The Absentee

Two little poor kids, who work selling chewing gum in the streets, must face the true nature of the horror surrounding them.

El cantar de los cantares is one of the most fascinating and unknown artistic experiences of the post-war Spanish exile. The prestigious poet and editor Manuel Altolaguirre adapted Fray Luis de León's texts to film, trying to formulate an encounter between Castilian mysticism and Mexican exuberance.

A movie divided in two segments, the first "La puerta" (The Door) is about a high society gathering in which a door inside the mansion leads to a bizarre corridor where a naked and menacing human figure appears. The second "La mujer del carnicero" (The Butcher's Wife) is set during the Mexican revolution and is about horrifying hallucinations felt by a lieutenant after committing a murder.

Strong-willed Luisa attracts lots of men, but her intelligence and sharp tongue often sends them running. When she meets Carlos, who is equally cagey, sparks fly. The two of them marry, and quickly begin clashing on a daily basis, humiliating each other as they try to teach one another lesson after lesson.

In 1920s Mexico, the candidates being chosen to succeed the current president, El Caudillo, find themselves at his mercy as he will resort to anything to accomplish his will, including kidnapping, betrayal, and murder.

Bank employee is tempted to make use of banknotes scheduled for destruction.

The disaffected wife of a failed civil servant, is thrilled to re-encounter Octavio, a former lover who is now a union activist on the run from a corrupt politician. Hoping to help him, she descends into the Mexican underworld, where she finds a purpose-and a thrill-missing from her married life.

Biography of the first Catholic Saint to be born in Mexico.

A ruffian sends his assistant to force a peasant girl to marry him, but while he is bringing her to him, he falls in love with her.

A young woman loses her mind when she finds out that her uncle and his boyfriend met in a train accident.

A rootless wilderness-dude in the Venezuelan outback gets caught up in some human dramas despite himself.

The story of The Last Hours of Jesus Christ.

Family from a farming community move to the capital and lose their moral compass.

The wise men of the kingdom interpret a dream of Pharaoh and decide that Putifar, a victorious general, should marry Lota, a virginal slave.

Women connected with a female-run employment agency and a women-only boarding house bond together in mutual support.

Tourist's eye overview of some highlights of Mexican history and folk culture, all expressed through interpretive dance.