Prudencia Grifell

Why Was I Born a Woman? (1970)

A family gathers to celebrate Mother's Day, that day a woman discuss many problems about her woman condition; husband, children and grandchildren will hear she tired and overwhelmed silenced by submission and obedience. Analysis of the family and gender ro ...

The Waltzes came from Vienna and the Children from Paris (1966)

Unmarried opera singer has a baby, and her friends convince her to pass it off as the grandchild of a wealthy old lady. ...

El señor doctor (1965)

It's about a country doctor that comes to the city while a clinic is built in his home town... he rubs off his care and compassion on others at the hospital with his humor and wit. ...

Caperucita y sus tres amigos (1961)

Villagers think the Big Bad Wolf has returned to his fierce, wild-animal ways. Also gypsies. ...

Senda prohibida (1961)

The story of Nora, a poor but ambitious young woman, who uses her beauty to seduce a rich and married lawyer. ...

Mis abuelitas... no más! (1961)

Bush-league actor allows two adorable grannies to believe he's their long-lost grandson. Then: complications! ...

The Trial of the Vivanco Ladies (1961)

After being arrested the two adorable grannies spend some time in jail and then stand trial for the robberies they've committed. ...

La hermana blanca (1960)

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

The Shadow of the Tyrant (1960)

In 1920s Mexico, the candidates being chosen to succeed the current president, El Caudillo, find themselves at his mercy as he will resort to anything to accomplish his will, including kidnapping, betrayal, and murder. ...

Little Red Riding Hood (1959)

The classic story of the Red Riding Hood spiced up by a couple of funny characters like the dog Duke, companion to the girl in her adventures, and the stinky Skunk, henchman to the Wolf. ...

The Vivanco Ladies (1959)

Two women of lesser descent are dedicated to stealing to support their brother's daughter. ...

México nunca duerme (1959)

Fretful granny is upset when her granddaughter isn't home by 9 PM on Saturday night, so she teams up with a gangster to tour Mexico City nightclubs looking for her. ...

The Smile of the Virgin (1958)

Marita, a charming little girl, lives in the country with her grandmother. Her best friend is a modest servant, Anselmo, who almost everyday takes the girl to visit the church known as "Guadalupe's Basilica", an important cathedral in Mexico City, where sh ...

School for Mothers-in-Law (1958)

Dizzy society matron plucks a hobo out of the gutter to rehabilitate him. ...

The Man That Pleases Me (1958)

A man facing bankruptcy and ruin rehearses a couple of scenarios relating to suicide, until his family convinces him he's worth more alive than dead. ...

Préstame tu cuerpo (1958)

Heaven Can Wait scenario; a young woman dies forty years ahead of schedule because her guardian angel made a mistake... so the divine powers that be put her back on earth in a new body. ...

Mi desconocida esposa (1958)

After moving from Guadalajara to Mexico City, a young woman gets embroiled in a series of puzzling mistaken-identity misadventures. ...

Horas de agonía (1958)

Nubile young woman seems to be quite free with her affections... but she has a deep, dark secret. Deep. Dark. ...

Raffles (1958)

Pepito and the Monster (1957)

The boy Pepito, is looking for work to help his grandmother, who is not receiving her pension. He wants to be a magician's assistant, and thus begin his problems because a crime happens and a monster appears. ...

Sublime melodía (1956)

Young widow with kindergarten-age daughter butts heads with her mother-in-law. ...

Pensión de artistas (1956)

Between-engagements troupers at a theatrical boarding-house con a rich acquaintance into financing a show. ...

The Third Word (1956)

The English-language title of this Mexican musical was The Third Word. Singer Pedro Infante stars as a pampered young man who is sheltered by his doting aunts. Deciding that their darling boy needs an education, the ladies hire pretty schoolteacher Marga L ...

Angel Face (1956)

Mischievous little girl pulls a variety of pranks for the purpose of preventing her parents from divorcing. ...

Melodías de amor (1955)

The Force of Desire (1955)

Wicked girl uses nude modeling as a way to seduce a wealthy painter into marriage, while still trying to keep an artschool stud piece on the side. ...

The Case of the Wee Murdered Woman (1955)

Ghosts and premonitions; a married woman discovers the true love of her life while being plagued with supernatural phenomena relating to her imminent murder. It's a comedy. ...

El plagiario (1955)

Gangster's daughter learns about her dad's illegalist lifestyle. ...

X Murderer (1955)

A murderer turns himself to the police, but claims amnesia and insists he's unable to tell them anything about his crime. ...

El monstruo en la sombra (1955)

Al Diablo Las Mujeres (1955)

Small-town elects a female mayor. She suppresses all the time-honored masculine pastimes, and the men rebel. ...

Una mujer en la calle (1955)

An implausible accident causes a street prostitute to become close friends with an aristocratic old lady. ...

