Abel Woolrich
Biography: Abel Woolrich was an actor and producer, known for The Mask of Zorro (1998), Ravenous (1999) and Apocalypto (2006). He died on May 12, 2006 in Mexico.
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Deathday: May 12, 2006
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Mexico, Mexico, ra, ra, ra!
1976-02-04
Mexico, Mexico, ra, ra, ra!
Overview: Librado, an unemployed man, lives in a crowded small house with numerous children and relatives, is beaten for stealing a car antenna. His godmother and her children try to settle in his place. She then is arrested at a supermarket for stealing, however, she offers herself and volunteers a friend of hers for sex to the policemen so she can be released. She is a maid of an employee who acts subservient to his boss, a mid-level government employee at once servile who delivers speeches on sexuality in educational texts and then discusses the matter with his brother, a corrupt inspector.
Genres: Crime Drama Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1976-02-04
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Don de Dios
2005-10-28
Don de Dios
Overview: Tepito is a neighborhood of Mexico City, where the dreams of many destitute people become real. But Tepito is also run by organized crime and corrupt politicians, impunity reigns and justice is non- existent. Here will take place the story of two foolishly proud young men, who were once best childhood friends, and now are blinded by greed and turn against each other. Their intentions are to destroy their families and eventually their own lives.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2005-10-28
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Solo
1996-08-23
Solo
Overview: An android fighting-machine is charged with destroying a small brigade of rebels in a Latin American war who are fighting to maintain their freedom and protect their village. Contrary to his programming, Peebles decides to stay and assist the rebels in their plight. Having gained this information, his "creators" develop a more powerful android to try and defeat him.
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-08-23
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National Mechanics
1972-12-28
National Mechanics
Overview: A mechanic takes his family to a car race and a series of events occur which brings problems, betrayals, violence and the unexpected death of an elderly person.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1972-12-28
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The Heart of the Night
1984-03-15
The Heart of the Night
Overview: A young deaf-mute who lives and has intercourse with a blind man much older than she, inevitably attracts a shy driving instructor a strange, hallucinatory underworld, populated by those beings whose mutilation, impaired physical differences, have become rejected of society.
Genres: Thriller Mystery Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1984-03-15
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Midaq Alley
1995-05-05
Midaq Alley
Overview: Heated tempers, frustrated desires and dashed hopes plague a diverse group of individuals whose lives cross paths in Mexico City. There is the bar-owner's son, Chava, who yearns to emigrate to America. A poor barber, Abel, is madly in love with the gorgeous Alma, who eventually becomes a high-class prostitute. Finally, there is Susanita, the desperate spinster who pursues many love affairs in hopes of finding a husband.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1995-05-05
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New World
1978-08-10
New World
Overview: Towards the end of the 16th century, the Spanish conquerors living in the New World faced a serious problem: the evangelization of the indigenous people, who did not understand or accept Christianity due to their unshakable faith in their own religion. The court of the Inquisition cracks down on heretics and the natives prepare for a general uprising ...
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1978-08-10
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Chin Chin el teporocho
1976-08-15
Chin Chin el teporocho
Overview: Rogelio’s story, a young man of humble origin in the neighborhood of Tepito, who falls in love with the daughter of a wealthy grocer, Michelle, but his marriage to her will be a failure and he will end up as a one more drunk.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1976-08-15
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Gertrudis Bocanegra
1992-09-24
Gertrudis Bocanegra
Overview: Biopic about a woman who played a courageous role in the resistance against French occupation of Mexico in the early 1800s.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1992-09-24
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Cuartelazo
1977-05-04
Cuartelazo
Overview: Narration of one of the bloodiest episodes of the Mexican national history, The Tragic Ten, beginning when General Victoriano Huerta sent to kill President Francisco I. Madero, Vice President José María Pino Suárez and Senator Belisario Dominguez. The film recreates the moment of the execution at the hands of Huerta and his accomplices Bernardo Reyes, Félix Díaz and Manuel Mondragón.
