Benito Alazraki
1921 - 2007
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.
Roots
Póker de reinas
Benito Alazraki
Christiane Martel, Elvira Quintana
A musical comedy about a group of pretty girls who meet in Mexico and decide to break into showbiz and make a pact and promise not to get involved with men. But they all are in love with different guys and that complicates things.
Póker de reinas
La tijera de oro
Benito Alazraki
Germán Valdés, Lilia Guízar
The charitable Emilio is a jealous barber tries to prevent at all costs the rich toting Mario mess with his girlfriend Rosita. Although Emilio help with money from neighbors, gets entangled in a misunderstanding and ends up in jail but his friends are out of charge so much trouble.
La tijera de oro
Balún Canán
Benito Alazraki
Saby Kamalich, Tito Junco
Based on Rosario Castellanos' novel, Balún Canán is about the turmoil created by the Cardenas’ land reforms. Events occur in Chiapas on the border with Guatemala, mainly in a town called Comitán. Zoraida struggles and fights to keep her properties, inheritance for her only son. For her actions, the sorcerers of Chacjatal cast a death spell over her son.
Balún Canán
Amor Amor Amor
Benito Alazraki, Héctor Mendoza
Sara Guasch, Carlos Fuentes
A film that brings together several stories around love and important personalities (directors, actors, screenwriters, production team), in addition to being directed by the new generation of filmmakers.
Love Love Love
Tin Tan y las modelos
Benito Alazraki
Germán Valdés, Lorena Velázquez
Ambitious non-starter gets a job as a bill-collector at a beauty-products company and tries to bluff his way into a management position, then tries a couple of other business schemes with minimal success.
Tin Tan y las modelos
El vestido de novia
Benito Alazraki
Ana Luisa Peluffo, Ramón Gay
A young professional hires a sex-worker to pass as his wife in a situation that requires him to seem married. Later they think about getting married for reals... but mostly they just recite monologues to each other.
El vestido de novia
