Cecilia Leger

¡Pum! (1981)

Based on a true story, it tells the story of opera singer Paco Sierra, who, realizing that the life of an artist does not provide him with enough money, plans and carries out a terrorist act: He assures the passengers of an airplane that he has placed a bo ...

Everyone's Hell So Feared (1981)

The inner demons of an aspiring writer, whose dissatisfaction has pushed him to alcohol and drugs, lead him to his self-destruction under the guise of confusing political positions. ...

Aunt Alejandra (1980)

The arrival of Aunt Alejandra triggers a series of nightmarish events that will put the life of a family at mysterious risk. ...

El patrullero 777 (1978)

Follows Diogenes as he goes about his day as a police officer. He's prone to do things the right way, surrounded by a pretty much corrupt & citizen distant police department, & always resolves his duties with a personal method. ...

The Passion of Berenice (1976)

When a man appears in her life, a young woman of traditional manners who lives with her godmother suffers a deep and unusual transformation. ...

The Minister and Me (1976)

Mateo Melgarejo is a notary public and scribe for the illiterate people of Santo Domingo, a neighborhood north of Mexico City's Zócalo. A squatter friend asks for his help in negotiating with the land census bureau to regularize a land title. After a grea ...

Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)

An American bartender and his prostitute girlfriend go on a road trip through the Mexican underworld to collect a $1 million bounty on the head of a dead gigolo. ...

The Prophet Mimi (1973)

Childhood trauma and religious repression causes a little boy to grow up into a murderer. ...

Castle of Purity (1973)

A disciplined and sexually driven man forces his family to stay isolated in their home in order to protect them from the "evil nature" of human beings. ...

Eva and Dario (1973)

Two young people are in love, but at the same time very confused about sex, love and the world. ...

El vals sin fin (1972)

The Innocent (1972)

The innocence of a woman due to a mental deficit will become the worst nightmare for her loved ones, after the harsh reality of the outside world made her their victim. ...

El águila descalza (1971)

Shmuck makes a superhero costume, rides his bike to crime scenes. He gets involved with something big involving US capitalists taking over local Mexican businesses. ...

El ogro (1971)

La Chamuscada - Tierra Y Libertad (1971)

A sharecropper and his daughter, a swarthy beauty, flee from the hacienda on which they live and join the Mexican Revolution. ...

El Topo (1970)

El Topo decides to confront warrior Masters on a trans-formative desert journey he begins with his 6 year old son, who must bury his childhood totems to become a man. ...

When Children are Gone (1969)

Federico announces that his dream is to become a great singer; his father does not take it well and gradually distances himself from him. Federico is forced to leave his beautiful home after being accused of theft. ...

The Island of the Dinosaurs (1967)

A group of scientists in search of lost Atlantis are plane wrecked on an uncharted island full of stock footage monsters fresh from One Million BC. Occasionally we get an original papier mache monster peaking out from behind an alcove, but for the most par ...

Time to Die (1966)

A man comes home after serving 18 years in jail for murder in this routine western. Although the man killed in self defense, rumors in town circulated that he murdered the victim in cold blood. The ex-con wants to get his life together, but the two sons of ...

Napoleoncito (1964)

Campeón del barrio (1964)

A young man eagerly prepares for triumph as a boxer in a neighborhood gym with the firm intention of escaping poverty to marry his girlfriend, who sings in a nightclub. ...

El padrecito (1964)

Young priest Father Sebastián is assigned to a parish in San Jeronimo el Alto, where he is not welcomed by the community, particularly the resident priest Father Damián. The newcomer gradually earns the trust of the people through humor, but firmly captu ...

The Zodiac Signs (1964)

A group of young people makes a plan to escape from the problems of their neighborhood. ...

Miracles Weaver (1962)

Arnulfo is a man weaving baskets. Remedios has given birth in front of the house of a woman and her aid, but the village is spread the word that the child born as a child God and an atheist would think exploit to their advantage the "miracle ". ...

La hermana blanca (1960)

A young woman believes her fiance has died, and she enters a convent. ...

The Man and the Monster (1959)

A failed pianist sells his soul to the devil in return for his becoming the greatest musician in the world. The catch: every time he plays he turns into a horrible monster. ...

The Woman and the Beast (1959)

Dedicated, saintly nurse has a twin sister who is a Bad Girl. ...

Nazarín (1959)

A Catholic priest in a poor community lives a charitable life in accordance with his religious principles, but others do not return the favor. ...

Love Your Neighbor (1958)

This film tells several short stories that end up lapsing in the emergency room of a hospital, because it is dedicated to nurses. Cantinflas appears at the end of the film playing the role of Luis, a man who has five daughters and looks forward to a boy, b ...

Pretty sky! (1957)

Revolutionist and Army General compete for a woman ...

La culta dama (1957)

A pregnant and very poor woman has no place to give birth, and turns to a society lady for help. ...

Locura pasional (1956)

Wife-killer narrates flashbacks about how his obsessive jealousy led him to tragedy. ...

Historia de un amor (1956)

Elena (Libertad Lamarque), already a star, falls madly in love with Roberto. They make it to the altar. Elena and Roberto adopt a baby. The years go by and everything is happiness in the couple's life—until one day the girl's grandfather appears. ...

