Movies

Inocencio Prieto y Calvo receives a letter telling him he is the heir to his uncle's fortune of two million pesos. Not being able to read he has no...

A high priest tries to force a young beauty to marry a pearl trader who is masquerading as the god Balu.

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...

Two bumpkins in the big city fight over the same girl, until they realize that she's playing them against each other.

Hero vs bad-guy western.

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...

Gumaro Pérez must fulfill all the whims of his wife, who is sworn lady of society even though the Pérez are not a wealthy family. In...

Confronted with the unfortunate news that their favorite Streetcar, no. 133, is going to be decommissioned, two Municipal Transit workers get drunk...

Rolando, a millionare, travels to a remote island and meets the young and tough Tania, a local woman with great dancing skills. He falls in love with...

Newlywed Oliverio receives disturbing news that his mother is on her deathbed. He travels to a remote part of Mexico to fetch a lawyer who can sort...

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...

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...

Adaptation of Dostoyevsky's novel about a student who plans a conceptual murder and then butts heads with a police detective.

Farm's not producing, and a rural family feel like they've exhausted their options, so they move to Mexico City.

The story of Nora, a poor but ambitious young woman, who uses her beauty to seduce a rich and married lawyer.

Four young couples cement their primary relationships during the town fair.

"Faith-healer" develops a cult-like following in 1920s Jalisco.

The encounter with an old lover puts a revolutionary general in great danger of death.

Mistaken identities, courtship woes, invalidated marriages, and sombreros de charro.

Venice Film Festival 1948