Después de la tormenta

Después de la tormenta

1955 · 95 min · ★ 6.8 · Drama

This Mexican melodrama may have been released above the border as After the Storm. The principal characters are a pair of twin lighthouse keepers. They try their best to live together with their wives under the same roof, but the delicate balance is shattered when one of the brothers falls in love with his sister-in-law. When one twin is lost during a storm, the other assumes his identity, with the expected romantic complications. If Despues de la Termenta sounds familiar, it is because the screenplay was inspired by the 1946 Bette Davis vehicle A Stolen Life.

Directed by Roberto Gavaldón · Written by Roberto Gavaldón

Your Rating

Where to Watch

Streaming

Cast

Make it a double feature

3h 6m together

Después de la tormenta

Macario

Both from Roberto Gavaldón.

More from Roberto GavaldónSee all →

Macario

Macario · 1960

MovieDramaFantasy

Poor, hungry peasant Macario longs for just one good meal on the Day of the Dead. After his wife cooks a turkey for him, he meets three apparitions, the Devil, God, and Death. Each asks him to share his turkey, but he refuses all except Death. In return, Death gives him a bottle of water which will heal any illness. Soon, Macario is more wealthy than the village doctor, which draws the attention of the feared Inquisition.

Don Quixote Rides Again

Don Quixote Rides Again · 1973

Don Quixote Rides Again

A new vision of the Knight of the sad figure, which lives obsessed by the chivalry and its codes of honor. Accompanied by his unusual squire Sancho Panza, Don Quixote recalls some of the adventures they've shared.

The Golden Cockerel

The Golden Cockerel · 1964

The Golden Cockerel

A poor, but very lucky man in the cock fighting business, is hired by a rich man, but both are in love with the same woman.

The Other

The Other · 1946

MovieDramaThriller

A mousy, poor manicurist seeks to switch places with her more glamorous, wealthy twin sister.

The Kneeling Goddess

The Kneeling Goddess · 1947

The Kneeling Goddess

MovieDramaRomance

Antonio, a millionaire, gifts his wife a statue of a naked, kneeling woman for their wedding anniversary.

El niño de las monjas

El niño de las monjas · 1944

El niño de las monjas

MovieDramaRomance

It tells the story of a boy from an orphanage, raised in a convent, who saves a young woman who supports the institution from being gored by a bull, and later leaves the convent to follow the girl he had helped and to become a bullfighter.

The Boy and the Fog

The Boy and the Fog · 1953

The Boy and the Fog

MovieDramaMystery

Marta is obsessed with protecting her son from the genetic predisposition to schizophrenia that she has hidden from her husband.

Soledad's Shawl

Soledad's Shawl · 1952

Soledad's Shawl

Alberto Robles, a young doctor, is faced with the decision to surrender to a life full of comforts and luxuries or to continue dedicating himself body and soul to serving those who need it most.

El 7 de Copas

El 7 de Copas · 1960

MovieRomanceDrama

Professional gambler finds metaphysical meanings in the way he manages the workings of chance.

Café Concordia

Café Concordia · 1939

Café Concordia

During the early XX Century, a lovely woman dancer has an amazing success in a place called "Cafe Concordia". She is courting by many men, buts he is in love with Ernesto, a young man whose parents are against their relationship. Ernesto invites Raquel to a party at his home but she is snubbed by his mother and offended by a slighted pretender. Ernesto faces this man in a duel in which he is about to be killed by his rival, but Raquel protects his body and receives the bullet. She dies in Ernesto's arms.

Divorciadas

Divorciadas · 1943

MovieDramaRomance

Divorciadas tells the story of three women: Cristina, recently divorced after refusing to endure her husband's lack of love, especially following the death of their young son; Carmen, divorced for many years and living on the fortune left to her by her late husband, leading a free and unconventional life; and Juanita, an employee at the courthouse where she meets Cristina, married but long abandoned by her husband.

Las cinco noches de Adán

Las cinco noches de Adán · 1942

Las cinco noches de Adán

MovieComedyMusic

Globe-hopping playboy bachelor is getting on in years, so he invites his five international children to come live with him.

The Useless Life of Pito Pérez

The Useless Life of Pito Pérez · 1970

The Useless Life of Pito Pérez

MovieDramaAdventure

A man goes on a trip and then returns to his village pretending that everything went well for him.

The Littlest Outlaw

The Littlest Outlaw · 1955

The Littlest Outlaw

MovieDramaFamily

Little Pablito is the ten year old son of a cruel horse trainer. The trainer is responsible for training a Mexican General's horse to jump for the grand race. The trainer's methods cause the horse to become afraid of jumping and the general orders the animal's death. Pablito runs away with the horse, becoming a fugitive. He travels throughout Mexico encountering several fugitives and a priest who tries to help.

