Rosaura Revueltas
Actor · 1910 – 1996 · Ciudad Lerdo, Durango, Mexico
Rosaura Revueltas Sánchez (August 6, 1910 – April 30, 1996) was a Mexican actress, dancer, author and teacher. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rosaura Revueltas, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Movie5.4DramaBased on Rosario Castellanos' novel, Balún Canán is about the turmoil created by the Cardenas’ land reforms. Events occur in Chiapas on the border with Guatemala, mainly in a town called Comitán. Zoraida struggles and fights to keep her properties, inheritance for her only son. For her actions, the sorcerers of Chacjatal cast a death spell over her son.
Balún Canán
1977 · 5 votes
Movie7.0DramaHistoryAt New Mexico's Empire Zinc mine, Mexican-American workers protest the unsafe work conditions and unequal wages compared to their Anglo counterparts. Ramon Quintero helps organize the strike, but he is shown to be a hypocrite by treating his pregnant wife, Esperanza, with a similar unfairness. When an injunction stops the men from protesting, however, the gender roles are reversed, and women find themselves on the picket lines while the men stay at home.
Salt of the Earth
1954 · 104 votes
Movie4.3MusicRomanceMexican love stories follow a dying man, a bullfighter's sister and lovers from feuding villages.
Sombrero
1953 · 12 votes
Movie6.2DramaRomanceA 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 former best friend is now his enemy.
Movie6.8DramaHistoryXavier Mina accepted the commission to lead a liberating expedition in support of General Morelos. He failed to arrive in Mexico until Morelos had died and the Mexican Congress (which in New Spain faced the absolutism of Fernando VII) was dissolved, but for eight months he directed a series of more or less brilliant military actions, in the face of the harassment of the Viceroy , Who finally got him arrested.
Mina, viento de libertad
1977 · 4 votes
Movie6.5DramaAlberto Robles, a young doctor, is faced with the decision to surrender to a life full of comforts and luxuries or to continue dedicating himself body and soul to serving those who need it most.
Movie5.3ActionAdventureThe 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.
The Torch
1950 · 11 votes
Movie7.6DramaLas 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.
Las Islas Marias
1951 · 31 votes
Movie6.5DramaAmbitious young woman decides to leave her backwards hometown and move to Mexico City to study for a scientific degree.
Lo mejor de Teresa
1977 · 6 votes
Movie5.7DramaA man gives his testimony to a doctor, believing he hears the voice of his deceased wife, Diana.
El cuarto cerrado
1952 · 3 votes
Movie5.5DramaOrphan Manuela's passionate crush on her teacher Lucila scandalizes their all-girl Catholic school.