Alberto Galán

Lopitos, who is horribly inefficient but quick-witted, is invited (because of the current ambassador's superstition about 13 sitting down to a meal) to a banquet attended by the ambassadors of both superpowers. After the news of a series of coups d'état in Los Cocos arrives throughout the meal, Lopitos becomes the official ambassador. At a summit of world leaders, the representatives of the two world superpowers court the allegiances of third-world diplomats to tilt the balance of global power in their favor. The last diplomat to remain unaligned, Lopitos instead harangues the superpowers for infringing on the rights of developing countries to self determination, talking to them with his point of view as a citizen not as ambassador because he arranged his demise as ambassador one day before his speech.

Young priest Father Sebastián is assigned to a parish in San Jeronimo el Alto, where he is not welcomed by the community, particularly the resident priest Father Damián. The newcomer gradually earns the trust of the people through humor, but firmly captures their hearts by saving the town fiesta by fighting a bull when the hired torero failed to show. Father Sebastián counsels the townspeople, lecturing them on their duties in a modern society. He used the collection plate to redistribute the town's wealth more evenly.

An aging, wealthy man named Tiburón fakes his death to manipulate those around him, only to find himself caught in a web of greed and deception.

The disaffected wife of a failed civil servant, is thrilled to re-encounter Octavio, a former lover who is now a union activist on the run from a corrupt politician. Hoping to help him, she descends into the Mexican underworld, where she finds a purpose-and a thrill-missing from her married life.

마리아 칸델라리아는 모든 마을 사람들로부터 따돌림을 당하는 존재다. 그녀를 사랑하고 도우려고 하는 유일한 존재인 로렌조는 병에 걸린 마리아를 위해 약을 훔치다가 이로 인해 감옥에 갇히게 된다. 그를 감옥에서 구하기 위해 화가의 모델로 일하며 돈을 모으던 마리아는 누드모델이 되어 달라는 제안을 받고 거절한다. 하지만 그녀에게 알리지 않은 채, 화가는 다른 모델을 고용해서 누드화를 완성하고, 이 그림이 마리아의 것으로 오해를 받으면서 그녀는 비극적인 운명에 처하게 된다. 오로즈코나 리베라 등의 벽화화가들처럼 멕시코 문화의 가치를 드러낸 영화감독으로 인정받고 있는 에밀리오 페르난데스 감독의 세 번째 장편영화이자 그의 대표작.

The owner of an illegal gambling casino witnesses all the problems in the life of her dissolute son and finally acts in a way that'll help him rehabilitate himself.

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.

Sonia meets Roberto, a miserable actor with a few days left of life. Both fall in love, but soon after a policeman comes looking after Sonia, but is distracted by a countess during New Years Eve. Sonia and Roberto take this chance to escape.