Sofía Álvarez
Biography: Carmen Sofía Álvarez Caicedo, better known as Sofía Álvarez (Bogotá, Colombia May 23, 1913 - Mexico City, Mexico April 30, 1985) was a Mexican film actress and singer of Colombian origin. Born and raised in Colombia, she moved with her family to Mexico in 1928. Her film debut was a small part, in the role of a prostitute in Santa (1930), the first talkie of Mexican cinema. Popularly known as the lady of the long braids, she enjoyed popularity during the 1930s and 1940s as an actress and singer. Subsequently she performed with Mario Moreno Cantinflasin the popular film Ahí está el detalle (1940). In the 1940s, Álvarez is characterized by her interpretation of elegant ladies in films like El sombrero de tres picos and México de mis recuerdos (1943). She performed with the popular Pedro Infante in three films: Si me han de matar mañana (1946), La barca de oro (1947) and Soy charro de Rancho Grande (1947). One of her most celebrated films was La Reina de la Opereta (1945). In 1950 she left the cinema to continue as a radio singer. She returned to the cinema between 1957 and 1966, when she retired from the scenes. Her last film was El Gángster (1965), with Arturo de Córdova. She was noted for her excellent voice also that delicate features that printed her characters.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: May 23, 1913
Deathday: April 30, 1985
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El Hombre Búfalo
2020-08-28
El Hombre Búfalo
Overview: After a threat, a journalist stops publishing. His search for justice leads him to meet his destiny and a mythological being who takes care of the abandoned childhood.
Genres: Drama Thriller Fantasy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2020-08-28
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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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You’re Missing the Point
1940-09-11
You’re Missing the Point
Overview: Cantinflas, the boyfriend of the servant of a rich industrial man, gets into the house in order to kill a mad dog. Suddenly this man appears so the servant tells him that Cantinflas is his wife's brother (Leonardo), who had been lost for years. The rich man then remembers that his father in law's testament could only be paid when all brothers get together, so treats Cantinflas, a real bum, as a king.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1940-09-11
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Ana and Bruno
2017-09-01
Ana and Bruno
Overview: Ana, a nine year old girl, arrives with her mother to an isolated beach with the intention to rest and to know the sea. There, she discovers that they are under a terrible threat, therefore she is obligated to look for help with her father in order to save her mother.
Genres: Animation Adventure Family
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2017-09-01
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Ladies' Night
2003-12-10
Ladies' Night
Overview: Two girls find love in the most unexpected places in modern-day Mexico City.
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-12-10
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A tiro limpio
1960-01-28
A tiro limpio
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Genres: Western
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1960-01-28
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Si me han de matar mañana
1947-05-26
Si me han de matar mañana
Overview: Romantic triangle during the Mexican Revolution.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1947-05-26
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La barca de oro
1947-08-13
La barca de oro
Overview: Ranch-heiress chooses a husband.
Genres: Comedy Drama Music
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1947-08-13
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Santa
1932-03-30
Santa
Overview: Santa is a beautiful and very humble young girl living in Chimalistac, a small and quiet spot south of the 1930's Mexico City. After Santa is cheated by arrogant soldier Marcelino, she's rejected by her family and friends and expelled of Chimalistac. Santa finds shelter in a whorehouse and becomes a cinic and bitter woman, mistreated by bullfighter "Jarameno" and silently loved by blind pianist Hipólito.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1932-03-30
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Ángeles de arrabal
1949-08-26
Ángeles de arrabal
Overview: Small-time crooks and bargirls, and also their mothers, get involved in a situation over some stolen jewels.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1949-08-26
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Soy charro de Rancho Grande
1947-11-06
Soy charro de Rancho Grande
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Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1947-11-06
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Tres muchachas de Jalisco
1964-01-30
Tres muchachas de Jalisco
Overview: Divorced Dad's planning to remarry, so Daughter #1 notifies Mom and Daughters #2&3. Then parents, daughters and boyfriends act out for 80 minutes.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-01-30
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Los dos cuatreros
1965-08-20
Los dos cuatreros
Overview: Two wandering cowboys are falsely accused of murder.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-08-20
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The Gangster
1965-07-08
The Gangster
Overview: An old gangster returns from the United States to Mexico City to live with his sister-in-law and his two nephews, where he will face the daily life of a middle-class family.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1965-07-08
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La ley del más rápido
1959-12-03
La ley del más rápido
Overview: Young gunslinger gets his hero on. #2 in a series ("El Puma.")
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1959-12-03
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La reina de la opereta
1946-01-11
La reina de la opereta
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1946-01-11
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Un Ángel de la Calle
1967-01-01
Un Ángel de la Calle
Overview: Doña Margarita, a lady of high society, wants for her son Pablo a wife of the same social level. He, however, loves the dressmaker’s daughter, whom he secretly marries thanks to the services of a priest friend. The couple must continue fighting against the matron’s crooked plans, until in an unfortunate accident, Pablo kills his wife’s stepfather and must flee to Europe. Years pass, and Pablo is unaware that he has a son. When he finally returns, thanks to the child, he reunites with the love of his life and definitively puts an end to the perverse plans of his mother.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1967-01-01
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El puma
1959-09-09
El puma
Overview: Son of a ranching family returns home after studying in the city for a law degree. He sides with the peons in a labor dispute and his father disowns him; he sets up a law office in another town. First of three movies in a masked-avenger series.
Genres: Western Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1959-09-09
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México de mis recuerdos
1944-04-06
México de mis recuerdos
Overview: After listening to the waltz "Carmelita", dedicated to his wife, President Diaz instructs Don Susanito seeking the composer Chucho Flores to give her a piano. Don Susanito located Chucho, a bohemian who lives drunk and surrounded by poets and artists. Don Susanito was named patron protector of artists and aspiring young stars of the stage, which leads to a series of adventures in the middle of songs, dances and loves.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1944-04-06
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Shadow of Pancho Villa
1933-02-08
Shadow of Pancho Villa
Overview: A 1933 film.
Genres: War Drama Adventure
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1933-02-08
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La hermana impura
1948-03-03
La hermana impura
Overview: Outsider comes to visit a remote village as a representative of an oil company. Once there, he discovers that the man who owns the land he's interested in has a daughter who's identical to a bad, troubled woman from his bad, troubled past.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1948-03-03
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Flor de fango
1942-01-16
Flor de fango
Overview: Wicked man seduces virtuous young woman; she leaves home in disgrace. Etc.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1942-01-16
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Martín Garatuza
1935-09-02
Martín Garatuza
Overview: Sixteenth-century swashbuckler helps a young woman claim a rightful inheritance in the face of opposition from her father's widow and co-conspirators.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1935-09-02
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La niña de mis ojos
1947-05-02
La niña de mis ojos
Overview: Classic movie of Mexican cinema.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1947-05-02
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Un corazón en el ruedo
1950-01-05
Un corazón en el ruedo
Overview: Famous bullfighter rises from humble beginnings, finds himself enmeshed in an emotionally-draining romantic triangle.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1950-01-05
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The Diary
2024-10-04
The Diary
Overview: Olga discovers the unfinished diary of a notorious killer and becomes captivated by its dark secrets. As she delves deeper, she uncovers a mysterious connection between them, putting her life—and the lives of those around her—in grave danger.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2024-10-04
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