Vino el remolino y nos alevantó
Three generations of a stable, middle-class family in the capitol are scattered to the four winds by blowback from the Mexican Revolution.
Juan Bustillo Oro
Also Directed by Juan Bustillo Oro
The Adventures of Pito Perez begins with the return of his character to Santa Clara del Cobre, where he discovers that his mother has died and his brothers are gone, leaving his old house abandoned. Before going back, worn and dirty, Pito climbs the bell tower of the church, accompanied by a bottle of Puruarán liquor, decides to tell a writer played by Andres Soler what has been his life during those years of absence. Told in a simple tone, bittersweet tale spun by its protagonist and using just a few of the episodes of the first part of the novel, this second adaptation of the useless Life of Pito Perez is the story of a drowned looking sadness what was his life. But it happens that sometimes humor is the best way to address the tragedies
A 1940 film directed by Juan Bustillo Oro.
In a Gothic-styled monastery, a monk named Javier sees the face of another monk, Juan, and suddenly attempts to bludgeon him to death with a heavy crucifix. Both men then relate their own versions of a story of romantic rivalry between them.
Don Anastacio, an aristocrat passing through a rough patch,He will make marry his daughter Isabel with wealthy rancher. Isabel and her family refuse to work, Jose Manuel takes them to the ranch, where they are forced to work for food.
Two middle-aged no-goodniks are trying to marry two young ladies; two age-appropriate young men concoct a scheme to prevent it, which involves one of them masquerading as the young ladies' aunt.
Woman prostitutes herself to the man who murdered her fiance, to get evidence of his guilt and bring him to trial.
Sequel to Alla en el Rancho Grande, twenty years later -- sons and daughters of the original characters go through a courtship melodrama of their own.
Mysterious widower remarries, takes new bride to a spooky mansion.
Mom and dad make sacrifices for the sake of their adult children. And then more sacrifices. And more.
Frivolous young dandy is trying to score with an operetta singer, but she ends up with his uncle. For awhile. And then...