Ignacio López Tarso Movies

Three-fer anthology of black-humor sex-n-death anecdotes.

"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...

The story tells us about an old teacher from the town, who upon knowing he was going to die, entrusts his sixth-grade class to a colleague who had...

Juan is subjected to shock treatment in the hands of Dr. David, and apparently is able to resume a "normal" life. He and his wife María make...

The discovery of a young woman murdered in her car triggers unrelated problems among a diverse group of people.

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

Man and woman have a couple of one-night-stands spread out over 15 or 20 years.

Song/action clips from 8 or 12 movies that starred Antonio Aguilar as historical figures, with an onscreen narrator who splains things.

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

Odyssey of a man involved in a criminal activity, which leads him to his moral and material failure.

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

Three episodes from the "history" of organized labor in the harbors of Tampico, 1912 to modern-times.

Drug dealer tries to force local subsistance farmers to sell their land to him. The village's "good" rich guy eventually gets around to helping them...

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

Subsistence-economy slum guy who sells used newsprint for a living breaks into showbiz with an inadvertantly-comical fire-eater act. The novelty of...

In a small town, time stops for a father who has lost his son.