Raúl Lavista

Drinking buddies Juan and El Cuervo go to Juan's home town where they are met by Juan's brother, Jorge--who is now a doctor in the capital--and his brother, Don Armando, who doesn't recognize his eldest son because he has been away for so long. At the church, Juan is reminded of the night Jorge and he saw their mother killed by drunks who were horseracing outside the church. At the time, the brothers had sworn to avenge their mother, but Jorge no...

After a lavish dinner party in a stately mansion, the guests believe themselves unable to leave the premises. As the days pass, the elaborate facades of their social positions collapse and they are forced to live like animals. Finally discovering they are actually free to leave, they go to church to give thanks, where they are again trapped.

A slow-witted but strong slaughterhouse worker who is hired by a slumlord to break a tenant strike accidentally kills one of the strike leaders. He is then drawn into a doomed affair with the landlord's wife.

A surrealistic, allegorical portrayal of poverty, hunger, and death in a 16th-century Mexican village. "During the feast of All Souls Day, Macario, a Mexican peasant, revolts against his lifetime of poverty by vowing never to eat again until he has a whole turkey for himself. His wife steals one for him, cooks it, and tells him to eat it while his five hungry children are sleeping. His hunger stronger than his conscience, Macario goes into the woods...

An exessively strict and authoritarian father humiliates and belittles his son. In a conversation full of mistakes, the father directs his son to marry Josefa, a young woman he is profoundly in love with.

Film portrays the turbulent political situation in post-revolutionary Mexico in 1920. The imminent succession of the military leader in power is about to be decided. Aguirre is chosen as the candidate of the Radical Progressive Party, but his boss, El Caudillo, has chosen another candidate, Jiménez. Aguirre must decide between his loyalty to the regime and the opportunity to accede to power. Several moves between the opposing factions lead to a violent...

The order and tranquility of the Cataño family is shaken when a vacuum cleaner salesman knocks on their door trying to sell his modern product. The young daughter, Maru, is enchanted by the salesman and from that moment on dreams of breaking free of her conservative family. This film reflects social change in urban 20th century Mexico due to the rise of the middle class.

The owner of a barber shop has begun to study the law with the help of Tio Juan, once a very successful attorney who is now too ill to practice. Before long, the barber begins his law practice and goes on to win many cases. Eventually he runs for office against the local political machine.

Ahí está el detalle: Cantinflas convinces his girlfriend's boss that he is his wife's brother to benefit from the industrialist's wealth; a working class family struggles with money and personal issues. Cuando los hijos se van: The actions of his ambitious brother Joseph cause noble Raimundo to be wrongfully accused of theft. After he is forced to leave home, Raimundo is disowned by his girlfriend Maria and her father, the fair and strict Don Pepe....

El señor fotógrafo: Concerns over governmental corruption find the bad guys routed in high comic fashion when they cross paths with the assignment of a trouble-prone photographer. El señor fotógrafo: Cantinflas, fotógrafo ambulante, es capturado por unos gangsters cuando trataba de coger unas flores para su novia, Consuelo. Los gangsters le han confundido con el ayudante del doctor Penongo, científico que ha descubierto la fórmula de una nueva...