Cumbia

Cumbia

1973 · 90 min · ★ 6.0 · Music

The story revolves around Evaristo who¸ accompanied by his drum¸ dreams of becoming a great figure and imposing his music on the whole world. Evaristo composes cumbias and more cumbias on his ranch and then in jail¸ where adverse situations take him. Meanwhile his delusions begin to come true¸ and without knowing it¸ his name and rhythm become famous.

Directed by Zacarías Gómez Urquiza

Your Rating

Cast

Make it a double feature

3h 9m together

Cumbia

Enamorada

Both from Zacarías Gómez Urquiza.

More from Zacarías Gómez UrquizaSee all →

EnamoradaEnamorada · 1946
Enamorada
★ 7.81946
MovieDramaRomance
In Mexican Revolution times, a guerrilla general and his troops take the conservative town of Cholula, near by Mexico City. As the revolutionaries mistreat the town's riches, General Reyes falls for beautiful and wild Beatriz Peñafiel, the daughter of one of the town's richest men.
El derecho de nacerEl derecho de nacer · 1952
El derecho de nacer
★ 6.91952
MovieDrama
In Santiago de Cuba in the early 1950s, history begins. A young woman of high society becomes pregnant with a false love, her father orders his black maid (Dolores) to kill the baby (Alberto), but she flees to Havana where Alberto becomes a renowned doctor.
A Family Like Many OthersA Family Like Many Others · 1949
A Family Like Many Others
★ 6.81949
MovieDrama
The dynamics of a typical middle-class family are shaken up after the introduction of an enthusiastic door-to-door vacuum salesman.
El sol sale para todosEl sol sale para todos · 1950
El sol sale para todos
★ 6.71950
MovieDrama
A bullfighter suffers an accident during an afternoon of bullfighting in a town square and his ex-lover tells his story.
México de mis recuerdosMéxico de mis recuerdos · 1944
México de mis recuerdos
★ 6.71944
MovieDramaHistory
After listening to the waltz "Carmelita", dedicated to his wife, President Diaz instructs Don Susanito seeking the composer Chucho Flores to give her a piano. Don Susanito located Chucho, a bohemian who lives drunk and surrounded by poets and artists. Don Susanito was named patron protector of artists and aspiring young stars of the stage, which leads to a series of adventures in the middle of songs, dances and loves.
Thursday nightThursday night · 1962
Thursday night
★ 6.71962
Movie
A group of friends plan to steal a companýs payroll, they succeed, but they have a fatal accident in the getaway car.
El mensaje de la muerteEl mensaje de la muerte · 1953
El mensaje de la muerte
★ 6.51953
MovieCrimeThriller
The film is based on real events, from a case investigated by Detective Valente Quintana.
When the Children are GoneWhen the Children are Gone · 1941
When the Children are Gone
★ 6.31941
MovieDrama
Unjustly accused of theft, the noble Raimundo is forced to leave his paternal home. A new incident, caused by the ambition of his brother José, causes Raimundo to be disowned by his girlfriend María and by his father, the just and strict Don Pepe. The only one who believes in Raimundo is his mother, Dona Lupita, a woman who suffers deeply because of the wrong decisions of her children.
Qué hombre tan simpáticoQué hombre tan simpático · 1943
Qué hombre tan simpático
★ 6.21943
MovieDramaComedy
Amable is the drinking buddy of Paquito, a former medical student who plays Fanny's love, a cabaret singer and also with Conchita, a showgirl. One day, Paquito receives a telegram that his uncle Pancho vayaa asked to see his wife and other medical eminence to heal him his kidney ailment. Among all a hoax to mount Paquino not lose the inheritance from his uncle.
El halcón solitarioEl halcón solitario · 1964
El halcón solitario
★ 6.21964
Movie
Chief of police fakes his death and returns as a masked avenger. On horseback. And stuff.
The FugitiveThe Fugitive · 1947
The Fugitive
★ 6.01947
MovieDrama
Anti-Catholic and anti-cleric policies in the Mexican state of Tabasco lead the revolutionary government to persecute the state's last remaining priest.
Falsificadores y AsesinosFalsificadores y Asesinos · 1966
Falsificadores y Asesinos
★ 6.01966
MovieComedyCrime
When criminals kidnap her brother and force her to secretly exchange their counterfeit dollars for real ones, bank cashier Rosa looks to an unassuming office boy named Julio to help her pull it off. But Rosa's buttoned-up bank manager boyfriend can't help but notice that something suspicious is going on, so he resolves to get to the bottom of it. Armando Silvestre, Irma Dorantes and Carlos Montesco star in this classic crime drama.
El misterio del carro expressEl misterio del carro express · 1953
El misterio del carro express
★ 5.81953
MovieDramaThriller
Police detective and his plucky girl-reporter fiancée go after the gang that committed a train robbery.
El último cartuchoEl último cartucho · 1965
El último cartucho
★ 5.81965
Movie
Dishonest business practices and corrupt local government lead a large number of townsfolk to set up an alternative village out in the countryside, from which to practice banditry and improvised social justice.
Cuide a su maridoCuide a su marido · 1950
Cuide a su marido
★ 5.71950
MovieComedyDrama
Alberto (Fernando Soler) is married with Rosario (Blanca de Castejón), who is a saint and doesn’t realize that her husband is a womanizer that has a lover, Elena (Leonora Amar), whom is an artist and works in the theater, but when Alberto tries to break up with her in order to have a relation with Alicia (Hilda Sour) everything starts to go south for him.
El plagiarioEl plagiario · 1955
El plagiario
★ 5.71955
Movie
Gangster's daughter learns about her dad's illegalist lifestyle.