Yo no creo en los hombres (1955)

In Havana, humble office girl Maria Caridad becomes the victim of rich playboy Arturo who seduces her and takes her to bed under false pretenses. ...

Para siempre amor mío (1955)

A man, annoyed by his wife's interference in the family business, travels to Spain, where he becomes involved with another woman. ...

The Suspect (1955)

After a trip to Europe, Regina de Alba comes home and finds out her mother is nowhere to be found. When her step-father's criminal past becomes known, her suspicions increase. ...

The River and Death (1954)

A useless and bloody vendetta has been going on for ages between two families in this Mexican village. Men, sons, have killed each other for generations, for a so-called conception of honor in a revenge that never ends since it is also triggered by people ...

Orquídeas para mi esposa (1954)

Reto a la vida (1954)

Self-righteous young Social Services woman puts all her faith in the institutional answers to questions of the Public Good, and she destroys a couple of lives in the process. ...

Venganza en el circo (1954)

Criss-crossing love affairs and jealousies result in a murder attempt. ...

Camelia (1954)

A sort of meta riff on Alexandre Dumas fils' novel The Lady of the Camellias (La Dame aux Camélias or Camille) here in Mexican melodrama form involving the doomed love of a bullfighter and a beautiful but ailing actress/courtesan. ...

Lo que no se puede perdonar!.. (1953)

Hortensia is almost ready to take her vows at the convent... but she gets distracted by her stepmother's boyfriend. Things do not go well. ...

Las infieles (1953)

Governess falls in love with the uncle of the children she's teaching. Then complications. ...

The Three Perfect Married (1953)

Three married couples gather to celebrate the eighteenth anniversary of their marriage mourning the absence of a friend who was best man at all three weddings. ...

Fruto prohibido (1953)

A writer is given custody of his editor's daughter after she is orphaned. Once she grows up, they become romantically involved. ...

The Brute (1953)

A tough young man, who helps to kick poor people out of their houses, falls in love with a girl. She lives with her father in the building about to be demolished. ...

Mexican Bus Ride (1952)

Newlywed Oliverio receives disturbing news that his mother is on her deathbed. He travels to a remote part of Mexico to fetch a lawyer who can sort out her will. Leaving his wife behind, he embarks on a bus ride that's interrupted by an increasingly absurd ...

Mi campeón (1952)

Catita is a simple and poor woman who dreams of that her son stands out on something important to help her out of his humble. But she opposes to him being boxer, therefore constantly fighting with her husband. ...

The Hell of the Poor (1951)

A young woman becomes pregnant but when his boyfriend leaves her she gets a job as a prostitute in order to provide for her child. ...

Doña Perfecta (1951)

Liberal farmer Pepe has arrived in Santa Fe to visit his aunt, Dona Perfecta. While he's there, Pepe is eager to teach the traditional-minded townspeople a new way of living. Unfortunately for Pepe the people of Santa Fe aren't eager to embrace change, and ...

Noche de perdición (1951)

A dancer is accused of killing a businessman. When her husband finds out, he decides to take her kid away from her. ...

Ella y Yo (1951)

Pedro Muñoz is a womanizer that does not escape one until Irene Garza arrives and makes him to see his luck, while the aunt of her tries to separate them. ...

Daughter of Deceit (1951)

In the drama, a father, firmly believing that the baby daughter in his arms is not his own, abandons her upon the doorstep of the town drunk. Many years pass, and the man finds himself continually wracked with guilt about deserting her. ...

Streetwalker (1951)

In Mexico City, two sisters live radically different lives: Maria, who—along with her supportive group of fellow sex workers—must deal with unscrupulous, abusive clients and her exploitative pimp, Rudy, and Elena, a society woman trapped in a marriage ...

El Siete Machos (1951)

Rosario, the niece of the rancher, returns to the ranch after ten years of absence. She takes in Margarito, a worker at the ranch, who is immediately smitten by her. Rosario is rescued from a runaway horse by the Seven Men, an outlaw a la Robin Hood that s ...

Wild Love (1950)

Alma leaves Panama to go live with her aunt Antonia and with Manuel, her husband. There she meets Julio, who tries to woo her. ...

Confidencias de un ruletero (1949)

Taxi driver takes the wrong passenger at the wrong time and gets caught up in a murder investigation. ...

El Mago (1949)

A slapstick fantasy of the amorous adventures of a magician a la Cantinflas. ...

You the Rich (1948)

Pepe el Toro is married to Celia la Chorreada and they have two children. ...

The Three Garcías (1947)

Ruled by a tough grandma, the Garcías are three charro cousins who fall in love with young American-born Lupita and fight for her love until grandma quiets them. ...

Enamorada (1946)

In Mexican Revolution times, a guerrilla general and his troops take the conservative town of Cholula, near by Mexico City. As the revolutionaries mistreat the town's riches, General Reyes falls for beautiful and wild Beatriz Peñafiel, the daughter of one ...

The Other (1946)

A mousy, poor manicurist seeks to switch places with her more glamorous, wealthy twin sister. ...

The Rock of Souls (1943)

The love between María Ángela and Fernando is impossible because there's an ancient history of hate between their families. His father killed hers, and other family members have killed each other for years. When María Ángela's grandfather finds she's i ...