Hortensia Santoveña

Amor en la sombra

A daughter who idolizes her father discovers, just before he dies, that he was leading a double life and had a hidden lover.

Poison for the Fairies

In 1965 Mexico City, Flavia, a wealthy yet lonely schoolgirl, befriends Veronica, a young orphan girl who has a fascination with witchcraft. Veronica convinces Flavia that she is a real witch and forces her to be her assistant. The children's games gradually become more serious and Veronica demands more from Flavia.

Simon of the Desert

Simon, a deeply religious man living in the 4th century, wants to be nearer to God so he climbs a column. The Devil wants him come down to Earth and is trying to seduce him.

Wuthering Heights

Gone several years, the brooding Alejandro returns to the hacienda of his foster sister, Catalina, whom he loves, to find her married to the wealthy and effete Eduardo.

Quinceañera

María Antonia, Beatriz and Leonor are three classmates who are anxiously awaiting the celebration of their 15th birthday. However, each of them will have to cope with their complicated personal situation.

When mommy comes back

A family of six children are orphaned on Christmas Eve and struggle through a year without parental support.

Cuarto de hotel

Newlywed couple move from small town to Mexico City. Their first night in the city, they get separated by accident, and it takes them 90 minutes and lots of incidents before they find each other again.

La vida no vale nada

Pablo, a wandering laborer, has imprisoned himself in a hell of alcoholism. Cruz, a widow, reaches out to the troubled man, but even her compassion may not be enough to save him.

The Braid

A town confused by religion persecutes a woman who stole the braid from the statue of the Virgin.

Los amantes

Mexican feature film

The Hawks

The story of two half brothers who do not know they are such, who fight over a woman and nearly kill each other. One of them belongs to Los Gavilanes, a group of men who live live hidden and looting to give to the poor. Revenge, love and hate will at the end bring out the truth and everyone will get what he deserves.

Tres noches de locura

Anthology movie, episodes about three women who undergo stressful experiences that cause their minds to snap.

Two Mules for Sister Sara

When a wandering mercenary named Hogan rescues a nun called Sister Sara from the unwanted attentions of a band of rogues on the Mexican plains, he has no idea what he has let himself in for. Their chance encounter results in the blowing up of a train and a French garrison, as well as igniting a spark between them that survives a shocking discovery.

El medio pelo

A woman who fancies herself an aristocrat rejects a potential suitor because he's not of her class. Also: their adult children have their own drama, a bit inflected with hippie-ish values.

Talpa

Produced on a grand scale, the Mexican Talpa relates the simple story of two brothers. The older of the siblings, Tanilo (Victor Manuel Mendoza) is a well-to-do family man; the other, Estaban (Jamie Fernandez), is one step above a wastrel. When Tanilo is felled by illness, Estaban is forced to take over the family's blacksmith business. He also inaugurates a romance with Tanilo's attractive young wife Juana (Lilia Prado). Punishment is eventually doled out in a manner which suggests that God Himself is exacting retribution on the adulterous couple. Originally released at 87 minutes, Talpa was pared down to 73 minutes for American consumption.

Peach Blossom

Farm-girl, seduced and abandoned, goes to the big city to have her baby and live out her shameful soiled disgrace away from her birth people.

Prisión de mujeres

'Prisión de Mujeres' is a film by Fernando A. Rivero that narrates a harsh reality: the strength of women in a prison, how they lose their dignity and do not stop for anything.

House of the Frights

Half-dozen comic actors in a spooky house.

Bring Me the Vampire

A group of would-be beneficiaries gather for the reading of a will, and discover that they must spend the night in a spooky castle to gain their inheritance. A spooky housekeeper and a man who seems to be a vampire are just two of the obstacles that might deter them.

The She-Wolf

A wealthy, young Mexican woman is under a werewolf's curse.

The Door and The Butcher's Wife

A movie divided in two segments, the first "La puerta" (The Door) is about a high society gathering in which a door inside the mansion leads to a bizarre corridor where a naked and menacing human figure appears. The second "La mujer del carnicero" (The Butcher's Wife) is set during the Mexican revolution and is about horrifying hallucinations felt by a lieutenant after committing a murder.

Tacos al Carbón

Tacos al carbón is a mexican movie released on june 8th 1972 on Mexico City.

Autumn Days

Luisa is a small-town girl who works in the bakery of the widower Don Albino. Luisa dreams of marrying and loves children. Just as Don Albino shows interest in her, Luisa announces that she will marry soon with Carlos, the driver of a rich house whom she met recently...

Mujeres de medianoche

Crime melodrama involving blackmail, murder, mystery and the obligatory police investigation.

El tejedor de milagros

Arnulfo is a man weaving baskets. Remedios has given birth in front of the house of a woman and her aid, but the village is spread the word that the child born as a child God and an atheist would think exploit to their advantage the "miracle ".

Time to Die

A man comes home after serving 18 years in jail for murder in this routine western. Although the man killed in self defense, rumors in town circulated that he murdered the victim in cold blood. The ex-con wants to get his life together, but the two sons of the slain man are gunning for the man who killed their father.

Crosses Over the Wasteland

After a long journey in search of the murderer of his father, a man abuses a beautiful girl next to marry.

Del suelo no paso

Poetic-type dude gets mixed up with gangsters, a millionaire's dog and some stolen jewels.

800 Leagues Over the Amazon

Family builds a houseboat and sets sail down the Amazon. Based on a novel by Jules Verne.

The Living Coffin

A cowboy and his sidekick meet a ranching family that is haunted by spirits and vampires.

The Pact

When they were children, siblings Sergio and Teresa made a promise to never leave each other. An unhealthy co-dependence developes into adulthood.

El albañil

Construction worker falls in love with a handicapped woman who aspires to a career as a singer.

Elena y Raquel

Elena's sterile and her younger cousin Raquel gets pregnant before marriage.They scream at each other a lot.

La edad de la tentación

By the negligence of parents who not assume their responsibility in sex education, many lives are ruined

El primer paso... de la mujer

Three girls from different social classes are forced to take that first step into adulthood that leads them to live fun adventures and also unfortunate events.

Eugenia Grandet

A miserly father quashes his daughter's marriage plans because he thinks her fiance is a fortune-hunter.

The Illegitimate

Family melodrama: manipulative parents ruin lives with their meddling.

La Diana cazadora

A great love story based on the idea and development of the famous monument that decorating Mexico City.

Aquel famoso Remington

Historical drama about the career of a hit-man who specialized in political assassinations in Mexico in the 1920s-30s.

Ley fuga

As he rises through the ranks of the police department, a young officer gets more deeply involved in manipulating gang activity for personal gain.

The Door

At a high society gathering, a door inside the mansion leads to a strange hallway.

They Call Him Marcado

The Kid is a vicious psychopath given to laughing a lot, an actor manqué who leads a gang of looters and rapists, and is incestuous with his father to boot. The town’s resident Mater Dolorosa, madam of the brothel, hires her lover Marcado to kill the Kid, who is of course her son.

Historia de un abrigo de mink

Four anecdotes involving a mink coat in display in a shop window.