Arturo Ripstein Movies

In a seedy brothel, their frustrations parade: A poet who has never published, a revolutionary who came late to history, a provocative angel, a...

Narration of one of the bloodiest episodes of the Mexican national history, The Tragic Ten, beginning when General Victoriano Huerta sent to kill...

When a young boy steals billiard balls from a local saloon, a stranger is charged with the crime. The local layabouts find there is no reason to hang...

"La Nueva Jerusalem" is a small community of believers lead by Papá Basilio and Mamá Dorita. They're waiting for the second coming of...

Family honor, greed, machismo, homophobia, and dreams collide in a small Mexican town.

A Romanian aristocrat retreats to a desert isle with his wife and servants on the eve of World War II.

A novelist travels to the country to learn the problems of a friend's shy son and runs into an intruder.

Friends of Luis Buñuel discuss the director while Buñuel mixes drinks and entertains friends in his home.

The legendary life of Mexican singer Lucha Reyes is the basis of this fictionalized biography ( or as director Arturo Ripstein puts it "an imaginary...

After being released from jail, "Tarzan" Lira seeks to rebuild his life as a bank employee. Unfortunately, it might not be as easy as he thinks.

A woman seeks help from one of her bigamous husband's killers to transport his corpse back to her home.

An erotic model has three lovers, one of them is the father of her child. Which of the three will be?

Many stories happen simultaneously through Internet. In the real world, people are lonely, isolated, desperate for finding love, friendship and...

Set in Mexico City, Mentiras Piadosas is the doomed love story of Clara and Israel. She is a health inspector and he is an herb merchant, who is...

A group of people, including Capulina and Viruta, head towards the city by train. A heavy storm interrupts their journey and now they must take a...

A profile and history of film director Akira Kurosawa.

The haunting story of a child left in the care of a clown.

The arrival of Aunt Alejandra triggers a series of nightmarish events that will put the life of a family at mysterious risk.

A story where the Cristero Rebellion creates a story of love, passion, and betrayal. When the Federal Rosas and his lover arrive in a town, a local...