Hortensia Santoveña
Also Known As: Hortencia Santoveña, Hortensia Santovena
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: Not available
Adult: No
Gender: Female
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Amor en la sombra
Overview: A daughter who idolizes her father discovers, just before he dies, that he was leading a double life and had a hidden lover.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1960-11-24
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Los chacales
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Genres: Drama Western
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1963-01-01
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Poison for the Fairies
Overview: In 1965 Mexico City, Flavia, a wealthy yet lonely schoolgirl, befriends Veronica, a young orphan girl who has a fascination with witchcraft. Veronica convinces Flavia that she is a real witch and forces her to be her assistant. The children's games gradually become more serious and Veronica demands more from Flavia.
Genres: Fantasy Horror
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1986-10-02
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Simon of the Desert
Overview: Simon, a deeply religious man living in the 4th century, wants to be nearer to God so he climbs a column. The Devil wants him come down to Earth and is trying to seduce him.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1965-08-27
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Wuthering Heights
Overview: Gone several years, the brooding Alejandro returns to the hacienda of his foster sister, Catalina, whom he loves, to find her married to the wealthy and effete Eduardo.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1954-06-30
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Quinceañera
Overview: María Antonia, Beatriz and Leonor are three classmates who are anxiously awaiting the celebration of their 15th birthday. However, each of them will have to cope with their complicated personal situation.
Genres: Drama Family Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1960-06-09
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When mommy comes back
Overview: A family of six children are orphaned on Christmas Eve and struggle through a year without parental support.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1961-03-02
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Cuarto de hotel
Overview: Newlywed couple move from small town to Mexico City. Their first night in the city, they get separated by accident, and it takes them 90 minutes and lots of incidents before they find each other again.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1953-08-13
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La vida no vale nada
Overview: Pablo, a wandering laborer, has imprisoned himself in a hell of alcoholism. Cruz, a widow, reaches out to the troubled man, but even her compassion may not be enough to save him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1955-05-04
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The Braid
Overview: A town confused by religion persecutes a woman who stole the braid from the statue of the Virgin.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1975-03-13
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Los amantes
Overview: Mexican feature film
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1956-11-09
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The Hawks
Overview: The story of two half brothers who do not know they are such, who fight over a woman and nearly kill each other. One of them belongs to Los Gavilanes, a group of men who live live hidden and looting to give to the poor. Revenge, love and hate will at the end bring out the truth and everyone will get what he deserves.
Genres: Western
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1956-02-10
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Two Mules for Sister Sara
Overview: When a wandering mercenary named Hogan rescues a nun called Sister Sara from the unwanted attentions of a band of rogues on the Mexican plains, he has no idea what he has let himself in for. Their chance encounter results in the blowing up of a train and a French garrison, as well as igniting a spark between them that survives a shocking discovery.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-03-02
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Tres noches de locura
Overview: Anthology movie, episodes about three women who undergo stressful experiences that cause their minds to snap.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1970-05-21
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El medio pelo
Overview: A woman who fancies herself an aristocrat rejects a potential suitor because he's not of her class. Also: their adult children have their own drama, a bit inflected with hippie-ish values.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1972-01-06
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Talpa
Overview: Produced on a grand scale, the Mexican Talpa relates the simple story of two brothers. The older of the siblings, Tanilo (Victor Manuel Mendoza) is a well-to-do family man; the other, Estaban (Jamie Fernandez), is one step above a wastrel. When Tanilo is felled by illness, Estaban is forced to take over the family's blacksmith business. He also inaugurates a romance with Tanilo's attractive young wife Juana (Lilia Prado). Punishment is eventually doled out in a manner which suggests that God Himself is exacting retribution on the adulterous couple. Originally released at 87 minutes, Talpa was pared down to 73 minutes for American consumption.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-12-20
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La desconocida
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Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1954-01-01
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Peach Blossom
Overview: Farm-girl, seduced and abandoned, goes to the big city to have her baby and live out her shameful soiled disgrace away from her birth people.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1970-08-27
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There's Always a First Time
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1971-02-25
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Prisión de mujeres
Overview: 'Prisión de Mujeres' is a film by Fernando A. Rivero that narrates a harsh reality: the strength of women in a prison, how they lose their dignity and do not stop for anything.
Genres: Drama Crime Thriller
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1977-09-15
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House of the Frights
Overview: Half-dozen comic actors in a spooky house.
