The best Andrea Palma’s drama movies
We present our ranking of the best Andrea Palma’s movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about Andrea Palma.
Another Dawn
7.2/10
The disaffected wife of a failed civil servant, is thrilled to re-encounter Octavio, a former lover who is now a union activist on the run from a corrupt politician. Hoping to help him, she descends into the Mexican underworld, where she finds a purpose-and a thrill-missing from her married life.
The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz
7.6/10
A bizarre black comedy about a man whose overwhelming ambition in life is to be a renowned serial killer of women, and will stop at nothing to achieve it - but not everything goes according to plan...
Sensuality
7.1/10
Saloon singer Aurora is sentenced to two years in prison for a prostitution conviction. When she gets out of prison, she gets romantically involved with Alejandro Luque, the respected judge who tried her case. Aurora and her boyfriend, el Rizos, plan to blackmail the judge. But Aurora gets a change of heart as she comes to know the judge better.
Padre nuestro
6.7/10
Pops is dismissed from his banking job for embezzlement, and his family have to adjust to a more modest lifestyle.
Ash Wednesday
6.6/10
1913: A young woman is raped by a priest and turns away from the Church as a result of the experience. 1924: She now is the owner of an expensive brothel, and she plays a small role on both sides of the Cristero Uprising, when foreign-born clergy were deported from Mexico.
Aventurera
7.5/10
Left alone after her mother runs off with another man and her father kills himself, Elena attempts to make a new life for herself in a new city. Believing he's a friend, Elena goes to dinner with "Pretty Boy" Lucio, but he drugs her champagne and sells her to Rosaura, who runs a brothel out of her nightclub. Elena becomes a sensation as a dancer, but all the while she nurtures plans of revenge against those who have conspired against her.
El Proceso de Cristo
6.8/10
The story of The Last Hours of Jesus Christ.
Pubertinaje
7.4/10
Three episodes: 1) "A Christmas dinner" where the family members fantasize about being somewhere else. The fetishist father wants to put on feminine clothes. The son longs for another transvestite adventure. The daughter yearns to be a singer and destroy the saints of the church with her voice. The youngest son wants to stab everyone dead. 2) "Game of mirrors". Two young classmates kiss on a picnic, but the girl's brother accuses the couple of being immoral. Bizarre things develop. 3) "Tetrahedron". A very fat man faces his girlfriend's longing for love.
La mentira
6.3/10
When Demetrio arrives at the mine to meet his brother Ricardo, he finds out that Ricardo has committed suicide for the love of a woman. He promises to avenge the death of his brother..
Retablos de la Guadalupana
From the hill of Tepeyac arise the most extraordinary miracles.
Lágrimas robadas
Mexican feature film
El dinero no es la vida
A humble bartender falls into a world of gambling and vices, losing everything.
The Woman of the Port
7/10
Her father dies... her fiance dumps her... and she can't find a job... so she covers the waterfront. And then one night...
Take Me in Your Arms
7.6/10
Fishing-village girl sacrifices her reputation to the local banker to protect her family; fron there, she follows the path of least resistance, but she never forgets the fiance she left behind...
By the False Door
6.7/10
Bernardo is in love with Adela and although she does not belong, he has always helped her family although they only care about money and not the virtues of man.
Seis días para morir
7/10
Public health thriller: rabies in Mexico City.
Ave sin rumbo
A woman with a past meets a man with a past; the back story of each one represents an obstacle to their couple-bonding. Will they work through their traumas?
La cobarde
6.8/10
Julio Bracho's film features a castaway at sea who is adopted into a family, where she is romanced by her adoptive cousins and father.
Eugenia Grandet
7.5/10
A miserly father quashes his daughter's marriage plans because he thinks her fiance is a fortune-hunter.
History of a Scoundrel
6.7/10
After the death of her boyfriend, Lina Torres starts a fashion business to get ahead. When she meets Julio, the fabric seller, she lets herself be seduced by him and becomes his lover. Eventually Lina liquidates the business and gives Julio the money to expand his business. In this way, she thinks, they will live better after they are married. When the wedding day arrives, Julio does not appear. Given the steps he has taken, she is in a very precarious situation. Later, Lina runs into Julio, who gives her all kinds of excuses and offers to pay the debt he owes her. The check has no funds. Tired of so much deception, she ends up committing an impulsive act that makes Lina face a jury, where she will be defended by the attorney Antonio Aguirre.
