Acting
Manolita Saval
Born February 5, 1914 · Paris, France
Died August 23, 2001 · aged 87
Manolita Saval (5 February 1914 Paris, France – 23 August 2001 Mexico City, Mexico) was a Spanish actress and singer. She studied music and drama in Spain, and began her career performing the opera Marina in Valencia. As a lyric interpreter, she toured Latin America, eventually settling in Mexico in 1938. Over the course of her career, she appeared in over 30 films and television programs, as wel…
Known For
Arrabalera · 1951Arrabalera
★ 5.41951
MovieDramaComedy
Working-class girl marries rich playboy, gets implicated in his criminal activities.
The Minister and Me · 1976The Minister and Me
★ 7.11976
MovieComedyDrama
Mateo Melgarejo is a notary public and scribe for the illiterate people of Santo Domingo, a neighborhood north of Mexico City's Zócalo. A squatter friend asks for his help in negotiating with the land census bureau to regularize a land title. After a great deal of frustration with the government bureaucracy, he writes a letter to the cabinet minister, earning an audience with him. The minister hires Melgarejo to reform the bureau, and the appointee proceeds to lecture the officials on their duties in a democratic society. At the end, he gives up the post, returning to Santo Domingo to help its poor residents.
Virgen de medianoche · 1942Virgen de medianoche
★ 6.31942
MovieCrimeDrama
A gangster melodrama set in the slums of Mexico City, following the criminal exploits of a fur smuggler and his attraction to an innocent but determined young woman.
Esta noche no · 1966Esta noche no
★ 6.31966
MovieComedyRomance
Mexican feature film
El capitán Malacara · 1945El capitán Malacara
★ 6.81945
Movie
Misogynist military man is laid up for a month with a broken leg and during his convalescence he learns all the needed life-lessons.
Fantasía ranchera · 1947Fantasía ranchera
★ 6.81947
MovieComedyDrama
Young composer in a small town where everyone is very nurturing of his talent finishes his first opera and goes to Mexico City to get it produced. Over half the movie is taken up with a performance of his masterpiece.
Los miserables · 1943Los miserables
★ 5.61943
MovieDrama
An ex-convict struggling to start anew faces relentless pursuit by a remorseless cop while protecting an orphan amid the 1832 Paris student uprisings.
Santa · 1969Santa
★ 5.41969
Movie
A young and innocent girl is betrayed by the man whom she loves and has to become a prostitute because her family rejects her.
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