Benjamin's Woman 1991  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Carlos Carrera
Cast: Eduardo Lopez Rojas, Arcelia Ramirez, Malena Doria, Eduardo Palomo, Juan Carlos Colombo, Ana Bertha Espin, Farnesio de Bernal, Vivian Cruz, Enrique Gardiel, Ruben Marquez
Benjamin (Eduardo Lopez Rojas) works in his small-town store with his obnoxious sister (Malena Doria), with whom he also lives. When not working, he hangs out with a bunch of his old friends. One day lovely teenager Natividad (Arcelia Ramirez) walks by, and Benjamin falls in love. He and his buddies formulate a plan to kidnap her, but when he has her in his apartment, he is too shy to do anything. Natividad, on the other hand, thinks he is a good catch and takes over the household.
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His Most Serene Highness 2000  N/R, 112 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Felipe Cazals
Cast: Alejandro Parodi, Ana Bertha Espin, Rodolfo Arias, Pedro Armendariz Jr., Blanca Guerra, Isaura Espinoza, Ana Ofelia Murguia, Jose Carlos Ruiz, Salvador Sanchez, Abel Woolrich
General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna (Alejandro Parodi) won the Battle of the Alamo, but his delay cost Mexico the War of Texas Independence, and the U.S. gained great expanses of land. Santa Anna was exiled but later allowed to return to Mexico. The final three days in his life are the focus of this historical drama.
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If I Never See You Again 1997   N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Juan Pablo Villasenor
Cast: Jorge Galvan, Ignacio Retes, Justo Martinez, Max Kerlow, Rodolfo Velez, Leticia Huijara, Zaide Silvia Gutierrez, Angelina Pelaez, Ana Bertha Espin, Blanca Torres
This Mexican award-winning film is a fun blend of humor and sentimental drama. A group of elderly musicians escape from a nursing home and hit the road to Tijuana, playing at clubs along the way. Bruno (Jorge Galvan), the leader, has a promise to keep: deliver his lover's ashes to her hometown, Tijuana. After arriving, he must deal with his lover's niece–who is love-starved. And then there's the club owner who hides illegal drugs in the group's instrument cases. 1 User Review
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| | A bit like Cocoon - Seniors Have Fun | Cristal 02/09/2007 | | If your mom and dad are of a certain age and are Hispanic, love romantic boleros (are there any other kind), they will love this. Youth appeal is there also, especially with the exotic Mexican dancers. They have the best bottoms! The music is wonderful, classic boleros - even some that Americans will recognize and (erroniously) claim as their own. A romp but a beautiful love story, not only what was between men and women, but macho a macho, old loves and new loves - really for the romantic and for music lovers. |
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Santitos 1999 R, 105 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Traveling Saints
Director: Alejandro Springall
Cast: Dolores Heredia, Demian Bichir, Alberto Estrella, Roberto Cobo, Ana Bertha Espin, Fernando Torre Laphame, Juan Duarte, Maya Zapata, Georgina Tabora, Jose Sefami, Luis Felipe Tovar, Pedro Altamirano
After being told that her 14-year-old daughter, Blanca (Maya Zapata), died during a tonsillectomy, Esperanza (Dolores Heredia), tries to accept the tragedy. But, when the vision of Saint Jude appears and tells Esperanza that her daughter, in fact, did not die but has been sold into prostitution, Esperanza embarks on a journey to find Blanca.
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| 1. Benjamin's Woman (1991)
2. His Most Serene Highness (2000)
3. If I Never See You Again (1997)
4. Santitos (1999)
aka: Traveling Saints
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