1928 | B/N | 80 min Morales and Diego fight for the love of don Miguel Vega’s daughter. Upon Morales´ death, Diego is suspected and pursued by the authorities. Hiding in the mountains, he comes into contact with the “Águila de la Sierra Morena,” a criminal group that helps the poor. After joining them in several attacks, Diego is imprisoned and sentenced to death. Once they find out, the members of “El Águila” try to save his life. Country: Francia, España Direction: Contreras Torres; Miguel Script: Contreras Torres; Miguel Production: Contreras Torres; Miguel Photography: y Guidhard; Barthe, Blanc; Georges Cast:Veldy; Nadia, Jalabert; Berthe, Guitty; Madeleine, de Kardi; Barón, Rico; Carmen, Duplessy; Nilda, Prospert; Lilian, Ibáñez; Ventura, Alemany; Isabelita, Guzmán; Santiago, Contreras Torres; Miguel, Navarre; René, Bonnet; Max Participation year at FICM: 2003
1928 | B/N | 80 min Morales and Diego fight for the love of don Miguel Vega’s daughter. Upon Morales´ death, Diego is suspected and pursued by the authorities. Hiding in the mountains, he comes into contact with the “Águila de la Sierra Morena,” a criminal group that helps the poor. After joining them in several attacks, Diego is imprisoned and sentenced to death. Once they find out, the members of “El Águila” try to save his life. Country: Francia, España Direction: Contreras Torres; Miguel Script: Contreras Torres; Miguel Production: Contreras Torres; Miguel Photography: y Guidhard; Barthe, Blanc; Georges Cast:Veldy; Nadia, Jalabert; Berthe, Guitty; Madeleine, de Kardi; Barón, Rico; Carmen, Duplessy; Nilda, Prospert; Lilian, Ibáñez; Ventura, Alemany; Isabelita, Guzmán; Santiago, Contreras Torres; Miguel, Navarre; René, Bonnet; Max Participation year at FICM: 2003
Zítari (The Temple of the Thousand Serpents) Zítari was not a full-length movie, no… It was a short that Miguel made for me in which I was an Indian princess in the pyramids of Teotihuacan… It was very nice, because there were two ways to see the past and the present… Also, there was no sound… It was Miguel's last work to be made without sound… And he did it for me, even though I reminded him that there wasn´t anything he did that wasn´t for me… He was full of love. (Interview of Medea de Novara, conducted by Sergio Robles Molina, "Miguel Contreras Torres, 1899-1981). See More
I am Mexican from here from this side (Pretty Woman) Jorge abandona la universidad para dedicarse a la parranda. Asiduo a los centros nocturnos de la capital, se enamora de See More
The useless life of Pito Perez The vagabond drunk Pito Perez returns to his home town of Santa Cruz del Cobre. Upon arriving, he rings the church bells to give himself a welcome and is detained by the authorities. Moved by the man's situation, Roman, a lawyer and poet, prevents his encarceration. Roman arranges to meet and talk with Pito every afternoon from that point on. In exchange for alcohol, Pito tells the lawyer the story of his unstable life. See More
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