María Luisa Zea

Los amantes (1956)

Mexican feature film ...

Perdición de mujeres (1951)

Small town girl moves to the big city. When she can't find a job, she starts hanging with a bad crowd. ...

They Say I'm a Communist (1951)

A worker overwhelmed by the economic crisis and the cost of living is accidentally propaganda of a political party, apparently from left, who convinces him to join their ranks and defending the working class. After entering through a ritual as mysterious a ...

El amor no es negocio (1950)

Brother and sister bumpkins move to the big city, where they fall into the orbit of a gigolo-pimp type. ...

Yo maté a Juan Charrasqueado (1949)

Everybody at the ranch adjacent to Juan C.'s has a reason to hate him, because he's a bad bad man. ...

Cuando baja la marea (1949)

The Grand Champion (1949)

El Kid Azteca not only fights to become someone in life; he also fights for the love of Avelina, who shows no interest in him when she sees that fame has gone to his head. ...

I Slept With a Ghost (1949)

Ghost horror-comedy. ...

Smoke in the Eyes (1946)

Heated rivalry over a bar-girl in a dive-y waterfront saloon. ...

Rayando el sol (1946)

Romantic triangle on the hacienda. ...

El corsario negro (1944)

This Mexican drama features murder, revenge, ruling power and romance in Eighteenth century Maracaibo. ...

Mi lupe y mi caballo (1944)

Internado para señoritas (1943)

1940s-style teen comedy set in a private school for girls. ...

Cuando Habla El Corazon (1943)

Historical drama about the period just before the beginning of the Mexican Revolution. ...

El fanfarrón: ¡Aquí llegó el valentón! (1943)

La feria de las flores (1943)

Ranchera melodrama/romance. ...

Amanecer ranchero (1942)

The old massa dies and his son comes home to take over the hacienda. Things are going to be a whole lot different now; he's overturning all the old social order. A-a-and... ...

¡Cuando la tierra tembló! (1942)

A 1942 film. ...

Allá en el bajio (1942)

Ranchera/western; white hats vs. black hats. ...

La virgen morena (1942)

Intensifying skirmishes between a brutally oppressive conquistador imperialist and the last holdouts of Aztec resistance... and meanwhile, miraculous visitations of The Virgin Mary to two of the downtrodden and conquered indigenous peons. ...

El milagro de Cristo (1941)

A 1941 Mexican film. ...

John, the Soldier of Vengeance (1940)

The murder of an 8-year-old boy by a young soldier in Tijuana, Mexico, leads to riots on the streets. Based on a true story. ...

El charro Negro (1940)

Masked cowboy avenger in the style of The Lone Ranger, first film in a series of four. ...

Una luz en mi camino (1939)

In a small city, talented María was trained as a singer by blind composer Joaquín. They both dream of making it big in the capital but, when they finally make the move, they find that success is not achieved without struggles. ...

Aventurero del mar (1939)

Adventure film directed by Carlos Véjar hijo. ...

Juan sin miedo (1938)

Young man goes on the run after being falsely accused of killing his girlfriend's father. ...

La zandunga (1938)

It is the story of a beautiful Tehuana woman who falls in love with a sailor who leaves with the promise of returning, but due to her delay she decides to accept a former suitor as her husband. ...

Honrarás a tus padres (1937)

Know what this is about? ...

Martín Garatuza (1935)

Sixteenth-century swashbuckler helps a young woman claim a rightful inheritance in the face of opposition from her father's widow and co-conspirators. ...

Hoy comienza la vida (1935)

1930s yuppie Pedro has a wife and two mistresses, but tragically learns the error of his ways. ...

Juarez and Maximilian (1934)

The story of Mexican President Benito Juárez and the emperor Maximilian of Habsburg and the empress Carlota. ...

Su última canción (1933)

A down on his luck opera singer, prevents the suicide of a young girl and falls in love with her. She inspires him to manage a successful come back but his plans to marry her are abruptly reject it with disastrous consequences. ...

The Crying Woman (1933)

Llorona is a figure unique to Mexican folklore -- the wailing spirit of a woman who lost or killed her child and now returns to seek revenge and haunt the living. With its framing story and flashback structure, this film sets forth a couple of variations o ...