Arturo Ripstein Movies

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

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

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

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

When a young boy steals billiard balls from a local saloon, a stranger is charged with the crime. The local layabouts find there is no reason to hang...

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

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

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...

Thriller directed by Arturo Ripstein.

Family honor, greed, machismo, homophobia, and dreams collide in a small Mexican town.

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...

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

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

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

Set in Mexico City, Mentiras Piadosas is the doomed love story of Clara and Israel. She is a health inspector and he is an herb merchant, who is...

After being released from jail, "Tarzan" Lira seeks to rebuild his life as a bank employee. Unfortunately, it might not be as easy as he thinks.

"Nazarín is a Quixote of the priesthood " "Among the films I have made in Mexico, Nazarin is one that I prefer." "As inexplicable as the...

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...

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