Arturo Ripstein Movies

Documentary following Gloria Contreras, a dancer, choreographer and pedagogue, as she manages her own dance company.

"Nazarín is a Quixote of the priesthood " "Among the films I have made in Mexico, Nazarin is one that I prefer." "As inexplicable as the...

Two wrestlers decide to go to a hotel in order to meet two prostitutes.

Documentary about the founding of Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl on the outskirts of Mexico City in the sixties.

As a teenager and student at a convent school, young Mariana runs away with her boyfriend, provoking the wrath of her father who sends her to...

Perla, a prostitute and the star in a miserable cabaret in the docks, falls in love with a sailor without knowing that he is her brother. Tomasa,...

Two dark-comedy stories involving blackmail, murder and love triangles in Rio de Janeiro

Betty is visited by a strange salesman the day she is going away on a trip. He stays in the house as a series of bizarre events occur with his...

A singer is on the run from the law and a criminal gang. She takes refuge at a hotel where she finally reveals a complex story of betrayal and...

Documentary about a Mexico City prison, notorious for holding political prisoners and for civil rights abuses committed there.

In a reinterpretation of Madame Bovary set on contemporary Mexico City, Emilia, a middle class housewife, tries to deal with the monotony of her...

A gunfighter is appointed sheriff of a town that is terrorized by a gang of criminals.

In the documentary about the Lecumberri prison (El palacio negro, 1976), which a few months later would be closed, Arturo Ripstein filmed, among many...