More Like This

Moulin Rouge!Moulin Rouge! · 2001
Moulin Rouge!
★ 7.52001
MovieDramaRomance
A celebration of love and creative inspiration takes place in the infamous, gaudy and glamorous Parisian nightclub, at the cusp of the 20th century. A young poet, who is plunged into the heady world of Moulin Rouge, begins a passionate affair with the club's most notorious and beautiful star.
Mr. Holland's OpusMr. Holland's Opus · 1995
Mr. Holland's Opus
★ 7.01995
MovieDramaMusic
In 1965, passionate musician Glenn Holland takes a day job as a high school music teacher, convinced it's just a small obstacle on the road to his true calling: writing a historic opus. As the decades roll by with the composition unwritten but generations of students inspired through his teaching, Holland must redefine his life's purpose.
Viva Las VegasViva Las Vegas · 1964
Viva Las Vegas
★ 6.11964
MovieMusicRomance
Lucky Jackson arrives in Las Vegas with his car literally in tow ready for the first Grand Prix — once he has the money for an engine. He gets the cash easily enough but mislays it when the pretty pool manageress takes his mind off things. It seems he'll lose both race and girl, problems complicated by rivalry from womanizing fellow racer Elmo Mancini.
Pink Floyd: The WallPink Floyd: The Wall · 1982
Pink Floyd: The Wall
★ 8.01982
MovieMusicDrama
A troubled rock star descends into madness in the midst of his physical and social isolation from everyone.
Yellow SubmarineYellow Submarine · 1968
Yellow Submarine
★ 7.21968
MovieMusicAnimation
The wicked Blue Meanies take over Pepperland, eliminating all color and music. As the only survivor, the Lord Admiral escapes in the yellow submarine and journeys to Liverpool to enlist the help of the Beatles.
Harry Styles: Behind the AlbumHarry Styles: Behind the Album · 2017
Harry Styles: Behind the Album
★ 8.52017
MovieMusicDocumentary
Chronicles Harry’s musical journey while creating his much anticipated debut solo album. The film features exclusive interviews and behind the scenes footage shot in Jamaica, Los Angeles and London during the making of the album and is complemented by Harry and his band performing songs from it for the first time at the world famous Abbey Road Studios in London.
WoodstockWoodstock · 1970
Woodstock
★ 7.61970
MovieDocumentaryMusic
An intimate look at the Woodstock Music & Art Festival held in Bethel, NY in 1969, from preparation through cleanup, with historic access to insiders, blistering concert footage, and portraits of the concertgoers; negative and positive aspects are shown, from drug use by performers to naked fans sliding in the mud, from the collapse of the fences by the unexpected hordes to the surreal arrival of National Guard helicopters with food and medical assistance for the impromptu city of 500,000.

Rate this film

Your ratings make Midnight smarter