Acting
Silvia Pinal
Born September 12, 1931 · Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico
Died November 28, 2024 · aged 93
Silvia Pinal (September 12, 1931 - November 28, 2024) was a Mexican actress, who had roles in several of Luis Buñuel's movies such as El ángel exterminador and Viridiana. Pinal is also considered as one of the legends of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema.
Known For
María Isabel · 1967María Isabel
★ 8.01967
MovieComedyDrama
A woman jumping from the poverty of the countryside to the splendor of wealth in the city without losing its simplicity
La adúltera · 1956La adúltera
★ 6.01956
MovieDramaCrime
Jilted lover takes revenge on her ex's new wife.
The Mayor · 2012The Mayor
★ 6.42012
MovieDocumentary
The film tells the story of Mauricio Fernandez, mayor of the wealthiest municipality in Latin America, located in the North of Mexico. He presents himself as a polemical figure who takes justice into his own hands in order to "clean" his municipality of the drug cartels' presence. Mauricio is a key character to better understand the present situation in Mexico and through the unusual views of this politician, the audience will be a privileged witnesses of an scenario where political tasks and excessive violence mingle with one another.
The Exterminating Angel · 1962The 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.
El amor de María Isabel · 1968El amor de María Isabel
★ 7.11968
MovieRomanceDrama
Follow up to Maria Isabel. Newly wed to a rich man, Maria Isabel must still struggle with being branded as a lowly maid and endure the scorn of her adoptive daughter and the infidelity of her husband.
Viridiana · 1962Viridiana
★ 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.
¡Adiós, Mimí Pompón! · 1961¡Adiós, Mimí Pompón!
★ 7.51961
MovieComedy
The famous couplet singer Mimi Pompon leaves everything to marry Heriberto Promenade, a wealthy merchant of Limoges with five marriages behind her. Of course Mimi has also been widowed five times. Saintpaul, an astute police, suspicious of so many accidental deaths and closely monitor both the mansion. Gradually, we discover that Heriberto, fearing that their wives may betray him, the killer, always with the complicity of her mother.
Guns for San Sebastian · 1967Guns for San Sebastian
★ 7.01967
MovieWestern
Leon Alastray is an outlaw who has been given sanctuary by Father John, whom he then escorts to the village of San Sebastian. The village is deserted, with its cowardly residents hiding in the hills from Indians, who regularly attack the village and steal all their supplies. When Father John is murdered, the villagers mistakenly think the outlaw is the priest. Alastray at first tells them he is not a priest, but they don't believe it, and an apparent miracle seems to prove they are correct. Eventually, he assists them in regaining their confidence and defending themselves.
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María Isabel · 1967María Isabel
★ 8.01967
MovieComedyDrama
A woman jumping from the poverty of the countryside to the splendor of wealth in the city without losing its simplicity
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