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Emilio Fernández

Emilio Fernández

Emilio "El Indio" Fernández (born Emilio Fernández Romo March 26, 1904 – August 6, 1986) was a Mexican film director, actor and screenwriter. I was one of the most prolific film directors of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema in the 1940s and 1950s. He is best known for his work as director of the film Maria Candelaria, which won the Palme d'or award at the 1946 Cannes Film Festival. As an actor, I have worked in numbers film productions of Mexico and also in Hollywood.

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Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade (2004)

An account of the life and work of American film director Sam Peckinpah (1925-84), a tortured artist whose genius and inner demons changed the Western genre forever. ...

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Arriba Michoacán (1987)

The two largest ranches in a small town are operated entirely by women, because their menfolk have all emigrated. Seceral of the younger women have boyfriend troubles, and all the women band together to vote their own representative into City Hall as Mayor ...

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Lovers of the Lord of the Night (1986)

Venusita falls in love with the son of a wealthy family whose mother sends her son off to the United States in order to keep the two apart. Not to be rejected so easily, Venusita visits Saurina the sorceress who comes up with a spell that kills off the mer ...

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Ahora mis pistolas hablan (1986)

A man has his tongue cut out by bad guys, later tracks them all down, and kills them one by one. ...

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Treasure of the Amazon (1985)

An adventurer and his buddies race a former Nazi and others to diamonds in the South American jungle. ...

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Notes from Under the Volcano (1984)

A behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of John Huston's "Under the Volcano" (1984). ...

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Observations Under the Volcano (1984)

Documentary on the making of the movie Under the Volcano. ...

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Under the Volcano (1984)

Against a background of war breaking out in Europe and the Mexican fiesta Day of Death, we are taken through one day in the life of Geoffrey Firmin, a British consul living in alcoholic disrepair and obscurity in a small southern Mexican town in 1939. The ...

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Lola the Truck Driver (1983)

Lola finds herself into the world of violence and drug trafficking when her father is murdered for refusing to put his truck to the service of a powerful cartel, with protections at high police levels. Knowing the local officials will not serve out justice ...

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Cinématon XIX (1982)

Reel 19 of Gérard Courant's on-going Cinematon series. ...

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Las cabareteras (1980)

Power-struggles between gangsters over ownership/control of a strip club. ...

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Erótica (1979)

Two men commit a robbery. One is caught but the other escapes. He ends his escape on a lonely and deserted beach where he meets a beautiful woman named Erótica. They start a passionate love affair that is interrupted when the other con man escapes from pr ...

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Pink Zone (1976)

In a whorehouse in Acapulco, lives Leonor, a young and beautiful woman who is awaiting to reunite with an old lover. Suddenly, the man reappears to take her away from her life of vice. But the debt owed by Leonor to the "Madame" of the house causes a serie ...

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Political Asylum (1975)

After assassinating a government official, guerrilla takes refuge in a foreign embassy. Tense standoff ensues. ...

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Breakout (1975)

A bush pilot is hired for $50,000 to go to Mexico to free an innocent prisoner. ...

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Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)

An American bartender and his prostitute girlfriend go on a road trip through the Mexican underworld to collect a $1 million bounty on the head of a dead gigolo. ...

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Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973)

Pat Garrett is hired as a lawman on behalf of a group of wealthy New Mexico cattle barons to bring down his old friend Billy the Kid. ...

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El rincón de las vírgenes (1972)

"Faith-healer" develops a cult-like following in 1920s Jalisco. ...

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The Enemy Blood (1971)

A group of people suffering from mental retardation, blindness and physical malformations work in a traveling circus. ...

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La Chamuscada (1971)

A sharecropper and his daughter, a swarthy beauty, flee from the hacienda on which they live and join the Mexican Revolution. ...

