Lupe del Castillo

Apartment house

Personal dramas among the residents of an apartment house.

Love for Life

During the times of Venezuelan dictator Juan Vicente Gómez, an exhausted stranger arrives at a farm and starts to help the owner with the legal status of her land.

Rosenda

A ruffian sends his assistant to force a peasant girl to marry him, but while he is bringing her to him, he falls in love with her.

Yo bailé con Don Porfirio

Light comedy in which Joaquin Cortes and Mapy Pardavé join their talents, written and directed by Gilberto Martinez Solares. It deals with the life of a pair of twins from a provincial family who emigrated to the city, then one begins to work in a music magazine and occasionally is confused with her sister, which causes problems with their respective boyfriends.

La mujer del puerto

Orphaned, abandoned by her fiance, forced into prostitution by the absence of "respectable" alternatives.And the-e-en...

Crimen y castigo

Adaptation of Dostoyevsky's novel about a student who plans a conceptual murder and then butts heads with a police detective.

Maria Candelaria

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 is protected by a young Indian man, Lorenzo Rafael, who has fallen in love with her.

El Supersabio

Cantinflas is the apprentice of a renowned scientist, Prof. Arquimides Monteagudo (Carlos Martinez Baena). But Cantinflas has the soul of a poet rather than a serious researcher, and he wants to find the formula that achieves the immortality of the roses. Nevertheless, after the death of Prof. Monteagudo, Cantinflas will be chased by a ferocious corporative group, who wants to steal the secret formula of a cheaper fuel named "carburex", because they think that our friend is the only person who knows the composition

El Portero

Cantinflas works as a porter, who writes letters and speeches in his old writing machine to earn an extra money, despite the fact that he still goes to school. The sentimental issues come when Cantinflas falls in love of his pretty neighborhood (Silvia Pinal), who is handicapped and unable to walk. The thing wont be easy, because a young military man also has feelings for the girl. But the porter wants to see her happy, and he will become a sort of Cyrano De Bergerac, writing love letters to her signed by the young soldier. His plan is simple: to win money in the horse races in order to pay the operation which will make her walk again.

Bugambilia

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 a mine. On his return, fate has prepared a tragic encounter with Amalia.

Victims of Sin

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

Crimen y castigo

Adaptation of Dostoyevsky's novel about a student who plans a conceptual murder and then butts heads with a police detective.

Si, Mi vida

Dr. Castellanos is saved from bankruptcy.

The King of the Neighborhood

A poor man becomes a modern Robin Hood, robbing the rich to give to the poor.

Nocturno de amor

Luis Aguilar is a talented piano student who struggles to make ends meet. At the conservatory he meets the beautiful, rich, and also talented piano student Marta Reyes and romance ensues. One day, a full scholarship to study piano abroad is announced and both Luis and Marta fill out the necessary paperwork--but only one place is available. Luis is torn apart by his love for both the piano and Marta.

Santa

Santa is a beautiful and very humble young girl living in Chimalistac, a small and quiet spot south of the 1930's Mexico City. After Santa is cheated by arrogant soldier Marcelino, she's rejected by her family and friends and expelled of Chimalistac. Santa finds shelter in a whorehouse and becomes a cinic and bitter woman, mistreated by bullfighter "Jarameno" and silently loved by blind pianist Hipolito

Hidden River

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

The Hell of the Poor

A young woman becomes pregnant but when his boyfriend leaves her she gets a job as a prostitute in order to provide for her child.

La gota de sangre

Did Rodolfo just marry a serial murderess?