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...

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

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

An erotic model has three lovers, one of them is the father of her child. Which of the three will be?

After her husband leaves her for a younger woman, the helping of her caring, but cynical godmother, is not enough to prevent Julia from plotting her...

Mama has four daughters in their late teens. some of them might be more interested in careers than husbands, but she's hoping she'll find a highly...

A man comes home after serving 18 years in jail for murder in this routine western. Although the man killed in self defense, rumors in town...

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 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...

In a seedy brothel, their frustrations parade: A poet who has never published, a revolutionary who came late to history, a provocative angel, a...

The arrival of Aunt Alejandra triggers a series of nightmarish events that will put the life of a family at mysterious risk.

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

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

A plague is spreading through 16th century Mexico, and the Inquisition of the Roman Catholic Church is rooting out Jews, for they are believed to be...

The story of two women, a mother and her daughter, who during the Cristero War set traps for government soldiers passing by their house, using...

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...

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