Calzonzin Inspector 1973  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Alfonso Arau
Cast: Alfonso Arau, Pancho Cordova, Carmen Salinas, Lina Montes, Carolina Barrett, Virma Gonzalez, Arturo Alegro, Hector Ortega, Raul Padilla, Agustin Isunza
A stranger (Alfonso Arau) arrives in a Mexican town and is mistaken for a federal inspector for whom they have been anxiously waiting. He is treated as a hero in expectation of doing great things for the community. Meanwhile, the government attempts to get him to leave by offering bribes. A fun flick based on a comic strip, "The Super Machos."
|  | |
A Silent Love 2004  N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: Federico Hidalgo
Cast: Vanessa Bauche, Noel Burton, Susana Salazar, Maka Kotto, Regina Orozco, Carmen Salinas, Jorge Zarate, Peter Kosaka, Lisette Guertin, Ariadna Alvarez
Middle-aged, Montreal professor Norman Green (Noel Burton) has communicated with Mexican schoolteacher Gladys (Vanessa Bauche) for over a year via the Internet. Now, he is asking her to marry him. Gladys accepts but stipulates that her widowed mother, Fernanda (Susana Salazar), must accompany her in the move from Mexico to Montreal. Norman agrees, and a romantic triangle ensues.
| | |
Under the Same Moon 2008  PG-13, 109 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Misma Luna, La
Director: Patricia Riggen
Cast: Adrian Alonso, Kate del Castillo, Eugenio Derbez, Maya Zapata, Carmen Salinas, Maria Rojo, Angelina Pelaez, Gabriel Porras, America Ferrera, Jesse Garcia, Ignacio Guadalupe, Pailo Heitz
This story involves nine-year-old Carlitos Reyes (Adrian Alonso) and his mother Rosario (Kate Del Castillo) who works illegally in L.A. and sends money home to Mexico for her mother Benita (Angelina Pelaez) and Carlitos. When Benita dies unexpectedly, Carlitos gathers the money he has saved and sneaks across the border under the back seat of Marta (America Ferrera) and David's (Jesse Garcia) van. But the van is impounded at the border with Carlitos still inside–and Carlitos' troubles continue as he tries to reach his mother.
| | |
| 1. Calzonzin Inspector (1973)
2. A Silent Love (2004)
3. Under the Same Moon (2008)
aka: Misma Luna, La
In The News
|
