Arturo Ripstein Movies

In a reinterpretation of Madame Bovary set on contemporary Mexico City, Emilia, a middle class housewife, tries to deal with the monotony of her...

This documentary explores key moments in the life of writer Juan Rulfo, with artists such as Werner Herzog and Eduardo Galeano reflecting on his work.

Narration of one of the bloodiest episodes of the Mexican national history, The Tragic Ten, beginning when General Victoriano Huerta sent to kill...

A story where the Cristero Rebellion creates a story of love, passion, and betrayal. When the Federal Rosas and his lover arrive in a town, a local...

Two wrestlers decide to go to a hotel in order to meet two prostitutes.

After her husband leaves her for a younger woman, Julia plans her revenge with the help of her grandmother.

Friends of Luis Buñuel discuss the director while Buñuel mixes drinks and entertains friends in his home.

A gunfighter is appointed sheriff of a town that is terrorized by a gang of criminals.

Poor Dionisio finds himself as recipient of the good fortune, but soon he forgets that everything that goes up also has to go down, and that in the...

A woman seeks help from one of her bigamous husband's killers to transport his corpse back to her home.

Thriller directed by Arturo Ripstein.

A group of people, including Capulina and Viruta, head towards the city by train. A heavy storm interrupts their journey and now they must take a...

Two dark-comedy stories involving blackmail, murder and love triangles in Rio de Janeiro

As a teenager and student at a convent school, young Mariana runs away with her boyfriend, provoking the wrath of her father who sends her to...

"La Nueva Jerusalem" is a small community of believers lead by Papá Basilio and Mamá Dorita. They're waiting for the second coming of...

Documentary about the founding of Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl on the outskirts of Mexico City in the sixties.

The film tells the story of the Boteros, a middle-class Mexican family struggling against poverty after their father's death. Ignacia (Egurrola) is...

A novelist travels to the country to learn the problems of a friend's shy son and runs into an intruder.