayor.
The Proud and the BeautifulThe Proud and the Beautiful · 1953
The Proud and the Beautiful
6.71953
MovieDrama
Life in a small Mexican village where joy and misery, hope and pain, passion and guilt, love and decay, life and death are mixed in the peasants life and two French citizens who end up stranded in there, during a typhoid epidemic.
Stolen HeavenStolen Heaven · 1951
Stolen Heaven
6.51951
MovieThrillerMystery
A young woman loses her mind when she finds out that her uncle and his boyfriend met in a train accident.
DivorciadasDivorciadas · 1943
Divorciadas
6.21943
MovieDramaRomance
Divorciadas tells the story of three women: Cristina, recently divorced after refusing to endure her husband's lack of love, especially following the death of their young son; Carmen, divorced for many years and living on the fortune left to her by her late husband, leading a free and unconventional life; and Juanita, an employee at the courthouse where she meets Cristina, married but long abandoned by her husband.
The OtherThe Other · 1946
The Other
6.91946
MovieDramaThriller
A mousy, poor manicurist seeks to switch places with her more glamorous, wealthy twin sister.
El buen ladrónEl buen ladrón · 1957
El buen ladrón
5.71957
Movie
Illusion Travels by StreetcarIllusion Travels by Streetcar · 1954
Illusion Travels by Streetcar
6.51954
MovieComedyDrama
Confronted with the unfortunate news that their favorite Streetcar, no. 133, is going to be decommissioned, two Municipal Transit workers get drunk and decide to "take 'er for one last spin," as it were. Unfortunately, the "one last spin" ends up being an all-night and all-day scramble to stay out of trouble, as they are confronted with situation after sometimes bizarre situation that prevents them from returning the "borrowed" Streetcar!
La Joven MancornadoraLa Joven Mancornadora · 1961
La Joven Mancornadora
6.31961
Movie
Young woman disguised as a man sets out to kill two brothers that she believes cheated her father out of his property. She discovers they were innocent of that, and takes a job on their farm, provoking some gender-fluid wooing confusion from both of them.

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