La ley de Herodes

A Wonderful World

A fairy tale about the political and socioeconomic realities of Mexico.

Killing Cabos

Oscar Cabos, a multimillionaire tycoon, is being held for ransom--only his captors have nabbed the wrong man. Now, to get their money, they must find the real Cabos--which could get tricky since he's been counter-kidnapped by his future son-in-law and impersonated by his childhood friend (now his janitor), Nacho.

Herod’s Law

Mexico, 1949. The fable of a janitor turned Mayor on a little town lost in the Mexican desert, who gradually realizes how far his new acquainted power and corruption can get him.

Dos Crímenes

Greed and playing into the hand of providence provides the focus of this Mexican comedy adapted from a novel by Jorge Ibarguengoitia. Marcos, an architect, has just returned to the home of his wealthy uncle Ramon after squandering his money in Mexico City and subsequently finding himself falsely accused of a crime. Although he is flat-broke, he conceals this from Ramon, telling him that he has returned home to buy a local gold mine. Marcos finds the lies come easily as begins trying to ...

Trail of Death

Thriller directed by Arturo Ripstein.

Der Hornochse und sein Zugpferd

Bei einem Urlaub in Mexiko verschwindet die Tochter eines Konzernchefs spurlos. Da der mit der Suche beauftragte Privatdetektiv Campana erfolglos ist, entschließt sich der Vater des Mädchens auf Anraten seines Mitarbeiters Meyer dazu, seinen Untergebenen François Perrin, der ein ebenso großer Pechvogel wie seine Tochter ist, zusammen mit Campana auf die Suche zu schicken. Dank Perrins „Hilfe“ wird nach etlichen Zufällen, Unfällen und Katastrophen das Mädchen gefunden, da es in einem ...

Life Sentence

"El Tarzan" Lira is an ex-convict who decides to give up his criminal past and reform his life. However, a corrupt policeman blackmails him leaving "El Tarzan" no other option but to continue committing robberies. Adapting the genre conventions of the film noir to the Mexican context, Ripstein's film focuses on Mexican police corruption and questions the judicial system.

The Flight of the Stork

An erotic model has three lovers, one of them is the father of her child. Which of the three will be?

La casta divina

Chronicle Caste War in Yucatan held in the nineteenth century, where the land and the people were the property of the landowners, who called themselves " divine caste ". On one hand, General Salvador Alvarado organized the revolution; on the other, the landowners hire Colonel Ortiz Argumedo to organized the defense of their autonomy. Don Wilfrido, one of the masters, do not hesitate to send his son to fight to maintain their wealth and privileges.