Antonieta 1982  N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Carlos Saura
Cast: Isabelle Adjani, Hanna Schygulla, Ignacio Lopez Tarso, Carlos Bracho, Gonzalo Vega, Diana Bracho, Hector Alterio, Bruno Rey, Jose Lavat, Diego Luna
French psychologist Anna (Hanna Schygulla) journeys to Mexico to investigate the life of an author, Antonieta Rivas Mercado (Isabelle Adjani), who committed suicide inside Notre Dame Cathedral in 1931.
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Macario 1960  N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Roberto Gavaldon
Cast: Ignacio Lopez Tarso, Pina Pellicer, Enrique Lucero, Jose Galvez, Jose Luis Jimenez, Mario Alberto Rodriguez, Eduardo Fajardo, Consuelo Frank, Jose Dupeyron, Celia Tejeda, Manuel Noriega, Enrique Garcia Alvarez
An old Mexican fable was the basis for B. Traven's novel "The Third Guest," upon which this film is based. Macario (Ignacio Lopez Tarso) lives in extreme poverty with his family. He goes on a hunger strike to get sympathy and, hopefully, to get a turkey. His wife (Pina Pellicer) steals a turkey and gives it to him, though the children must go to bed hungry. Just as Macario is about to eat it, he is visited by Death and is convinced to share the turkey in return for the ability to heal–as long as Death agrees with the person to be healed. Fame and fortune follow, but promises are hard to keep, and Death doesn't tolerate broken promises. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film.
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Under the Volcano 1984  R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Huston
Cast: Albert Finney, Jacqueline Bisset, Anthony Andrews, Ignacio Lopez Tarso, Katy Jurado, James Villiers, Emilio Fernandez, Dawson Bray, Carlos Riquelme, Jim McCarthy, Jose Rene Ruiz, Eleazar Garcia Jr., Salvador Sanchez, Sergio Calderon, Araceli Ladewuen Castelun
World War II is about to begin, and the former British Consul in Mexico, Geoffrey Firmin (Albert Finney), is drinking himself to death over the state of the world and the infidelity of his former wife Yvonne (Jacqueline Bisset). Yvonne arrives in Mexico with Geoffrey's brother Hugh (Anthony Andrews) hoping to stop his drinking and to talk him into coming to the United States. But, Geoffrey has other plans for his future, and they don't include redemption. This is Malcolm Lowry's autobiography. Finney's performance is great, and he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor.
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| 1. Antonieta (1982)
2. Macario (1960)
3. Nazarin (1958)
4. Under the Volcano (1984)
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