Movies: José Emilio Pacheco

A plague is spreading through 16th century Mexico, and the Inquisition of the Roman Catholic Church is rooting out Jews, for they are believed to be its cause. At his father's funeral, a monk observes his family practicing Jewish burial rite, and he ...

A Romanian aristocrat retreats to a desert isle with his wife and servants on the eve of World War II....

After having his genitals brutally mutilated during childhood, a man must face prejudice and himself....

A disciplined and sexually driven man forces his family to stay isolated in their home in order to protect them from the “evil nature” of human beings....

When a man appears in her life, a young woman of traditional manners who lives with her godmother suffers a deep and unusual transformation....

The story runs in the 1940s Mexico City. A schoolboy (Carlos) falls in love with his best friend's mother (Mariana). Carlos is impressed because this family is not like the ordinary mexican families of the time, because they have many expensive Ameri...

When an 11-year-old boy becomes mesmerized by his friend's mother in the late 1950s, he will try to navigate the impulses of desire at a young age....

In his film debut Ritter is sent to investigate miners being killed and their mines confiscated. The culprit is Evans and after Tex joins the gang, he is sent to kill two more miners. When Estaban is killed, Tex is put on trial for all three murders....

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

Businessman hires a stand-in to pass as the father of his mistress' children....

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Three stories: A young man disobeys his aunt by not killing a cat. An orphan boy, in love with his cousin, is fond of war novels, imagining himself as a hero. A couple of schoolboys in love wander around the city and forget the brutality of their res...

Documentary about life and works Salvador Elizondo, a Mexican writer regarded as one of the creators of the most influential cult noirè, experimental and intelligent style literature in Latin America....

A short directed by Hilda Soriano, based on José Emilio Pacheco's story....

Documentary about a Mexico City prison, notorious for holding political prisoners and for civil rights abuses committed there....

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