Juan Antonio de la Riva

Soul Thieves (2015)

In 1815, during the Mexican Independence movement, a group of soldiers fighting for Spain take shelter at a ranch where a group of sisters support the other band, the insurgents who are fighting for freedom. ...

Once Upon a Time in Durango (2010)

In the plains of Durango, the old west town still exists where Mexican and foreign westerns used to be filmed. Old Antonio takes care of the place. One day, Gabriel Navárez, a 13-year-old boy from a small nearby community, secretly gets into the old west ...

The Soft Rumor of Tumultuous Seas (2008)

Lola is still in the prime of her life, she's at an age where time seems to fly by and so do opportunities. She spends her nights immersed in noise, alcohol, hypnotic lights, and the old and new songs that remind her of loving moments. ...

El gavilán de la sierra (2002)

Musician Rosendo Nevárez learns of his brother Gabriel's death in a remote spot in the Durango mountains and decides to return to his boyhood home to learn more about his brother's untimely end. Gabriel, who was more widely known as the "Mountain Hawk, ...

El último profeta (1998)

Juanito is an eight year old boy who can predict the future, therefore the whole town is scared of him. ...

Elisa Before the End of the World (1997)

10-year-old Elisa, whose parents are about to lose their new car due to financial problems, plans a bank robbery. ...

La Chilindrina en apuros (1994)

Monarca (1994)

The Last Battle (1993)

A group of boys, roughly seven to eleven years of age, go skinny-dipping in a river near their small Mexican town one afternoon and there find themselves the butt of an old vagabond's practical joke, the man stealing all their clothes from them. Humiliated ...

Making the Struggle (1993)

A mexican wrestler's personal life struggles when he loses his fights. ...

El triste juego del amor (1993)

El chivo (1992)

A priest recruits some secular friends of his to help him break the stranglehold a political boss has over their town's economy. ...

Tres son peor que una (1992)

A young architect has a double life: he has a beautiful wife and a sexy mistress. His friends advise him to choose one, but this three women gives meaning to his life, including his nosy mother-in-law. ...

Más que alcanzar una estrella (1992)

Lalo, a humble mechanic with a great singing voice is discovered by the most famous pop group and launched to stardom, but he will be dazzled by fame and money, even forgetting his loved ones. ...

Soy libre (1992)

Mariana is a singer who has fame and success. All she needs is to feel completely free and enjoy life like any other ordinary woman. ...

Hay para todas (1992)

Wooden Town (1990)

In this film festival favourite, every day is magical in the tiny logging town of San Miguel de Cruces, Mexico, thanks to director Juan Antonio de la Riva, who captures the rhythms of small-town life through the stories of its inhabitants. From a young cou ...

Violence in Cold Blood (1989)

Compilation tape of Hora Marcada episodes. ...

Appointment with Death (1989)

A horror anthology composed of four episodes from the TV series "La Hora Marcada". ...

Wandering Lives (1987)

Two traveling projectionists tour the villages of the mountains showing films in order to save money and build their own theater. ...

Obdulia (1987)

Two sisters working hard to support their alcoholic father. The youngest sister "Obdulia" mutilates her hand in a work-related accident and her father tries to take advantage of the situation by demanding money from the workplace. Obdulia recovers from he ...

Deceitful Appearances (1983)

The sexual misunderstandings caused by the real identity of a rich woman serve Hermosillo to satirize the moral and social hypocrisy of the provincial that every Mexican carries inside. ...

Polvo vencedor del sol (1979)

Short directed by Juan Antonio de la Riva in 1979 ...