Gustavo Alatriste

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Gustavo Alatriste

Born August 25, 1922 · Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico

Died July 22, 2006 · aged 83

Gustavo Alatriste Rodríguez (August 8th, 1922 – July 22, 2006) was a Mexican director, producer, exhibitor, and entrepreneur. At the age of 17, he enrolled in the Escuela Bancaria y Comercial to study Accounting, but left after only six months. He married Ariadne Welter, an actress who appeared in Ensayo de un crimen (1955), a film directed by the Spanish filmmaker Luis Buñuel, with whom Alatriste…

Known For

The Exterminating AngelThe Exterminating Angel · 1962
The Exterminating Angel
7.91962
MovieComedyDrama
After a lavish dinner party, the guests find themselves unable to depart... and, over the next few days, all of their elaborate societal pretenses and façades deteriorate as they are reduced to living like animals.
ViridianaViridiana · 1962
Viridiana
7.71962
MovieDrama
Viridiana is preparing to start her life as a nun when she is sent, somewhat unwillingly, to visit her aging uncle, Don Jaime. He supports her; but the two have met only once. Jaime thinks Viridiana resembles his dead wife. Viridiana has secretly despised this man all her life and finds her worst fears proven when Jaime grows determined to seduce his pure niece. Viridiana becomes undone as her uncle upends the plans she had made to join the convent.
Simon of the DesertSimon of the Desert · 1965
Simon of the Desert
7.71965
MovieComedyDrama
Simon, a deeply religious man living in the 4th century, wants to be nearer to God so he climbs a column. The Devil wants him come down to Earth and is trying to seduce him.
Toña, Born a VirginToña, Born a Virgin · 1982
Toña, Born a Virgin
4.61982
MovieDramaComedy
After a youth tormented by her mother, a prostitute, Toña must decide which path to take in life, for better or worse.
La bellezaLa belleza · 1970
La belleza
6.01970
MovieDrama
La grillaLa grilla · 1980
La grilla
6.01980
MovieComedy
Mexico, Mexico, ra, ra, ra!Mexico, Mexico, ra, ra, ra! · 1976
Mexico, Mexico, ra, ra, ra!
5.71976
MovieCrimeDrama
Librado, an unemployed man, lives in a crowded small house with numerous children and relatives, is beaten for stealing a car antenna. His godmother and her children try to settle in his place. She then is arrested at a supermarket for stealing, however, she offers herself and volunteers a friend of hers for sex to the policemen so she can be released. She is a maid of an employee who acts subservient to his boss, a mid-level government employee at once servile who delivers speeches on sexuality in educational texts and then discusses the matter with his brother, a corrupt inspector.
Whoever is ResponsibleWhoever is Responsible · 1971
Whoever is Responsible
5.81971
MovieDocumentaryHistory
Documentary about the founding of Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl on the outskirts of Mexico City in the sixties.

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