Luis Alcoriza
Writer · 1918 – 1992 · Badajoz, Spain
Luis Alcoriza de la Vega (5 September 1918 – 3 December 1992) was a respected Mexican screenwriter, film director, and actor. Alcoriza was born in Spain and established himself in Mexico from 1940. His 1962 film Tlayucan was nominated for theAcademy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. His 1987 film Lo que Importa es Vivir was entered into the 15th Moscow International Film Festival.
Movies14
Movie7.3ComedyPortrayal of a family’s attempt to change the spending habit of the indulgent and hedonistic patriarch, Alfredo. The family decides to try to fool him into spending less by telling him that his large fortune is gone.
Movie4.0DramaBased in the Émile Zola novel of the same name, which details the life of Nana, a French prostitute of the 19th century.
Naná
1944 · 5 votes
Movie6.0DramaThe story of Mary Magdalene from being a sinner to follow Jesus Christ.
Movie6.2DramaHistorical drama on the life of the medieval Italian saint, Francis of Assisi.
San Francisco de Asís
1944 · 6 votes
Movie6.0Latter part of the career of Padre Morelos, the 18th/19th century military leader. Sequel to... um... El Padre Morelos.
El rayo del sur
1943 · 5 votes
Movie6.8Rural-community gal is being courted by a peon and by a land-owner.
Flor de caña
1948 · 4 votes
Movie6.8DramaAdaptation of the novel by Alejandro Pérez Lujín, centered on the university adventures in Santiago de Compostela of Gerardo Roquer from Madrid, who stays in a boarding house known as "La Casa de la Troya".
La casa de la Troya
1948 · 5 votes
Movie6.3DramaRomanceIt follows a group of mountaineers who take shelter from a fierce blizzard in the isolated cabin of a man named Leonardo. When he refuses to open the door, a local guide reveals to them the tragic story of love, sacrifice, and heartbreak that led him to cut himself off from the world.
Rosa de las nieves
1944 · 3 votes
Movie6.0WarStandard retelling of the the Gospels, with a brief epilogue about the death of Mary.
Reina de reinas: La Virgen María
1948 · 6 votes
Movie6.8Misogynist military man is laid up for a month with a broken leg and during his convalescence he learns all the needed life-lessons.
El capitán Malacara
1945 · 5 votes
Movie5.6DramaAn ex-convict struggling to start anew faces relentless pursuit by a remorseless cop while protecting an orphan amid the 1832 Paris student uprisings.
Los miserables
1943 · 8 votes
Movie6.0DocumentaryA documentary covering the years Luis Buñuel spent in Mexico making films.
Movie6.2ComedyMusicSmall-town guy goes to The City to look up his absent girlfriend. He discovers she's become a sex-worker, so he gets a job at a riding stable and meets a new girl.
Tú, solo tú
1950 · 5 votes
Movie6.2Intensifying skirmishes between a brutally oppressive conquistador imperialist and the last holdouts of Aztec resistance... and meanwhile, miraculous visitations of The Virgin Mary to two of the downtrodden and conquered indigenous peons.
La virgen morena
1942 · 5 votes