4 Movies Starring Ignacio Lèpez Tarso

Nazarin

Nazarin

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1968-06-20

Languages:

Spanish

Countries:

Mexico

Runtime:

94 min

IMDB Ratings:

(3348 Reviews)

Director:

Luis Buèuel

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Julio Alejandro (adapted for the screen by)

Luis Buèuel (adapted for the screen by)

Benito Pèrez Galdès (based on the novel by)

Emilio Carballido (dialogue)

Fullplot:

Nazarin is a priest, attempting to living a pure and honest life strictly according to Christian principles - but others only show him distrust and hatred, apart from the local prostitute...

Macario

Macario

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1960-06-09

Languages:

Spanish

Countries:

Mexico

Runtime:

91 min

IMDB Ratings:

8.4 (1263 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

B. Traven (story)

Emilio Carballido (screenplay)

Roberto Gavaldèn (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Poor, hungry peasant Macario longs for just one good meal on the Day of the Dead. After his wife cooks a turkey for him, he meets three apparitions, the Devil, God, and Death. Each asks him to share his turkey, but he refuses all except Death. In return, Death gives him a bottle of water which will heal any illness. Soon, Macario is more wealthy than the village doctor, which draws the attention of the feared Inquisition.

Pedro Pèramo

Pedro Pèramo

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1967-08-01

Languages:

Spanish

Countries:

Mexico

Runtime:

110 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (178 Reviews)

Director:

Carlos Velo

Cast:

Writer:

Manuel Barbachano Ponce (screenplay)

Carlos Fuentes (screenplay)

Juan Rulfo (novel)

Carlos Velo (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Highly symbolic and allegorical, this drama takes the search of a son for his father in the chaotic times of the Mexican Revolution and the early 1900s as its basis. Stereotypical (or archetypal) figures from early Mexican cinema appear from time to time, and the violence of the revolutionary period is not glossed over. As the son searches for the father, scenes of the father and his earthy way of living are screened.

Under the Volcano

Under the Volcano

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1984-06-13

Languages:

English, Spanish

Countries:

Mexico, USA

Runtime:

112 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (3340 Reviews)

Director:

John Huston

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Malcolm Lowry (novel)

Guy Gallo (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Against a background of war breaking out in Europe and the Mexican fiesta Day of Death, we are taken through one day in the life of Geoffrey Firmin, a British consul living in alcoholic disrepair and obscurity in a small southern Mexican town in 1939. The Consul's self-destructive behaviour, perhaps a metaphor for a menaced civilization, is a source of perplexity and sadness to his nomadic, idealistic half-brother, Hugh, and his ex-wife, Yvonne, who has returned with hopes of healing Geoffrey and their broken marriage.

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