Después de la tormenta (1955)

This Mexican melodrama may have been released above the border as After the Storm. The principal characters are a pair of twin lighthouse keepers. They try their best to live together with their wives under the same roof, but the delicate balance is shatte ...

Prisionera del pasado (1954)

Romance between a flamenco singer performing in Mexico and a gov't soldier during the Mexican Revolution. ...

Cuando me vaya (1954)

Fictionalized version of the life of songwriter Maria Grever. ...

La ladrona (1954)

Twin sisters butt heads over a feller. One goes into a convent, the other becomes a professional thiefstress. ...

Un minuto de bondad (1954)

A young woman tries to stop the sale of a house that serves as a shelter for orphaned children and retired actors. ...

The Devil's Money (1953)

Los dineros del diablo (The Devil's Money) is a Mexican drama film directed by Alejandro Galindo. It was released in 1953 and starring Amalia Aguilar and Roberto Cañedo. ...

Las infieles (1953)

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

Mujeres que trabajan (1953)

Women connected with a female-run employment agency and a women-only boarding house bond together in mutual support. ...

La sexta carrera (1953)

Mexican feature film ...

Siete mujeres (1953)

Mexican feature film ...

Póker de ases (1952)

Four brothers try to manage their careers and love-lives under the close supervision of a domineering mother. ...

El genial Detective Peter Pérez (1952)

A clumsy investigator must unravel a deadly mystery when a passenger is killed during a long-distance rail journey. ...

El ruiseñor del barrio (1952)

Ten or twelve years ago, a young man wrecked his car and his wife was killed in the accident. Today, his wealthy mother-in-law is still full of hatred and bitterness toward him, and she prefers not to acknowledge her granddaughter. Will love and tenderness ...

Those Green Eyes (1952)

Orphan girl under the protection of a benefactor begins to suspect that her mother had an affair with him and that he's her father. ...

Two Faces Have the Destiny (1952)

Ruined alcoholic doctor escapes a tropical plague and begins a new life back in civilization, taking over the identity of a dead man. ...

Mi adorado salvaje (1952)

The old folks back home in Spain have arranged a marriage for their niece living in Mexico. To side-step their demands, she pretends to be already married, with a male acquaintance who agrees to pose as her husband while her relatives are visiting. ...

Lodo y armiño (1951)

Wealthy libertine tries to seduce another man's mistress by threatening to send him to jail if she doesn't put out. Blowback from his sleazy behavior affects five other people; everybody suffers. Enormously. ...

María Cristina (1951)

Decent, hard-working young woman gradually finds her way toward love and happiness. With occasional spasms of Afro-Cuban dancing. ...

Recién casados... no molestar (1951)

Newly-married woman discovers that her husband's a virgin and not the notorious Don Juan that she'd heard rumors about, and their marriage almost collapses because he's faithful and monogamous and good. ...

Apartment house (1951)

Personal dramas among the residents of an apartment house. ...

Tale of a Heart (1951)

Entre tu amor y el cielo (1950)

Inmaculada (1950)

A single mother discovers her daughter getting ready to elope with an unworthy boyfriend, so she sits the girl down and tells her the whole entire story of her own very unhappy marriage. ...

Over the Waves (1950)

The life of the musician Juventino Rosas, who despite his talent lived an existence of misfortune and poverty. ...

Esposa o amante (1950)

Nuestras vidas (1950)

Frivolous woman falls in reallytruly love for the first time, but her past catches up with her and her fiancé kicks her to the curb. Then joining a convent and amnesia and stuff. ...

La dama del alba (1950)

Family rescues a woman from the river nearby where their daughter committed suicide years before. Unresolved mysteries. And meanwhile, there's a mysterious woman in black who shows up at the hacienda just before somebody dies. ...

Ladronzuela (1949)

Homeless girl placed in a court-appointed foster home under the care of a social worker. ...

Nosotros los rateros (1949)

A young woman, a thief and a lawyer find themselves in the same hotel room without planning it. Mercedes, the thief, has a brother who, by mistake, kidnaps the lawyer Alberto, which will cause a mess. ...

Soledad (1947)

Soledad, a maid born in Argentina, works at a Mexican farm. The son of her employer will deceive her, pretending to marry her and leaving her pregnant. When she finds out that she has been tricked, she runs away from the farm. During her flight she meets a ...

El amor abrió los ojos (1947)

Los nietos de Don Venancio (1946)

A puritanical man travels to the capital to visit nightclubs and introduces himself as a bachelor, but to his surprise, he finds himself there with his wife. ...

La culpable (1946)

Mexican movie ...

Una sombra en mi destino (1946)

Mexican movie ...

Adultery (1945)

Man commits suicide over his wife's infidelity. His father spends the rest of his life trying to figure out which of son's two children is illegitimate. ...

El globo de Cantolla (1944)

Three boys and three girls in the 1890s. ...

Internado para señoritas (1943)

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