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The Phantom Gunslinger (1970)

The Phantom Gunslinger is set in the town of "Tucca Flats." The peaceful life of the town is disrupted by the arrival of a gang of bandits, including Algernon, Big Sam, Cookie, and some others. The sheriff leaves town, but not before naming Bill as his suc ...

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Duelo en El Dorado (1969)

Saloon-owner's a hard guy and none too law-abiding; his twelve year old son comes to live with him and he starts changing his ways... but his past is likely to catch up with him. ...

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The Wild Bunch (1969)

An aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the "traditional" American West is disappearing around them. ...

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The Smugglers (1968)

A woman and her stepdaughter attempt to sneak a few souvenirs past customs and inadvertently become the couriers for an international smuggling ring. ...

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El caudillo (1968)

A new recruit rises through the ranks of Pancho Villa's army as his leadership skills become apparent. ...

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El Silencioso (1967)

Taciturn gunslinger 'helps out' a widow lady under siege from bad guys. ...

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Un dorado de Pancho Villa (1967)

Villa's regiment demobilizes at the end of the Revolution, but the ruling faction in the provisional government isn't eager to see them reintegrate into civilian society. ...

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The War Wagon (1967)

An ex-con seeks revenge on the man who put him in prison by planning a robbery of the latter's stagecoach, which is transporting gold. He enlists the help of a partner, who could be working for his nemesis. ...

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Hard Breed to Kill (1967)

A band of outlaws appear out of nowhere on a ranchers property and viciously shoot him down. They steal what they can from his ranch and kidnap his wife. They make for the Mexican border, but something starts stalking them. From: Exploitation. ...

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A Covenant with Death (1967)

An innocent man is found guilty of murder and sentenced to death, but as he's about to be hanged he accidentally kills his executioner. He now faces a new trial, presided over by a young and inexperienced judge. ...

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Return of the Seven (1966)

Chico, one of the remaining members of The Magnificent Seven, now lives in the town that they (The Seven) helped. One day someone comes and takes most of the men prisoner. His wife seeks out Chris, the leader of The Seven for help. Chris also meets Vin ano ...

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Los malvados (1966)

Four amoral drifters team up to retrieve a cache of gold coins from its hiding place. ...

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The Appaloosa (1966)

A man tries to recover a horse stolen from him by a Mexican bandit. ...

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Duelo de pistoleros (1966)

Four expert marksmen compete in a target shooting competition. Each has a back-story that explains why he really really really needs the prize money. ...

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La recta final (1966)

A jockey is pushed by his former trainer, in order to win one last race after his downfall into alcohol and depression. ...

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Un callejón sin salida (1965)

A shady character takes over as owner/manager of a nightclub, conflicts evolve. ...

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La conquista de El Dorado (1965)

A new Judge and Sheriff, plus support staff, come to town to clean up El Dorado's lawless ways. ...

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The Reward (1965)

A crash-landed crop-duster betrays a fugitive and his girlfriend to Mexican bounty hunters. ...

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Los hermanos Muerte (1965)

Woman swears to avenge her brother's murder.. Then she falls in love with the murderer, before discovering that he's the one. ...

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Yo, el valiente (1964)

A young man wants to create a reputation for himself as a gunslinger; an older mentor tries to warn him that he's making life decisions he'll regret and never be able to undo. ...

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The Night of the Iguana (1964)

A defrocked Episcopal clergyman leads a bus-load of middle-aged Baptist women on a tour of the Mexican coast and comes to terms with the failure haunting his life. ...

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El revólver sangriento (1964)

Follows an "unlucky" gun across the paths of five owners. ...

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Wounded Dove (1963)

The story of a native Mexican who wants to kill a man. ...

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La Bandida (1963)

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. ...

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Little Town (1962)

Reactionary local "Big Daddy" tries to prevent a school being built in his district. ...

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My Son, the Hero (1961)

Northern Mexico, early 20th century. Reynaldo del Hierro is murdered while riding with his sons Reynaldo and Martín, whose mother instills in them the need for revenge. ...

