Ignacio López Tarso Movies

An anthropologist goes to the mountains to study the problems of the indigenous people and finds out that they are being dispossessed of their lands.

In the fall of 1824 Javier Montenegro, Bradomin Marquis is spared death hanging by Captain Casares, and in return, the Marquis agrees to help him...

A poor, but very lucky man in the cock fighting business, is hired by a rich man, but both are in love with the same woman.

Peasant woman leads a regiment during the final days of the Mexican Revolution. Also, romantic entanglements.

In 1920s Mexico, the candidates being chosen to succeed the current president, El Caudillo, find themselves at his mercy as he will resort to...

Mourners share their memories of a dead film-star at her wake, a la Citizen Kane. Only melodrama.

An international oil company comes into conflict with a Mexican ranch owner who refuses to sell his land, resorting to a devious scheme to try to...

During the Mexican Agrarian Reform, an engineer travels to a town to distribute the land of the landowners among the peasants.

A behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of John Huston's "Under the Volcano" (1984).

A movie divided in two segments, the first "La puerta" (The Door) is about a high society gathering in which a door inside the mansion leads to a...

In Santa Fe de Tierra Firme, an imaginary Latin American country, the indigenous dictator Santos Banderas rules with an iron fist. A group of rebels...

A woman adopts a child and discovers that she can love again despite facing a wicked man.

A mid-level government bureaucrat is forced to think hard about his ideas on governmental corruption and his own integrity.

Historical melodrama on horseback, 1840s or so in central Mexico. Pulpy, Zorro-ish...

Priest defies the gods by refusing to sacrifice his daughter. Also: conquistadores.

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.

A beautiful woman, fatally ill of the heart, is torn between the love of a poor sculptor and a forced marriage with the sadistic son of a millionaire.

After an all-nighter, Ricardo gets to his apartment only to find his family ready to have an intervention for him. His struggle with addiction is the...

Teo, a young and struggling actor, disguises himself as a 79 year old man to take advantage from the benefits of a retirement home, while also trying...