Manuel Vergara 'Manver'
2021
The Paper Man
Ismael Rodríguez
Ignacio López Tarso, Alida Valli
A deaf and mute vagabond finds a large denomination bill in a Mexico City dump, and while he tries to buy something with it, others try to con him into giving it away. The film was selected as the Mexican entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 36th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.
The Paper Man
¡Maldita Ciudad! Una comedia dramática
Ismael Rodríguez
Fernando Soler, Martha Mijares
A humble provincial writer who wants to publish his first book offers it to a film producer who is looking for locations for a film at that time. The novelist's family then moves to the big city, where they will have to face many adversities that will make them wish they had never left their village.
Damned City!
¿Qué te ha dado esa mujer?
Ismael Rodríguez
Pedro Infante, Luis Aguilar
This musical comedy tells the story of two men whose friendship (whose beginning is told in "A toda máquina") is affected by assumptions love triangles and misunderstandings between the two, however, the value of that friendship overcomes all difficulties.
¿Qué te ha dado esa mujer?
Una cita de amor
Emilio Fernández
Silvia Pinal, Carlos López Moctezuma
The story of the doomed love between Soledad and Román. She is the daughter of a rich man that wants to marry her with Ernesto, nephew of his friend, the judge. Román owns a little ranch. A brawl in the town will unleash several deaths that will affect the already difficult relationship.
Una cita de amor
El Camino de la Vida
Alfonso Corona Blake
Mario Humberto Jiménez Pons, Ignacio García Torres
The story focuses in on three young boys who, arrested by the authorities, await sentencing in Mexico City's Juvenile Court. One boy has killed his stepfather to protect his mother; the second boy has been goaded into blinding his chief tormentor; and the third resorts to stealing to support his family.
The Road of Life
La ilusión viaja en tranvía
Luis Buñuel
Lilia Prado, Carlos Navarro
Confronted with the unfortunate news that their favorite Streetcar, no. 133, is going to be decommissioned, two Municipal Transit workers get drunk and decide to "take 'er for one last spin," as it were. Unfortunately, the "one last spin" ends up being an all-night and all-day scramble to stay out of trouble, as they are confronted with situation after sometimes bizarre situation that prevents them from returning the "borrowed" Streetcar!
Illusion Travels by Streetcar