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La Cucaracha (1959)

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. ...

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Wild Flower (1943)

The film features Fernandez himself as a character named Rogellio Torres. The lion's share of the footage, however, is devoted to the romance between Esperanza, granddaughter of a common laborer, and Jose Luis Castro, the firebrand son of a landowner. Join ...

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Passion Island (1942)

1909, a detachment of the Mexican army commanded by Captain Allende moves to Clipperton, also called the Island of the Passion, in the Pacific. After the outbreak of the revolution, the island becomes administered by the government of France, events that i ...

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Rancho Alegre (1941)

Proud old family's hacienda is falling into decay, and the oldest son has to come back from college to set things aright... or does he have other plans? ...

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El Zorro de Jalisco (1941)

Isabel, the daughter of Don Antonio; a rich land owner in Tepestates, Jalisco returns to her town after five years away, to visit her father. She is confronted by the unpleasant surprise that her dad has been assassinated by the malicious municiple governm ...

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El charro Negro (1940)

Masked cowboy avenger in the style of The Lone Ranger, first film in a series of four. ...

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The Underdogs (1940)

During the Mexican Revolution, the people tired of living in poverty and enduring the atrocities committed by the federals, decide to follow one of their own, General Demetrio Macias, a thief with tricks he learned in jail and who along with "La Pintada" d ...

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Con Los Dorados De Villa (1939)

Three of Villa's soldiers 'adopt' the orphaned daughter of a friend who was killed in battle. ...

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Juan sin miedo (1938)

Young man goes on the run after being falsely accused of killing his girlfriend's father. ...

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Las mujeres mandan (1937)

Aging bank-teller gets mixed up with a nightclub singer. ...

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Almas rebeldes (1937)

Mexican Revolution: a small squadron of insurgents are chosen to trek to US border and pick up an arms shipment. ...

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Las cuatro milpas (1937)

Bad dude tries to make time with a good dude's fiancée. When he can't get anywhere with her, he and his sidekick frame the good dude for a murder and a bunch of thefts. ...

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Adios Nicanor (1937)

Romantic triangles, jealousy and duels on horseback at a hacienda. ...

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The Super Madman (1937)

Mad scientist, a neanderthal and a drunk makes a crazy combination. ...

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The Imposter (1937)

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Allá en el Rancho Grande (1936)

Two good friends — the owner and general manager of a ranch — fall in love with the same girl at the same time. The owner tries to 'buy' the girl without knowing she is in love with the manager. ...

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Marihuana El Monstruo Verde (1936)

Policeman goes undercover to bust drug-smuggling ring. ...

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Celos (1936)

Irrational jealousy blossoms into full-blown psychosis. ...

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Janitzio (1935)

First all Mexican sound film. Story is based on the ancient customs and legends of the fisherfolk as they come into conflict with the exploitation of agents sent by "big business" from the cities. ...

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Cruz Diablo (1934)

16th-century swashbuckler; evil nobleman usurps another man's title and properties and forces his daughter to marry a political ally. But Cruz Diablo will have revenge! ...

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Flying Down to Rio (1933)

A dance band leader finds love and success in Brazil. ...

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The Western Code (1932)

When Tim Barrett rides into Carabinas, his reputation as a lawman precedes him. Rescuing Polly Loomis from the unwanted attentions of a saloon ruffian, he learns her mother married ranch foreman Nick Grindel shortly before her death, and left everything to ...

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The Sunrise Trail (1931)

Working under cover, Tex goes south of the border and joins Rand's gang where he befriends gang member Kansas. He plans to lead the gang into the Sheriff's trap, but hopes to spare his new friend. ...

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Movies Made By Emilio Fernández (46)

Erótica (1979)

Two men commit a robbery. One is caught but the other escapes. He ends his escape on a lonely and deserted beach where he meets a beautiful woman named Erótica. They start a passionate love affair that is interrupted when the other con man escapes from pr ...