Historia de un amor

Historia de un amor · 1956

Historia de un amor

MovieDramaMusic

Elena (Libertad Lamarque), already a star, falls madly in love with Roberto. They make it to the altar. Elena and Roberto adopt a baby. The years go by and everything is happiness in the couple’s life—until one day the girl’s grandfather appears.

El conde de Montecristo

El conde de Montecristo · 1942

El conde de Montecristo

MovieDramaAdventure

Based on the famous novel by Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo tells the story of a man who is unjustly imprisoned alongside an old man, who before dying reveals the location of a buried treasure. When the man manages to escape from his miserable cell, he changes his identity, becoming the wealthy Count of Monte Cristo, an identity he uses to take revenge on those who betrayed him and sent him to prison.

More Like This

Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia

Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia · 1974

Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia

MovieActionCrime

An American bartender and his prostitute girlfriend go on a road trip through the Mexican underworld to collect a $1 million bounty on the head of a dead gigolo.

The Exorcism of God

The Exorcism of God · 2022

The Exorcism of God

MovieHorrorCrime

An American priest working in Mexico is considered a saint by many local parishioners. However, due to a botched exorcism, he carries a secret that’s eating him alive until he gets an opportunity to face his demon one final time.

Open Water 2: Adrift

Open Water 2: Adrift · 2006

Open Water 2: Adrift

MovieDramaHorror

A weekend cruise on a luxurious party yacht goes horribly wrong for a group of old high-school friends when they get stuck in the water many miles from shore and a happy reunion turns into a fight for survival.

Man on Fire

Man on Fire · 2004

MovieActionDrama

Jaded ex-CIA operative John Creasy reluctantly accepts a job as the bodyguard for a 10-year-old girl in Mexico City. They clash at first, but eventually bond, and when she's kidnapped he's consumed by fury and will stop at nothing to save her life.

Mr. Pig

Mr. Pig · 2016

On a mission to sell his last remaining prize hog and reunite with old friends, an aging farmer abandons his foreclosed farm and journeys to Mexico. After smuggling in the hog, his estranged daughter shows up, forcing them to face their past and embark on an adventurous road trip together.

Nicotina

Nicotina · 2003

MovieDramaAction

A hacker who is spying on a pretty neighbour messes up his assignment to break into Swiss bank accounts for Russian mobsters.

Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby

Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby · 2000

Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby

MovieComedyCrime

A twisted teenage prostitute and an equally deranged vicious killer manage to escape from the pen and embark on a non-stop orgy of violence and debauchery, all while hoping to make it across the border into Mexico in order to seek refuge with the mysterious Sister Gomez.

The Hitch-Hiker

The Hitch-Hiker · 1953

The Hitch-Hiker

MovieThrillerCrime

Roy and Gilbert's fishing trip takes a terrifying turn when the hitchhiker they pick up turns out to be a sociopath on the run from the law. He's killed before, and he lets the two know that as soon as they're no longer useful, he'll kill again. The two friends plot an escape, but the hitchhiker's peculiar physical affliction, an eye that never closes even when he sleeps, makes it impossible for them to tell when they can make a break for it.

Under the Volcano

Under the Volcano · 1984

Under the Volcano

Against a background of war breaking out in Europe and the Mexican fiesta Day of Death, we are taken through one day in the life of Geoffrey Firmin, a British consul living in alcoholic disrepair and obscurity in a small southern Mexican town in 1939. The consul's self-destructive behaviour, perhaps a metaphor for a menaced civilization, is a source of perplexity and sadness to his nomadic, idealistic half-brother, Hugh, and his ex-wife, Yvonne, who has returned with hopes of healing Geoffrey and their broken marriage.

Charro!

Charro! · 1969

MovieActionDrama

Vince Hackett's gang steals a prized victory canon from Mexico and blames the deed on ex-member Jess Wade, who wants to go straight.

One-Eyed Jacks

One-Eyed Jacks · 1961

MovieWesternDrama

Running from the law after a bank robbery in Mexico, Dad Longworth finds an opportunity to take the stolen gold and leave his partner Rio to be captured. Years later, Rio escapes from the prison where he has been since, and hunts down Dad for revenge. Dad is now a respectable sheriff in California, and has been living in fear of Rio's return.

Midaq Alley

Midaq Alley · 1995

Heated tempers, frustrated desires and dashed hopes plague a diverse group of individuals whose lives cross paths in Mexico City. There is the bar-owner's son, Chava, who yearns to emigrate to America. A poor barber, Abel, is madly in love with the gorgeous Alma, who eventually becomes a high-class prostitute. Finally, there is Susanita, the desperate spinster who pursues many love affairs in hopes of finding a husband.

Rate this film

Your ratings make Midnight smarter