Armando Casas

Lazaretto (2019)

In the surroundings of Military Camp 1, a young soldier is forced to interrogate a detained student, provoking him a crisis of conscience accompanied by the memory of the corpses he piled up hours before, following the 1968 Tlatelolco massacre. ...

The Place Of The Three Waterfalls. Little Stories Of Hiroshima (2019)

The Buddhist temple Mitaki, located a few kilometers from Hiroshima, epicenter of the 1945 atomic explosion, was protected by the surrounding mountains from the radiation that caused the bomb. The film presents the experience of three characters from the c ...

Olimpia (2018)

The film tells the story of Raquel, Rodolfo and Hernán, members of a brigade at the UNAM during the student movement in Mexico in 1968. Through their photographs, films and writings, we will know the history of the day that the army took the university an ...

Drunk Angry Idiot (2018)

A comedy about alcoholism that follows the relationship between Mateo and his best friend, who always gets drunk. ...

Ayotzinapa: The Turtle's Pace (2018)

A film about the 43 students from Ayotzinapa who disappeared. ...

Familia Gang (2014)

A senior official of the Mexican political system decides to fake the capture and death of The Coyote, public enemy number one in Mexico, to make this happen, he cuts a deal with his family, who require a dead body to pose as a double. Topillero is respons ...

The Searches (2013)

Revenge, redemption and chance are the topics that underpin José Luis Valle's new film. A man runs his errands: cleans the house, picks up the dry cleaning, pays his debts and buys groceries. Then, inexplicably commits suicide. His death smites his wife, ...

Disrupted (2013)

The memory and testimony of two characters: Fernando García, known as Pinolito, who was a child actor in the seventies and Doña Lilia Ortega, his mother, an actress. Fernando came out as a transvestite, some years ago, and now calls himself Coral Bonelli ...

Intangible Blue (2012)

A journey above and below the sea, portraying the charm and diversity of the waters of northwest Mexico. A team of urban documentary filmmakers and divers set sail for several weeks on a boat, The Sandman, and discover the unexplored: surprisingly large an ...

The Convict Patient (2012)

On February th 1970, Carlos Castañeda de la Fuente tried to assassinate the Mexican President to avenge the Tlatelolco massacre from October 2nd 1968, defying the most repressive regime in the contemporary Mexican history. Forty years later, this failed a ...

200 Years Later (2012)

Documentary showing how the growing number of U.S. Citizens living in San Miguel de Allende has caused problems for the local population and their traditions. ...

Requiem for Eternity (2011)

In August 2007, after some medical studies, I was diagnosed with bone cancer. This movie is based on my memories of those days. ...

Mudstained Flower (2011)

A married, middle-aged well-known biochemist and university teacher Augusto, leaves his wife, his job and the comfort of his life to go after Marlene, a 14-year-old teenager with extraordinary beauty who burst into his life unexpectedly. One day, Marlene i ...

Half of the World (2011)

The story is about a young man suffering mental retardation and sexual awakening, poet is charismatic and has the ability to pay attention to those little insignificant details of everyday life. His new status as a lover will bring popularity and with it ...

Para vestir santos (2004)

Un mundo raro (2001)

Emilio is a young Mexican boy who dreams of becoming a comedian. He, his brother and his friends are involved in kidnapping. One day a TV presenter is kidnapped, and the encounter is seen by Emilio as an opportunity for fame. ...

Los confines (1987)

Mix magical universe of Juan Rulfo, in which Juan Preciado, "Pedro Paramo", located incestuous siblings "Talpa" while Juvencio Nava, of "Diles que no me maten", flee several men who pursue for killing Colonel Terrones. ...

Patron Saint (2023)

After losing her job, an elderly woman finds a mysterious stain on the wall of her house in the shape of the virgin, which promises to change her luck. ...

Impossible Things (2021)

After the death of her abusive husband, Matilde finds her new best friend in Miguel, her young, insecure, and disoriented neighbor. ...

Tattoo of Revenge (2018)

After suffering a violent incident, a woman decides to become a vigilante, defending every woman who has suffered from physical or psychological abuse. ...

Tras Nazarin: Following Nazarin (2015)

"Nazarín is a Quixote of the priesthood " "Among the films I have made in Mexico, Nazarin is one that I prefer." "As inexplicable as the accidents that set it off, our imagination is a crucial privilege. ...

Blue Eyelids (2007)

Marina wins a paradise vacation for two, but when she realizes that she has no one to bring along, she decides to invite a stranger named Victor. The pair soon discovers that true love depends more on compatibility rather than idyllic scenery. ...