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México Norte (1979)

Remake of Pueblerina (1949). Convict is released from prison and tries to pick up his life-farm-girlfriend where he left off with them. But there are obstacles. ...

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Pink Zone (1976)

In a whorehouse in Acapulco, lives Leonor, a young and beautiful woman who is awaiting to reunite with an old lover. Suddenly, the man reappears to take her away from her life of vice. But the debt owed by Leonor to the "Madame" of the house causes a serie ...

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La Choca (1974)

A smuggler lives far from civilization, in a hut in the jungle with his wife, La Choca, his son and his sister-in-law Flor. One day some men arrive, who accuse him of having betrayed them. ...

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Un dorado de Pancho Villa (1967)

Villa's regiment demobilizes at the end of the Revolution, but the ruling faction in the provisional government isn't eager to see them reintegrate into civilian society. ...

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The Night of the Iguana (1964)

A defrocked Episcopal clergyman leads a bus-load of middle-aged Baptist women on a tour of the Mexican coast and comes to terms with the failure haunting his life. ...

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Wounded Dove (1963)

The story of a native Mexican who wants to kill a man. ...

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Little Town (1962)

Reactionary local "Big Daddy" tries to prevent a school being built in his district. ...

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The Magnificent Seven (1960)

An oppressed Mexican peasant village hires seven gunfighters to help defend their homes. ...

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El impostor (1960)

An academic and his family go back to the land, then get involved in politics. ...

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Una cita de amor (1958)

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 t ...

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La Tierra del Fuego se apaga (1955)

In the faraway lands of the south of the Patagonia, in a town made up of wrongdoers and thieves, a mysterious and solitary man takes a prostitute to live with him at his ranch. However, her past follows her, and he is forced to face it head on. ...

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Nosotros dos (1955)

After the death of her father, María returns to her hometown with Maria, her mother. Lupo and Beto fall in love with her, two brothers whose family is at odds with hers. While Beto tries to rape her, Lupo becomes the girl's protector. ...

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The Abduction (1954)

In a small Mexican village the news shock neighbors, Ricardo Alfaro, a wealthy local rancher has disappeared without a trace. Taking advantage of the circumstance, Aurora Campos, a strong woman with overwhelming beauty, convinces the authorities to sell he ...

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Rebellion of the Hanged (1954)

A peasant who works in a mahogany camp in the Mexican jungles with his family is disgusted with the miserable living conditions imposed upon himself and his co-workers, the peasant finally spearheads a revolt against the sadistic bosses. ...

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Reportaje (1953)

Reporters compete for cash prize awarded for biggest scoop on New Year's Eve. ...

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The Net (1953)

Antonio dives for sponges which are sold by his sweetheart Rossana. One day, the escaped prisoner José-Luis appears and is hid by his friend Antonio. Although José-Luis does not want to betray his friend, a love affair with tragic consequences between hi ...

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Cuando levanta la niebla (1952)

One mental patient usurps the identity of another and starts a new life, passing himself off as a long-lost relative of a rich family. ...

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Acapulco (1952)

Young lady goes shopping for a millionaire husband. ...

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Siempre tuya (1952)

Husband and wife leave their farm and move to the big city. Husband becomes a famous ranchera singer. ...

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La bienamada (1951)

Civic-minded elementary-school teacher marries and sets up home with wife and her little brother. The-e-n... ...

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Las Islas Marias (1951)

Las Islas Marias stars Pedro Infante as a man who must face time in jail, even though he never committed the crime. While on the inside, he learns important life lessons that actually make him a better man. ...

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Victims of Sin (1951)

A nightclub performer decides to raise the baby boy she found abandoned in a trash can, putting her job and social life in jeopardy. ...

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One Day of Life (1950)

A story about two men caught in the Mexican revolution: close friends before, but now on the opposite sides. One of them is military officer, while the other one expects capital punishment. The prisoner's mother comes to visit his son, unaware that his for ...

