Movies: José Álvarez

A grotesquely disfigured harpooner called Iguana is severely mistreated by his fellow sailors on a whaling ship in the 19th century. One night he escapes and takes up residence on a remote island. He makes himself ruler of the island and declares war...

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Dr. Hugo Arranz celebrates his 50th birthday with his wife and daughter when vile hooligans break into their home, raping and killing both his wife and daughter and cutting out Hugo's tongue. Fortunately, he survives, and not surprisingly, he goes "B...

In the Madrid of the fifties, during any day, whether by chance or fate, a series of characters live all kinds of stories, funny stories and some not so, in one of the most beautiful parks that exist in the city, the Retiro park, known as Parque de M...

In the medieval Castile, Don Tello de Buinesa, the boastful feudal lord, lives with his three sons and their beautiful wives....

An unstable young woman commits crazy actions both inside and outside the mental institution in which she lives....

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A man in chains, a young man who dreams of being part of something, to become a militant for an armed group who must wield a cruelty in which he may not believe in. The characters, each voluntary or involuntary part of a mechanism that overcomes them...

A group of homosexual friends tries to set up a gay club in a town in Andalusia, meeting the opposition of the chief who will use all his resources to try to prevent it....

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The Wixarika culture (or Huichol) originates from the Mexican states of Jalisco, Nayarit, and Durango where more than 50,000 Huicholes currently live and practice their indigenous traditions. A group of huicholes wants a film made that portrays their...

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A woman with a troubled past embarks on a journey to deliver a message from the grieving families of fishermen lost at sea five years ago, at their last known location in the Gulf of Mexico. Her odyssey becomes one of personal redemption....

Unbenownst to a middle-aged teacher of handicapped children, his long-term suffering girlfriend is pregnant with his child. The film philosophically explores the ideas of free will and destiny as they relate to the characters and their life choices....

The life on Zapotal Santa Cruz, a little town in Veracruz, Mexico. Canícula follows the school of the Dance of the Flyers and the people who surrounds the zone where youngs learn an ancient Mesoamerican ceremony performed by totonacs during the summ...

In the Catholic religion Mayordomia, devotees wait their turn to ask Mary Magdalene to grant their wishes by speaking to her in private. They are convinced to be heard by someone who unfailingly send their requests to God....

Documentary film that tells different stories about the people at Veracruz, Mexico where history, music and art are blended....