Genres: History Action Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1977-05-04
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The Harvest
1993-11-05
The Harvest
Overview: A screenwriter is sent to Mexico to develop a story that can be used to wrap up a movie presently in production. Given a very short time allotment, the writer immerses himself in the seamier side of a Mexican beach resort, but soon finds himself involved in a 'body organ for profit' operation. Drugged, he has one of his own kidneys removed, and then, with a woman he isn't sure he can trust, he sets out to expose the ring...
Genres: Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-11-05
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Apocalypto
2006-12-07
Apocalypto
Overview: Set in the Mayan civilization, when a man's idyllic presence is brutally disrupted by a violent invading force, he is taken on a perilous journey to a world ruled by fear and oppression where a harrowing end awaits him. Through a twist of fate and spurred by the power of his love for his woman and his family he will make a desperate break to return home and to ultimately save his way of life.
Genres: Action Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-12-07
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Dama de Noche
1993-05-18
Dama de Noche
Overview: Bruno, a novelist with no luck goes to call for help from his love always sofia, who is in Veracruz desolate without knowing what to do with the corpse of her boyfriend who died because of a heart attack while they made love
Genres: Drama Mystery Romance Thriller
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1993-05-18
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In the Time of the Butterflies
2001-10-21
In the Time of the Butterflies
Overview: Based on the book by Julia Alvarez. Three sisters become activists during the Dominican Republic's Trujillo regime when members of their family are killed by the government's troops.
Genres: TV Movie Thriller Drama History Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-10-21
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The Edge of the Earth
1995-05-31
The Edge of the Earth
Overview: In a small town where nothing ever happens, the inhabitants learn about a place at the edge of the earth where money and women are abundant. When they see the oportunity to go and work illegaly in the United States, they jump at the chance. Meanwhile Andrés and Gregorio go to the town searching for treasures and they only find Matilde, the rest of the women in the town left, tired of waiting for the men to return.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1995-05-31
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His Most Serene Highness
2000-08-17
His Most Serene Highness
Overview: This historical drama depicts the waning days of the life of Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, who waged a war against the United States that ultimately cost his nation half of its territory
Genres: History
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2000-08-17
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El gavilán de la sierra
2002-03-01
El gavilán de la sierra
Overview: Musician Rosendo Nevárez learns of his brother Gabriel’s death in a remote spot in the Durango mountains and decides to return to his boyhood home to learn more about his brother’s untimely end. Gabriel, who was more widely known as the “Mountain Hawk,” led an outlaw’s life which was either that of a lowly criminal or daring do-gooder, as accounts of the man’s life vary depending on the point of view of the interviewee. As Rosendo digs deeper for the truth, it becomes apparent that Gabriel was a heroic figure worthy of the song his brother plans to write in his commemoration—if only Rosendo can overcome his growing envy for his brother’s immortal status as a swashbuckling rebel.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2002-03-01
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Vampires: Los Muertos
2002-09-23
Vampires: Los Muertos
Overview: Tough-as-nails vampire hunter Derek Bliss is on the hunt for "suckers" in the heart of Mexico when he receives a new assignment from a mysterious client. Thrown together with a group of slayers, including sexy Zooey, who may or may not be one of the undead. Derek and company are up against a growing number of fast-moving, bloodthirsty vampires and their elusive and powerful leader.