Genres: Horror Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1963-03-22
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Bring Me the Vampire
Overview: A group of would-be beneficiaries gather for the reading of a will, and discover that they must spend the night in a spooky castle to gain their inheritance. A spooky housekeeper and a man who seems to be a vampire are just two of the obstacles that might deter them.
Genres: Mystery Comedy Horror
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1963-06-14
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The She-Wolf
Overview: A wealthy, young Mexican woman is under a werewolf's curse.
Genres: Horror Mystery
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1965-07-01
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The Door and The Butcher's Wife
Overview: A movie divided in two segments, the first "La puerta" (The Door) is about a high society gathering in which a door inside the mansion leads to a bizarre corridor where a naked and menacing human figure appears. The second "La mujer del carnicero" (The Butcher's Wife) is set during the Mexican revolution and is about horrifying hallucinations felt by a lieutenant after committing a murder.
Genres: Horror Mystery
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1969-09-25
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Tonta, tonta, pero no tanto
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Genres: Adventure Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1972-09-07
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Tacos al Carbón
Overview: Tacos al carbón is a mexican movie released on june 8th 1972 on Mexico City.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1972-06-08
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Autumn Days
Overview: Luisa is a small-town girl who works in the bakery of the widower Don Albino. Luisa dreams of marrying and loves children. Just as Don Albino shows interest in her, Luisa announces that she will marry soon with Carlos, the driver of a rich house whom she met recently...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1963-10-31
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Mujeres de medianoche
Overview: Crime melodrama involving blackmail, murder, mystery and the obligatory police investigation.
Genres: Mystery Crime Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1969-11-13
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El tejedor de milagros
Overview: Arnulfo is a man weaving baskets. Remedios has given birth in front of the house of a woman and her aid, but the village is spread the word that the child born as a child God and an atheist would think exploit to their advantage the "miracle ".
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1962-12-27
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Time to Die
Overview: 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 circulated that he murdered the victim in cold blood. The ex-con wants to get his life together, but the two sons of the slain man are gunning for the man who killed their father.
Genres: Western Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1966-08-11
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Crosses Over the Wasteland
Overview: After a long journey in search of the murderer of his father, a man abuses a beautiful girl next to marry.
Genres: Western Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1967-02-02
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The Living Coffin
Overview: A cowboy and his sidekick meet a ranching family that is haunted by spirits and vampires.
Genres: Horror Western
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1959-12-03
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Del suelo no paso
Overview: Poetic-type dude gets mixed up with gangsters, a millionaire's dog and some stolen jewels.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1959-08-20
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800 Leagues Over the Amazon
Overview: Family builds a houseboat and sets sail down the Amazon. Based on a novel by Jules Verne.
Genres: Drama Action Adventure
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1959-09-03
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The Pact
Overview: When they were children, siblings Sergio and Teresa made a promise to never leave each other. An unhealthy co-dependence developes into adulthood.
Genres: Thriller Drama Mystery
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1976-02-26
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El albañil
Overview: Construction worker falls in love with a handicapped woman who aspires to a career as a singer.
Genres: Drama Comedy Music
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1975-10-30
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Elena y Raquel
Overview: Elena's sterile and her younger cousin Raquel gets pregnant before marriage.They scream at each other a lot.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-09-01
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La edad de la tentación
Overview: By the negligence of parents who not assume their responsibility in sex education, many lives are ruined
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1959-01-08
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El primer paso... de la mujer
Overview: Three girls from different social classes are forced to take that first step into adulthood that leads them to live fun adventures and also unfortunate events.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1974-05-02
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Eugenia Grandet
Overview: A miserly father quashes his daughter's marriage plans because he thinks her fiance is a fortune-hunter.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1953-09-23
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The Illegitimate
Overview: Family melodrama: manipulative parents ruin lives with their meddling.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1956-04-18
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La Diana cazadora
Overview: A great love story based on the idea and development of the famous monument that decorating Mexico City.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1957-06-21
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Aquel famoso Remington
Overview: Historical drama about the career of a hit-man who specialized in political assassinations in Mexico in the 1920s-30s.
Genres: Drama Western
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1982-07-23
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El caso de una adolescente
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1958-11-20
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Ley fuga
Overview: As he rises through the ranks of the police department, a young officer gets more deeply involved in manipulating gang activity for personal gain.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1954-08-19
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