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Juan Mora Catlett
Born March 31, 1949 (age 77)
Juan Mora Catlett (born March 31, 1949) is a Mexican film director, editor and screenwriter. He was a professor at the CUEC and the CCC. He is an active member of the Mexican Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and received the Ariel de Oro in 2023.
Known For
Eréndira the Untamable · 2006Eréndira the Untamable
★ 6.12006
MovieAdventureDrama
ERENDIRA IKIKUNARI is a beautifully shot action film that recreates the 16th century legend of Erendira, a young Purepecha woman who became an icon of bravery during the destruction of indigenous Mexico by the Spanish conquistadors. When the Spanish arrive, they take advantage of the discord and conflict among the Mexican natives, reaping the benefits of a region divided. Erendira, a young Purepecha women on verge of marriage, refuses to allow her land to be destroyed and stands up to the social conventions prohibiting women to participate in battle. In the face of the invasion, she steals and learns to ride a horse against the Spanish, winning the respect of her tribal leaders. Along her amazing journey, she becomes a symbol of strength and resistance within her culture. This feature length film was shot entirely in the original Purepecha language.
Return to Aztlán · 1990Return to Aztlán
★ 5.41990
MovieDramaHistory
When King Motecuzoma dies in 1468, a drought sets upon the Mexicas' land. The younger Motecuzoma sends a retinue to collect tributes from the peasants and make an offering to Coatlicue at Aztlán, the home of their ancestors. The peasant Ollin finds a discarded tribute and makes his own journey to Aztlán to appease his rulers.
Pickman's Model · 2014Pickman's Model
★ 6.42014
MovieAnimationFantasy
July, 1925. Thurber Phillips, an art collector, is invited by his favorite painter, the elusive and mysterious Richard Upton Pickman, to visit his home, a sinister place where his friend's macabre paintings seem to threaten him from the walls in shadows.
With Fear in the Veins · 1990With Fear in the Veins
★ 5.21990
MovieMysteryHorror
Compilation tape of Hora Marcada episodes.
'Ora sí ¡tenemos que ganar! · 1981'Ora sí ¡tenemos que ganar!
★ 6.61981
MovieDrama
Subjugated by power, the workers of a mining town organize clandestinely.
Anger, Also Known As Sheol · 2019Anger, Also Known As Sheol
2019
MovieDocumentary
A woman who escapes an overwhelming reality into a world of nightmares, by eating the forbidden fruit of Paradise's Tree of Eternal Life; a very frustrated man, both in his professional and love life, whose serial killer dreams may become a reality; and an autobiographical documentary on the director's healing process of a terminal cancer. A film divided in three chapters: heaven, hell and the world.
El ombligo de la luna · 1986El ombligo de la luna
★ 5.51986
MovieDramaScience Fiction
After the destruction of Mexico City by criminal gangs, a group of young people guided by Aztec beliefs and codices desperately search for the mythical Aztlán to inhabit it once again.
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