Candy Stripe Nurses 1974  R, 80 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alan Holleb
Cast: Candice Rialson, Robin Mattson, Maria Rojo, Roger Cruz, Rod Haase, Rick Gates, Don Keefer, Kendrew Lascelles, Michael Ross Verona, Kimberly Hyde, Dick Miller
One of Roger Corman's "Nurse" films is another sexploitation effort as three high-shool girls volunteer for hospital work. The adventures of each is intermingled with the others as sexual escapades abound.
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The Legend of a Mask 1991  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Jose Buil
Cast: Damian Alcazar, Hector Bonilla, Pedro Armendariz Jr., Gina Morett, Roberto Cobo, Hector Ortega, Maria Rojo, Angel Fernandez, Pedro Altamirano, Octavio Gomez
A journalist (Damian Alcazar) is given the task of uncovering the mystery surrounding a famous wrestler, "The Masked Angel," who was recently found dead. But there are those who do not want the truth to come out.
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Midaq Alley 1995  N/R, 140 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Jorge Fons
Cast: Ernesto Gomez Cruz, Maria Rojo, Salma Hayek, Bruno Bichir, Delia Casanova, Daniel Gimenez Cacho, Claudio Obregon, Juan Manuel Bernal, Margarita Sanz, Abel Woolrich
A 1947 novel by Nobel prizewinner Naguib Mahfouz is translated from 1940s' Cairo to modern Mexico City with excellent results. The story revolves around several people of a close-knit Mexico City neighborhood. Their stories are intertwined into excellent film fare: a middle-aged father and cantina owner is attracted to a young man, a beautiful woman has trouble waiting for her lover who has fled to the U.S., and a homely landlady falls in love.
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Red Daybreak 1989 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Jorge Fons
Cast: Hector Bonilla, Maria Rojo, Jorge Fegan, Ademar Arau, Demian Bichir, Bruno Bichir, Marta Aura, Eduardo Palomo, Carlos Cardan, Simon Guevara, Roberto Sosa
Mexico City just before the Olympic Games of 1968 is the setting for this drama involving an uprising of students who believe that changes in their living conditions must be made. The uprising is brutally suppressed by the government as hundreds of people are killed.
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To Love Too Much 2001 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Ernesto Rimoch
Cast: Karina Gidi, Ari Telch, Jose Sefami, Daniel Martinez, Ana Guevara, Martin Altomaro, Maria Rojo, Luisa Huertas, Gabriela Roel, Raul Mendez
Beatriz (Karina Gidi) does not have a love life and even has given up on the hope of developing one. Then she meets Carlos (Ari Telch), and love blooms. One day he turns up missing, and Beatriz is saddened by her loss. But now that he is gone, other men beat a path to her doorway. Go figure.
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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.
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| 1. Candy Stripe Nurses (1974)
2. The Legend of a Mask (1991)
3. Midaq Alley (1995)
4. Red Daybreak (1989)
5. To Love Too Much (2001)
6. Under the Same Moon (2008)
aka: Misma Luna, La
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