Nacho Contla

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. ...

Autopsy of a Ghost (1968)

Satan offers a weary ghost a chance for redemption through true love. ...

She-Wolves of the Ring (1965)

Intimate problems and the wickedness of friends is resolved in the ring. ...

¡Buenas noches, año nuevo! (1964)

Backstage comedy; singer-dancer and her songwriter husband pretend to have an open relationship, because it makes them look smart and modern. ...

Un ángel de mal genio (1964)

Los Mujeriegos (1958)

Three hard-partying cowboys go to Mexico City for one last fling before entering into arranged marriages back home. ...

Serenata en México (1956)

Mariachi with dual vocalists is broken up by a promoter who wants one of them as a solo act. ...

Melodías de amor (1955)

Drop the Curtain (1955)

Cantinflas, who owns a cleaning business, cleans the windows of the house of a famous French actress. While carrying out his work he observes how a man steals one of the famous actress necklaces, but he can only see his back. ...

La Vida No Vale Nada (1955)

Pablo, a wandering laborer, has imprisoned himself in a hell of alcoholism. Cruz, a widow, reaches out to the troubled man, but even her compassion may not be enough to save him. ...

Love Me Because I Die (1953)

El beisbolista fenómeno (1952)

The soul of a dead baseball player finds a human host to occupy so it can achieve some career goals it hadn't accomplished during its lifetime. Riotous hijinks ensue. ...

Los enredos de una gallega (1951)

Cándida is a Galician who lives in Mexico and has been selling lottery tickets. Her dream is to buy an inn, but doesn't have enough money. In her quest for trying to get it, she runs into a scammer. In a stroke of luck, she wins first prize in the lottery ...

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. ...

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 ...

To the Sound of the Mambo (1950)

A fun musical comedy style of the 50s where the infectious rhythm of the son and the mambo, led by the hand by the incomparable Damaso Perez Prado, will a waste of good music and grace. With a formidable cast, and above all a fabulous collector's item. ...

Confidencias de un ruletero (1949)

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