Hugo Rodríguez

Rubirosa 2 (2018)

Rubirosa (2018)

Story of Porfirio Rubirosa, the Dominican playboy and suspected spy. ...

Don't Blame the Kid (2016)

After a one-night stand results in pregnancy, a young woman decides to become partners with the emotionally immature father-to-be. ...

She's Ramona (2015)

Ramona is fat woman with too much weight and barely any luck. She recalls a childhood filled with moral abuse by her mother, sister and friends, calling her silly offensive names referencing her overweight. When she became an adult, things didn't really ge ...

The Traces of Dr. Ernesto Guevara (2013)

Between 1952 and 1953, the young doctor Ernesto Guevara de la Serna traveled through Latin America. This film is based on his diaries, the correspondence with his family and friends, and the testimonies of those who knew him and accompanied him on this jou ...

Colosio (2012)

It's 1994 in Mexico, the nation was witnessing a turbulent year since its beginnings. An indigenous rebellion shakes the country. Three months later, the ruling party's presidential candidate is brutally murdered during a rally in Tijuana. The country is c ...

Treasure Hunters (2011)

Erick is a twelve year old who is almost addicted to skateboarding. His lower middle class family is on the verge of a crisis. His father is about to lose the glass factory where he works. Since problems never come alone, Erick gets into trouble with a loc ...

Una pared para Cecilia (2011)

Cecilia is seeking a new means of artistic expression. She doesn´t want to have children, they would hamper her development. An attempted robbery brings her together with Rafael, a 10 year old Chicano boy who can´t return to the USA. They inadvertently e ...

Encontrando a Víctor (2005)

The Violin (2005)

In an unnamed Latin American country that closely resembles Mexico, the government fights a rural insurgency with torture, assault, rape, and murder. Soldiers descend on a town, cutting off the rebels from their cache of ammunition hidden in a field. A fam ...

Tin Man (2005)

The night guard of a big warehouse gives every night food and a place to sleep to a couple of homeless: and old man a little girl. After having a nightmare, the guard feels guilty because of the terrible things he does to the little girl. ...

The Other José (2005)

José, a taxi driver in Mexico City, loses his temper at the slightest thing. After causing a lot of trouble over a woman who doesn´t love him, he tries to take his own life. However, saved by a stranger, José learns his lesson and changes. He sets out t ...

Papá Iván (2004)

Dad Iván, is the testimony of the daughter of a Montonero guerilla leader that died during combat: Iván Roqué, the Iván in the title and father of the director. The documentary exposes in a moving way the difficult relationship between a daughter and h ...

Nicotina (2003)

A hacker who is spying on a pretty neighbour messes up his assignment to break into Swiss bank accounts for Russian mobsters. ...

Zapata's Path (2001)

A playful and original vision of the indelible mark left by Emiliano Zapata. ...

About the Living (2001)

A Mexican upper-class family suffers a great loss. After a while everyone seems to go on with their lives. But after 11 years, everyone will start to remember that tragedy and start the road to depression and self-pity, and possible self-destruction. ...

The Eye on the Nape (2001)

This is the story of Pablo, a young uruguayan exiled in México, whose father was disappeared during the military dictatorship. ...

Zapatista Women (1995)

April 1994 in the Lacandona Jungle, Chiapas, México. The Zapatista women talk about the living conditions of Mexican indigenous populations and the life of peasant women. They explain the reasons for their struggle and their uprising. ...

In The MIddle of Nowhere (1993)

A retired union leader runs a restaurant by the highway with the help of his wife and his young son. One day a wounded criminal, his lover and his brother, all fugitives from law and being pursued by the woman's husband, forcefully seek out a hiding place. ...

The Edge of the Earth (1995)

In a small town where nothing ever happens, the inhabitants learn about a place at the edge of the earth where money and women are abundant. When they see the oportunity to go and work illegaly in the United States, they jump at the chance. Meanwhile Andr ...