Movies: Alejandro Parodi

  • 1976
    Las Poquianchis

    Las Poquianchis (1976)

    Las Poquianchis

    6.91976HD

    During the mid-1970s, in the Mexican state of Guanajuato, authorities discover a clandestine burial ground. The corpses are from murdered prostitutes. The suspects are three sisters known as "Las Poquianchis"....

    Las Poquianchis
  • 1990
    El hijo de Lamberto Quintero

    El hijo de Lamberto Quintero (1990)

    El hijo de Lamberto Quintero

    5.21990HD

    Lamberto Quintero is assassinated and his son intends to avenge him following in his footsteps. The pair of father and son, Antonio Aguilar and Pepe Aguilar star in this action film....

    El hijo de Lamberto Quintero
  • 1986
    The Realm of Fortune

    The Realm of Fortune (1986)

    The Realm of Fortune

    5.81986HD

    Poor Dionisio finds himself as recipient of the good fortune, but soon he forgets that everything that goes up also has to go down, and that in the depressing nothingness of his town it is easy to die....

    The Realm of Fortune
  • 1975
    Letters from Marusia

    Letters from Marusia (1975)

    Letters from Marusia

    5.31975HD

    Chronicle of the repression that a foreign company exerts on the miners of a small nitrate town in Chile, whose workers decide to claim their most essential rights. A reflection of the historic union struggles in the northern Chile that ended with te...

    Letters from Marusia
  • 1987
    Lamberto Quintero

    Lamberto Quintero (1987)

    Lamberto Quintero

    6.41987HD

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    Lamberto Quintero
  • 1990
    Dying in the Gulf

    Dying in the Gulf (1990)

    Dying in the Gulf

    61990HD

    The story of the oil leader Lázaro Pizarro, of his political and personal wars, the use of crime to settle conflicts and the course of his power between the basements and the domes of Mexican politics, have a narrative record made in the Gulf of accu...

    Dying in the Gulf
  • 1977
    Cuartelazo

    Cuartelazo (1977)

    Cuartelazo

    5.21977HD

    Narration of one of the bloodiest episodes of the Mexican national history, The Tragic Ten, beginning when General Victoriano Huerta sent to kill President Francisco I. Madero, Vice President José María Pino Suárez and Senator Belisario Dominguez. Th...

    Cuartelazo
  • 1987
    Living Is What Matters

    Living Is What Matters (1987)

    Living Is What Matters

    5.41987HD

    A drifter named Candelario asks to spend the night at the hacienda of Don Lazaro. Once there, he gets the offer to stay and work as a laborer with a fixed salary. Over time, Candelario is gaining the confidence of his employer, and becomes indispensa...

    Living Is What Matters
  • 1978
    The Year of the Plague

    The Year of the Plague (1978)

    The Year of the Plague

    5.11978HD

    A terrible disease is found in a Mexican town. A doctor tries to alert the authorities when he discovers its epidemic nature. No one listen to him and soon after the disease spreads. The government tries to control the information in order to prevent...

    The Year of the Plague
  • 1985
    Violent Stories

    Violent Stories (1985)

    Violent Stories

    5.71985HD

    Five surreal short stories make up this Mexican anthology film....

    Violent Stories
  • 1984
    Knock Out

    Knock Out (1984)

    Knock Out

    6.21984HD

    Rodrigo Zaracho, once a promising boxer, is in decline. While fleeing from a gang that is chasing him, he remembers his past....

    Knock Out
  • 1987
    Zapata en Chinameca

    Zapata en Chinameca (1987)

    Zapata en Chinameca

    5.81987HD

    Urbino Martínez, on his deathbed, regrets his wrongdoing after betraying Emiliano Zapata....

    Zapata en Chinameca
  • 1961
    Mis abuelitas... no más!

    Mis abuelitas... no más! (1961)

    Mis abuelitas... no más!

    5.31961HD

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

    Mis abuelitas... no más!
  • 1963
    Santo in the Hotel of Death

    Santo in the Hotel of Death (1963)

    Santo in the Hotel of Death

    4.41963HD

    Tourists visiting the pyramids in Mexico experience a string of deaths and disappearances while staying at a nearby hotel. Police investigators Fernando and Cornado are assigned to the case and attempt to solve the mystery with the help of reporter (...

    Santo in the Hotel of Death
  • 1957
    Pepito as del volante

    Pepito as del volante (1957)

    Pepito as del volante

    41957HD

    Pepito's father dies in rollover the Ferrari that is winning a race car, so Pepito is about his grandfather and asks him to equip a car to get him to compete....

    Pepito as del volante
  • 1996
    La mujer del puerto

    La mujer del puerto (1996)

    La mujer del puerto

    5.71996HD

    Perla, a prostitute and the star in a miserable cabaret in the docks, falls in love with a sailor without knowing that he is her brother. Tomasa, Perla's mother, tries to prevent this incestuous relationship at all costs, but fails to do so. Set in a...

    La mujer del puerto
  • 1979
    Call Me Mike

    Call Me Mike (1979)

    Call Me Mike

    5.81979HD

    After being unjustly accused of corruption and seriously injured in prison, Miguel's personality will merge with the characters he reads in his police novels....

    Call Me Mike
  • 1979
    La viuda de Montiel

    La viuda de Montiel (1979)

    La viuda de Montiel

    5.71979HD

    Mexican drama film directed by Miguel Littín. It is based on a short story of the same name by Gabriel García Marquez. It was entered into the 30th Berlin International Film Festival...

    La viuda de Montiel
  • 1954
    Venganza en el circo

    Venganza en el circo (1954)

    Venganza en el circo

    51954HD

    Criss-crossing love affairs and jealousies result in a murder attempt....

    Venganza en el circo
  • 1988
    Romelia's Secret

    Romelia's Secret (1988)

    Romelia's Secret

    7.21988HD

    The way three different generations of women view virginity and the mystery that a love story hides....

    Romelia's Secret