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The Torch (1950)

The story of a fear-inspiring revolutionary general who develops a passion for the daughter of a wealthy villager. It's hate at first sight so far as the girl is concerned, but this will soon change. ...

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Duelo en las montañas (1950)

1910: Revolutionary leader escapes military, hides in small town, falls in love. ...

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La malquerida (1949)

Emilio Fernandez directs Dolores Del Rio and Pedro Armendariz in a classic tale of family and obsession. Raimunda's daughter Acacia hates her stepfather Esteban, and in order to escape her suffocating home life she's accepted a marriage proposal from a man ...

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Pueblerina (1949)

Aurelio Rodríguez is released from jail, and tries to start a new life by marrying Paloma and working his land. But the local landowners, the brothers González, interfere with his plans. ...

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Salon Mexico (1949)

Mercedes works as a cabaret performer to pay for her sister's studies. Problems begin when Mercedes and Paco, her exploiter, win a dance contest, but he refuses to share the prize with her. ...

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Maclovia (1948)

On a small Mexican island dwells a group of Indians who live in the traditional manner and who disdain outsiders. The beautiful Maclovia and the poverty-stricken Jose Maria are in love, but her father refuses to allow their marriage, or even any communicat ...

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Rio Escondido (1948)

Called by the Mexican President himself, a rural teacher goes to work in a village that is dominated by a malevolent chieftain. ...

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The Fugitive (1947)

Anti-Catholic and anti-cleric policies in the Mexican state of Tabasco lead the revolutionary government to persecute the state's last remaining priest. ...

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The Pearl (1947)

Fisherman Quino and his wife Juana are very poor and desperate because the town's foreign doctor refuses to treat their son Coyotito, who has been bitten by a scorpion. When Quino unexpectedly finds a magnificent pearl in the sea, Juana senses that the dis ...

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Enamorada (1946)

In Mexican Revolution times, a guerrilla general and his troops take the conservative town of Cholula, near by Mexico City. As the revolutionaries mistreat the town's riches, General Reyes falls for beautiful and wild Beatriz Peñafiel, the daughter of one ...

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Pepita Jimenez (1946)

On March 22, four days after returning to his home in Andalusia, Luis de Vargas writes the first of his letters to his uncle and favorite professor at the seminary. He reports that his father intends to fatten him up during his vacation, to have him ready ...

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Bugambilia (1945)

In mid-nineteenth century Guanajuato, the beauty and charm of the young heiress Amalia conquers the lowly foreman Ricardo with fatal results. Prevented from consummating their love, Ricardo is going to Guanajuato where again later become the rich owner of ...

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The Abandoned (1945)

A young woman, abandoned by her womanizing fiancé, is forced to provide for the upbringing of her son and combat the difficulties of being an unmarried mother during the strife of early 20-century Mexico. ...

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Maria Candelaria (1944)

A young journalist asks an old artist about the portrait of a naked Indian woman that he has in his study. The artist tells the story of Maria Candelaria, a young Indian woman who was rejected by her own people for being the daughter of a prostitute. She i ...

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Wild Flower (1943)

The film features Fernandez himself as a character named Rogellio Torres. The lion's share of the footage, however, is devoted to the romance between Esperanza, granddaughter of a common laborer, and Jose Luis Castro, the firebrand son of a landowner. Join ...

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Soy puro mexicano (1942)

Band of outlaws stumble across an espionage ring of Axis agents embedded in an out-of-the-way hacienda. ...

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Passion Island (1942)

1909, a detachment of the Mexican army commanded by Captain Allende moves to Clipperton, also called the Island of the Passion, in the Pacific. After the outbreak of the revolution, the island becomes administered by the government of France, events that i ...

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The Dead Speak (1935)

Professor Jiménez believes the human retina retains the image of the last thing a person sees before death. Only his student Eduardo stands by him in the face of widespread mockery. Together they will try and prove the professors theory but fate has a unp ...

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