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Benito Alazraki

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Benito Alazraki

Born October 27, 1921 · Mexico, D.F., Mexico

Died June 7, 2007 · aged 85

Benito Alazraki (27 October 1921 – 6 June 2007) was a Mexican film director and screenwriter whose career spanned commercial features, documentary work, and genre cinema. He founded Panamerican Films, produced and co-wrote the script for Enamorada (directed by Emilio Fernández), and made a cycle of indigenist documentaries for Teleproducciones led by producer Manuel Barbachano Ponce. His feature…

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Balún CanánBalún Canán · 1977
Balún Canán
★ 5.41977
MovieDrama
Based on Rosario Castellanos' novel, Balún Canán is about the turmoil created by the Cardenas’ land reforms. Events occur in Chiapas on the border with Guatemala, mainly in a town called Comitán. Zoraida struggles and fights to keep her properties, inheritance for her only son. For her actions, the sorcerers of Chacjatal cast a death spell over her son.
Tin Tan y las modelosTin Tan y las modelos · 1960
Tin Tan y las modelos
★ 6.61960
Movie
Ambitious non-starter gets a job as a bill-collector at a beauty-products company and tries to bluff his way into a management position, then tries a couple of other business schemes with minimal success.
La leyenda del tamborLa leyenda del tambor · 1981
La leyenda del tambor
★ 6.51981
MovieDramaHistory
In June 1808, Napoleon's troops invade Spain. A boy named Isidro will beat his drum in the mountains of El Bruc, making the French army believe that thousands of armed men are waiting to confront them.
EnamoradaEnamorada · 1946
Enamorada
★ 7.81946
MovieDramaRomance
In Mexican Revolution times, a guerrilla general and his troops take the conservative town of Cholula, near by Mexico City. As the revolutionaries mistreat the town's riches, General Reyes falls for beautiful and wild Beatriz Peñafiel, the daughter of one of the town's richest men.
The Time and the TouchThe Time and the Touch · 1962
The Time and the Touch
★ 5.71962
MovieDrama
Mexican feature film
Love Love LoveLove Love Love · 1965
Love Love Love
★ 5.71965
MovieDrama
Four stories: The encounter between a soldier and a widow in a cemetery. A woman arrives as a maid in an unknown city where she discovers love. Another woman is tasked with caring for her lecherous uncle on his deathbed. A young man gets into trouble with his girlfriend's family when she suggests opening up their relationship.
Arriba el telónArriba el telón · 1989
Arriba el telón
★ 5.71989
MovieComedy
Mexican feature film
Las tres perfectas casadasLas tres perfectas casadas · 1973
Las tres perfectas casadas
★ 6.51973
MovieComedyDrama

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