Genres: Horror Thriller Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-09-23
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Ave María
1999-11-20
Ave María
Overview: In the colonial New Spain Ana is a missionary who decides to support the indigenous people.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1999-11-20
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Before Night Falls
2000-09-03
Before Night Falls
Overview: Spanning several decades, this powerful biopic offers a glimpse into the life of famed Cuban poet and novelist Reinaldo Arenas, an artist who was vilified for his homosexuality in Fidel Castro's Cuba.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-09-03
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Die At Night
Die At Night
Overview: Searching for answers, Alex finds his father, who he thought was gone forever.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
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Ravenous
1999-03-16
Ravenous
Overview: Upon receiving reports of missing persons at Fort Spencer, a remote Army outpost on the Western frontier, Capt. John Boyd investigates. After arriving at his new post, Boyd and his regiment aid a wounded frontiersman who recounts a horrifying tale of a wagon train murdered by its supposed guide -- a vicious U.S. Army colonel gone rogue. Fearing the worst, the regiment heads out into the wilderness to verify the gruesome claims.
Genres: Adventure Horror Western Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-03-16
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The Mask of Zorro
1998-07-16
The Mask of Zorro
Overview: It has been twenty years since Don Diego de la Vega fought Spanish oppression in Alta California as the legendary romantic hero, Zorro. Having escaped from prison he transforms troubled bandit Alejandro into his successor, in order to foil the plans of the tyrannical Don Rafael Montero who robbed him of his freedom, his wife and his precious daughter.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-07-16
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The Castaways of Liguria
1985-08-15
The Castaways of Liguria
Overview: A fire started by Harry Thompson destroys the Liguria, a legendary ship of the 19th century, and its treasure of gold and diamonds sinks in the sea. Thompson manages to escape unaware that Albizetti sleeps in the same lifeboat he uses. They manage to arrive at a deserted island, which has also been reached on the opposite shore– by the other survivors of the shipwreck: three children, a woman and three men.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1985-08-15
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Broken Flag
1979-06-21
Broken Flag
Overview: When a group of young filmmakers witness and film a crime of passion, the most outrageous blackmail of the century begins. By means of a fantastic plan, the filmmakers send to the murderer, a financial and industrial big shot, a copy of the movie that incriminates him and they demand him an improvement of the standard of living for the working class.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1979-06-21
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La mesa servida
2004-05-29
La mesa servida
Overview: Carlos has an empty belly and tries to dominate nature by obeying it. The only two pigs in his village are seductive meat. He already has the table set, without knowing that the pig affection will tell him what the pantheons are full of.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2004-05-29
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El agujero negro del sol
2002-03-08
El agujero negro del sol
Overview: Dr. Ulpiano, a psychologist and doctor of letters, lives immersed in a work routine that over the years has healed an aspect of fatigue on his face. He has a recurring dream in which he sees himself reincarnating another person: a caring for old, homeless cars. Such a dream causes him a great concern that makes him doubt about what reality is and what sleep is.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2002-03-08
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The Realm of Fortune
1986-11-28
The Realm of Fortune
Overview: 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 depressing nothingness of his town it is easy to die.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1986-11-28
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Death and the Compass
1992-08-05
Death and the Compass
Overview: In a totalitarian future, in a nightmare metropolis, inhabited only by criminals and police, Erik Lonnrot, a gifted detective, investigates a series of strange murders and disappearances that seem to implicate a insane crime lord. (Re-released in 1996 as a feature film, 86 minutes.)
Genres: Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-08-05
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Paper Flowers
1978-02-01
Paper Flowers
Overview: On the thinnest of pretexts, a horde of homeless people descend on the apartments of two members of the comfortable middle class and proceed to loot and vandalize both homes, leaving the next morning with many of the belongings they found there, as well as one of the residents who has opted to join them. This political allegory is based on two plays by the Chilean playwright Egon Wolff.
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1978-02-01
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Wild Women
1984-08-23
Wild Women
Overview: Women escape from prison to search for a treasure whose location has been revealed to them by a dying old woman.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1984-08-23
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Everyone's Hell so Feared
1981-09-09
Everyone's Hell so Feared
Overview: The inner demons of an aspiring writer, whose dissatisfaction has pushed him to alcohol and drugs, lead him to his self-destruction under the guise of confusing political positions.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1981-09-09
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La caja
2003-03-21
La caja
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Original Language: es
Release Date: 2003-03-21
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