Alma Muriel

Zapatos viejos (1993)

Young Gloria is abused by the Vitorina, hospice caretaker hosting it. She forces her to perform the heaviest tasks. Gloria is only happy in music class. When she grows decides to escape, and now she lives on the street with another girl, both singing in th ...

Jefe de vigilancia (1992)

Robachicos (1986)

One woman and a detective are looking for lost children, in México City. ...

Violent Stories (1985)

Five surreal short stories make up this Mexican anthology film. ...

El tonto que hacía milagros (1984)

A movie projectionist discovers that he has magical powers. ...

Luna de sangre (1984)

Mexican feature film ...

Territorio sin ley (1984)

Mexican feature film ...

Marcados Por El Destino (1984)

The film is a social drama that follows the characters' challenges as they try to make it in the city, only to find their dreams dashed. ...

Mar brava (1983)

Mingo, a kid whose father and brother have disappeared in shipwrecks, finds an amnesic man lying on the beach. Might he be St. Elmo? ...

Teatro Follies (1983)

Young dancer joins the cast of a musical-comedy production, falls in love with young comic actor. ...

A Married Woman (1982)

Irene is a young housewife and mother who tries to raise her young family, love her husband and keep her home all the while studying her masters' degree. Mario, her husband, is a good man, but he's tied by convention. When she has a strange mishap one day, ...

D.F./Distrito Federal (1981)

Anthology film, six little anecdotes about life in the big city. ...

Barcelona sur (1981)

Obsessed with finding her old boyfriend, Gumer, a 25-year-old girl, is released from jail in Barcelona, one of Europe's most sought-after port cities for drug trafficking and prostitution. Charo, her best friend, tries to help her, although she is not free ...

El preso No. 9 (1981)

Domestic melodrama about infidelity set against an illegal immigration/"making a better life" background. ...

Burlesque (1980)

Recreation of a nightclub's burlesque show, alternating between dance numbers and bits of narrative involving performers backstage or audience members. ...

El Secreto (1980)

Mexican feature film ...

Semilla de muerte (1980)

Cuando tejen las arañas (1979)

Young woman tries to discover the family secret that led to her father being murdered, and she gradually is manipulated into a lesbian relationship. ...

Free Love (1978)

Two single women share an apartment, work together, and sometimes swap boyfriends. None of their romantic attachments seem quite as stable or enduring as their friendship. ...

Lo mejor de Teresa (1977)

Ambitious young woman decides to leave her backwards hometown and move to Mexico City to study for a scientific degree. ...

El valle de los miserables (1975)

In 1909, former judge Cristóbal Zamarripa owns Valle Nacional, a tobacco plantation where he exploits workers with the support of the tyrant Porfirio Díaz, who sends him political prisoners as slaves. The others are lured with the promise of high wages, ...

El imponente (1973)

National Mechanics (1972)

A mechanic takes his family to a car race and a series of events occur which brings problems, betrayals, violence and the unexpected death of an elderly person. ...

Cool Dad (1971)

Fiftyish head of household tries to hang onto his fun-loving youth while imposing his most rigid value judgements on his young-adult children. ...

Rosario (1971)

Rosario and Carlos, husbands, are part of a theater company. In a scene of jealousy, she should shoot and kill him. Carlos has had an affair with Zulma, another acriz of the company. On opening day, in the final scene, Rosario accidentally kills her husban ...

The Corrupted (1971)

Hotel with a dozen stories unfolding simultaneously: man with brain tumor, child with leukemia, drug-traffic magnate and his paid escort, rich widow and her paid escort, lesbian seduction scenario, etc etc... ...

Why Was I Born a Woman? (1970)

A family gathers to celebrate Mother's Day, that day a woman discuss many problems about her woman condition; husband, children and grandchildren will hear she tired and overwhelmed silenced by submission and obedience. Analysis of the family and gender ro ...

Confesiones de una adolescente (1970)

Orphan girl has a secret benefactor. When she's old enough to leave the orphanage and enter the real world, she's determined to track him down. Also: having a first boyfriend, yippee! ...

The Big Cube (1969)

A young woman and her drug addict boyfriend plot to drive the woman's stepmother insane with LSD in a plot to secure an inheritance. ...