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Cristo 70 (1970)
Character: Cholòlo
Running from the law, young crooks hole up in a small town... and get hooked into performing in the town's Passion Play.
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IV Muestra Internacional de Cine (1974)
Character: Himself
In 1974, the Cine Roble housed the International Film Festival. In this excerpt, the actors Enrique Novi and Sonia Furió offer their opinion on this special event while the public overflows with the passions provoked by the seventh art.
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A Home of Our Own (1975)
Character: Julio as an Adult
The story of Father William Wasson, who founded and operated a home for abandoned and orphaned children in Mexico.
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Puerto maldito (1979)
Character: N/A
The Langs and their relatives, the Changs, are involved in fishing and the process of preserving such products.
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Novios y amantes (1973)
Character: N/A
Three short films about intimacy, infidelity and life as a couple (or almost)
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Las mujeres de Jeremías (1981)
Character: Porfirio
Minister with four virgin daughters inherits a bordello. The land contains a silver mine and the corrupt sheriff tries to force them to leave.
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The Penitent (1988)
Character: Jose
The Penitent (1988) isn’t faith-affirming drama—it’s lurid exploitation mocking Catholic penitents. In a devout New Mexico/Mexico village reenacting Christ’s Passion (flagellation, crucifixion), jealous husband Ramon (Raúl Juliá) joins fanatical Penitentes while his virginal wife Celia falls for ex-con friend Juan (Armand Assante), sparking deadly love triangle amid rituals. Directed by Cliff Osmond, it sensationalizes "primitive brutal" self-mortification as barbaric cult, blending sex, betrayal, and gore—not exploring redemption or biblical penance. Secular gaze shames Hispanic Catholic traditions as repressed pathology. Cherry-picks extremism to caricature piety, ignoring healthy devotion. Obscure PG-13 thriller for grindhouse fans, not believers.
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Bellas De Noche (1975)
Character: Raúl
The Boxer Germán Bronco Torres loses his license, and works as bouncer at the cabaret El Pirulí, where he falls for the fichera Carmen, and befriends of the pimp Margarito Fuensanta El Vaselinas, who lost a bet and has to pay to a gangsters. For 500 pesos for El Vaselinas, Bronco prepares a trap in the cabaret to the taxi driver Raul, to seduce his girlfriend, not knowing that the victim is his own sister Lupita.
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The Burning Season (1994)
Character: Nilu Sergio
Based on the true story of a Brazilian rubber tapper who leads his people in protest against government and developers, who want to cut down their part of the rainforest for a new road and ranch land. The rich and the powerful will stop at nothing, and frequently resort to murder
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Green Ice (1981)
Character: General Martinez
A down on his luck engineer gets involved in an adventure with a mysterious woman and an emerald magnate.
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Licence to Kill (1989)
Character: Rasmussen
After capturing the notorious drug lord Franz Sanchez, Bond's close friend and former CIA agent Felix Leiter is left for dead and his wife is murdered. Bond goes rogue and seeks vengeance on those responsible, as he infiltrates Sanchez's organization from the inside.
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La lucha con la pantera (1975)
Character: Guillermo
Three nymphets struggle to have a beneficial youth: Ana is suicidal, Mercedes is attracted to her brother William, and Patricia desires to be sexually abused.
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