Alicia del Lago

Macario

Roberto Gavaldón

Ignacio López Tarso, Pina Pellicer

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.

Canoa: A Shameful Memory

Felipe Cazals

Ernesto Gómez Cruz, Enrique Lucero

A group of students arrives in a small town during a hiking expedition. Once there, the local priest accuses them of being communist agitators on the run from an army crack-down against student demonstrations in nearby Mexico City and rallies the townsfolk to lynch them. Based on a true story.

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.

El Norte

Gregory Nava

Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez, David Villalpando

Brother and sister Enrique and Rosa flee persecution at home in Guatemala and journey north, through Mexico and on to the United States, with the dream of starting a new life.

Tizoc

Ismael Rodríguez

María Félix, Pedro Infante

The story of an indigenous who gave his life for the love of a white woman, whom he confused, because of her beauty, with Maria the virgin, fighting against the society, the prejudices, and the race.

Raíces

Benito Alazraki

Juan de la Cruz, Rafael Ramírez

Four independent stories based on writer Francisco Rojas Gonzáles's work, depicting the reality of Mexican indian people: Las Vacas (The Cow), Nuestra Señora (Our Lady), El Tuerto (One-Eyed) and La Potranca (The Filly). In El Tuerto, a one eyed boy is relentlessly bullied by his mates. His religious mother asks God to make the boy's eyes equal. The outcome is tragic.

La Cucaracha

Ismael Rodríguez

María Félix, Emilio Fernández

The Mexican Revolution serves as a backdrop to a torrid love triangle composed of three freedom fighters: a colonel, a widow, and a fiery female soldier.

Pueblo en armas

Miguel Contreras Torres

Flor Silvestre, Armando Silvestre

Appointed by the dictator Huerta, a local official tries to use his authority to pressure a young woman into marrying him. Meanwhile, counter-revolution is brewing.

El elegido

Servando González

Manuel Ojeda, Katy Jurado

A guy is peer-pressured, despite his reluctance, to play the role of Christ in a local production of the Passion Play.

Tonta tonta, pero no tanto

Fernando Cortés

María Elena Velasco, Anel

Cananea

Marcela Fernández Violante

Yolanda Ciani, Carlos Bracho

Based on a true story in the American owned Cananea mine. It depicts how the owner profits while the Mexican workers struggle to survive and are exploited for their labour.

La Mort en ce jardin

Luis Buñuel

Simone Signoret, Charles Vanel

In a remote Amazon jungle village, a group of angry diamond prospectors revolt when the local government undertakes a violent crackdown.

El amor de María Isabel

Federico Curiel

Silvia Pinal, Lucy Gallardo

Follow up to Maria Isabel. Newly wed to a rich man, Maria Isabel must still struggle with being branded as a lowly maid and endure the scorn of her adoptive daughter and the infidelity of her husband.

La Bandida

Roberto Rodríguez

María Félix, Pedro Armendáriz

During a lull in the Mexican Revolution when Francisco Madero became president and attempted to implement land reforms, two former revolutionaries are pitted against each other for the love of the same woman.

El beso de la muerte: historias espeluznantes

René Cardona III

Jorge Reynoso, Edna Bolkan

Horror anthology featuring three tales: A man reads his own obituary and wonders if he's a ghost; a blind woman is terrorized over the phone; a housewife gets stuck in another dimension.

La orilla de la tierra

Ignacio Ortiz

Jesús Ochoa, Luis Felipe Tovar

In a small town where nothing ever happens, the inhabitants learn about a place at the edge of the earth where money and women are abundant. When they see the oportunity to go and work illegaly in the United States, they jump at the chance. Meanwhile Andrés and Gregorio go to the town searching for treasures and they only find Matilde, the rest of the women in the town left, tired of waiting for the men to return.