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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The Realm of Fortune 1986  N/R, 132 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Arturo Ripstein
Cast: Ernesto Gomez Cruz, Blanca Guerra, Alejandro Parodi, Zaide Silvia Gutierrez, Margarita Sanz, Ernesto Yanez, Alberto Estrella, Luisa Huertas, Eduardo Lopez Rojas, Ignacio Retes
This is the tale of the rise and fall of a mentally weak peasant who, at the story's beginning, lives with his mother and reports the news while walking the town. He also announces cock fights, a sport he loves. He is given an near-dead cock and makes it into a great fighter, which, in turn, makes him rich. But what goes up must come down, sometimes with tragic results.
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 Santa Sangre 1989 NC-17, 123 min.
Genre: Foreign / Horror
Director: Alejandro Jodorowsky
Cast: Axel Jodorowsky, Blanca Guerra, Guy Stockwell, Thelma Tixou, Sabrina Dennison, Adan Jodorowsky, Faviola Elenka Tapia, Teo Jodorowsky, Maria de Jesus Aranzabal, Jesus Juarez
Set amidst the surrealist world of Fenix's (Axel Jodorowsky) warped mind, this is the story of a boy who grows into a man and serves as his fanatical mother's arms–helping her perform grisly murders. Some will find it hard to take.
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Walker 1987  R, 95 min.
Genre: Adventure / Action / Drama
Director: Alex Cox
Cast: Ed Harris, Richard Masur, Rene Auberjonois, Keith Szarabajka, Sy Richardson, Xander Berkeley, John Diehl, Peter Boyle, Marlee Matlin, Alfonso Arau, Rene Assa, Pedro Armendariz Jr., Gerrit Graham, Blanca Guerra, Miguel Sandoval
Backed by multi-millionaire Cornelius Vanderbilt (Peter Boyle), mid-19th century American doctor, lawyer, journalist William Walker (Ed Harris) gathers together a group of mercenaries, invades Nicaragua, and takes over the government. His purpose is to bring stability to the country and, in the process, ensure the safety of Vanderbilt's steamships traveling in the area. Walker proclaims himself President, but government corruption continues, Walker loses all support, and the Nicaraguans drive him out after just a couple of years.
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| 1. His Most Serene Highness (2000)
2. The Realm of Fortune (1986)
3. Santa Sangre (1989)
4. Walker (1987)
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