Directing
Mauricio Walerstein
Born March 29, 1949 · Ciudad de México, México
Died July 3, 2016 · aged 67
Mauricio Walerstein was a Mexican filmmaker who resided in Venezuela. He was one of the leading figures in Venezuelan cinema during the 1970s and 1980s.
Known For
Crossing the Desert · 2012Crossing the Desert
★ 4.02012
Movie
Victor, a successful and well-respected businessman, is obsessed by the legend that an indigenous woman told him when he was a child. Victor lives a conventional life with a family that knows and complains about his constant infidelities. When the woman is dying, she sends for Victor and her son Jose Francisco, who is working as his chauffeur. They both answer the summons. Their lives take an unexpected turn.
A Shred Of Mist · 2014A Shred Of Mist
★ 5.32014
MovieThrillerHorror
After the dead of his mother, Daniel is put under the care of his aunt Elizabeth, a foreign woman with a severe character, who subjects the child to multiple abuses and psychological torture.
Canon (Fidelidad al límite) · 2014Canon (Fidelidad al límite)
★ 7.22014
MovieDrama
Mariana and Julian are a couple that have been happily married for many years. They have two kids: Juan Maria and Bibiana. They are in love and are very successful in their professional lives. They have a wonderful sex life and in the foreplay that they enjoy in privacy, he tells her that she can have sex with other man if she tells him everything in detail.
Rizo · 1999Rizo
★ 6.31999
MovieDrama
The life of great playwright Alejandro del Rey, his searches, his principles, his women and a hostile environment are the backdrop for a wonderful tale of carnal passions, aesthetic obsessions and love for living.
The Outsiders · 1967The Outsiders
★ 8.11967
MovieDrama
A couple on the verge of getting married gets mixed up with a gang of thugs in this routine crime drama that underscores the Socio-economic disparity in the Mexican culture. The upper-class couple rides along with outsiders who go club-hopping and resort to petty thievery. After their adventure, the couple questions whether or not they are right for each other.
Passionate Mobile · 1994Passionate Mobile
★ 6.31994
MovieDrama
Gyula Kodar is a commissioner who investigates the murder of an American executive. Keep track of Macabí, an ex and former lover of Mary Laya, widow of the victim. With the help of Kelly, a prostitute who is his sometime lover, Gyula able to find Macabí ; then he discovers that love is superior to survival and freedom is stronger than betrayal.
Operation 67 · 1967Operation 67
★ 6.41967
MovieCrimeAction
The silver masked Santo tries to stop a gang of counterfeiters who conspire to ruin the economy.
Patsy My Love · 1969Patsy My Love
★ 5.31969
MovieDramaRomance
Written by future Nobel-prize winner Gabriel García Márquez, this is the story of Patsy, a wealthy debutante with an acute sense of living and boundless curiosity. She falls in love with an older man (Julio Alemán) whom is married and mediocre, and thus learns the hard way about unhappiness, marring her rose colored world.
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