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Pueblo en armas (1959)
Character: N/A
Appointed by the dictator Huerta, a local official tries to use his authority to pressure a young woman into marrying him. Meanwhile, counter-revolution is brewing.
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Serpientes y escaleras (1992)
Character: Luciana
Two young girls used to play Serpents and Ladders. One of them always won, but they are very close friends. When they grow up, the winner is still the lucky one in the game of life, but life can be treacherous...
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Pesadilla Fatal (1991)
Character: Lupe
When a young blind woman's father is brutally murdered her life will never be the same... The murderer is now after her!
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Piedras verdes (2001)
Character: N/A
Mariana is the adopted daughter of a businessman. When her father dies she searches for an stolen car while looking for her own identity.
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La casa del Sur (1976)
Character: Peasant
Indian village experiences forced relocation; their experience is paralleled by that of other groups dating back to the 18th century.
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Pobre, pero honrada! (1973)
Character: Pueblerina
Beloved Mexican screen star La India Maria portrays a poor but honorable woman who causes a stir around town when she decides to become a witch doctor in this classic comedy from director Fernando Cortes. When the real medical practitioner in town discovers that there's a new shaman around, the comic trouble that follows is sure to keep viewers in stitches.
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El valle de los miserables (1975)
Character: Sirvienta
In 1909, former judge Cristóbal Zamarripa owns Valle Nacional, a tobacco plantation where he exploits workers with the support of the tyrant Porfirio Díaz, who sends him political prisoners as slaves. The others are lured with the promise of high wages, but end up owing everything to the company store. All are tortured, raped, or killed when they protest. Another landowner whose brother was killed by Zamarripa and who falls in love with one of his daughters is going to be punished, but he flees and becomes a revolutionary.
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El Norte (1983)
Character: Lupe
Brother and sister Enrique and Rosa flee persecution at home in Guatemala and journey north, through Mexico and on to the United States, with the dream of starting a new life.
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Macario (1960)
Character: Viuda (uncredited)
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.
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Once Upon a Scoundrel (1973)
Character: N/A
After falling for Alicia, greedy and powerful Mexican landowner Carlos has her fiancé thrown in prison on a bogus charge. To trick Carlos into releasing her man, Alicia teams up with her Aunt Delfina and tries to convince Carlos that he's a ghost.
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Tizoc (1957)
Character: Machinza
An Indian arouses envy for his expertise in hunting animals without ruining their skins, for his wisdom and his kindness.
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La Cucaracha (1959)
Character: Soldadera embarazada
The Mexican Revolution serves as a backdrop to a torrid love triangle composed of three freedom fighters: a colonel, a widow, and a fiery female soldier.
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Cananea (1978)
Character: Cholita
Based on a true story in the American owned Cananea mine. It depicts how the owner profits while the Mexican workers struggle to survive and are exploited for their labour.
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Otoñal (1993)
Character: Old woman
A woman, who lives alone with her mother, invents a fantasy life to escape her reality.
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La Bandida (1963)
Character: Felipa, criada
During a lull in the Mexican Revolution when Francisco Madero became president and attempted to implement land reforms, two former revolutionaries are pitted against each other for the love of the same woman.
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Actas de Marusia (1975)
Character: Mujer de Marusia
Chronicle of the repression that a foreign company exerts on the miners of a small nitrate town in Chile, whose workers decide to claim their most essential rights. A reflection of the historic union struggles in the northern Chile that ended with terrible repressive acts.
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La orilla de la tierra (1995)
Character: Viejita
In a small town where nothing ever happens, the inhabitants learn about a place at the edge of the earth where money and women are abundant. When they see the oportunity to go and work illegaly in the United States, they jump at the chance. Meanwhile Andrés and Gregorio go to the town searching for treasures and they only find Matilde, the rest of the women in the town left, tired of waiting for the men to return.
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El hombre de papel (1963)
Character: María
A deaf and mute vagabond finds a large denomination bill in a Mexico City dump, and while he tries to buy something with it, others try to con him into giving it away.
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The Children of Sanchez (1978)
Character: N/A
Hall Bartlett directs the rural drama The Children of Sanchez, based on the tome The Children of Sanchez: Autobiography of a Mexican Family written by Oscar Lewis in the '60s. Anthony Quinn stars as the widowed Jesus Sanchez, a poor farmer struggling to provide for his family in Mexico City. Also starring Lupita Ferrer as Consuelo and Stathis Giallelis as Roberto. This is the last film in the 50-year career of international star Dolores del Rio, who plays the Grandma. Jazz-pop performer Chuck Mangione was nominated for a Golden Globe and won a Grammy award for his original musical score.
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El elegido (1977)
Character: N/A
A guy is peer-pressured, despite his reluctance, to play the role of Christ in a local production of the Passion Play.
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Raíces (1954)
Character: Xanath (segment "La potranca")
Four independent stories based on writer Francisco Rojas Gonzáles's work, depicting the reality of Mexican indian people: Las Vacas (The Cow), Nuestra Señora (Our Lady), El Tuerto (One-Eyed) and La Potranca (The Filly). In El Tuerto, a one eyed boy is relentlessly bullied by his mates. His religious mother asks God to make the boy's eyes equal. The outcome is tragic.
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El amor de María Isabel (1968)
Character: Rafaela, sirvienta
Follow up to Maria Isabel. Newly wed to a rich man, Maria Isabel must still struggle with being branded as a lowly maid and endure the scorn of her adoptive daughter and the infidelity of her husband.
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Canoa: memoria de un hecho vergonzoso (1976)
Character: Esposa de Lucas
A group of students arrives in a small town during a hiking expedition. Once there, the local priest accuses them of being communist agitators on the run from an army crack-down against student demonstrations in nearby Mexico City and rallies the townsfolk to lynch them. Based on a true story.
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