The best Carmen Montejo’s drama movies
We present our ranking of the best Carmen Montejo’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 Carmen Montejo.
We the Poor
7.8/10
A poor neighborhood in Mexico City. Carpenter Pepe el Toro lives peacefully with his daughter Chachita while woos the pretty Celia, but tragedy knocks his door when he is falsely accused of having perpetrated a felony.
Mamá, soy Paquito
6.9/10
Paquito lives with his mother in poverty. When she dies, he looks for his father's love, who is a very wealthy man.
They Call Him Marcado
6.5/10
The Kid is a vicious psychopath given to laughing a lot, an actor manqué who leads a gang of looters and rapists, and is incestuous with his father to boot. The town’s resident Mater Dolorosa, madam of the brothel, hires her lover Marcado to kill the Kid, who is of course her son.
Los cachorros
6.4/10
A man who has been mutilated in boyhood encounters numerous difficulties because of it. Jose Alonso plays a man whose lower limbs, including his sexual organs, were savaged by a Great Dane in boyhood. Unfortunately for him, his sex drive developed unabated and his frustration at being unable to culminate his relationships with women eventually drives him to drastic action because he has no alternative or compensating interests.
Reportaje
7.1/10
Reporters compete for cash prize awarded for biggest scoop on New Year's Eve. .
The Death of Palomo
When a dedicated jockey finds that the local politicians are not to be trusted and begins to feel his romance with a beautiful woman slowly slipping away, his last-ditch effort to risk it all for his trusted horse Palomo shows that sometimes animals are truly man's best friend.
Burdel
7.1/10
(AKA: Ratero 2 or Cada quien su madre.) Innocent man forced to hide from the police, ends up taking refuge in a brothel.
The Prophet Mimi
7.5/10
Childhood trauma and religious repression causes little boy to grow up and murder prostitutes.
No matarás
6/10
A mother stands by helplessly while a scandal involving marital infidelity, blackmail and murder takes shape around her daughter.
Los jóvenes
6.4/10
Julio Álemán stars in this fast-paced, often violent tragedy based on a true incident involving three young delinquents. The tale is directed byLuis Alcoriza, well known as a screenwriter for Luis Buñuel in films like Los Olvidados. Everything begins when two youths with nothing constructive on their minds decide to form a gang and go about terrorizing young couples. During one such episode, the female victim becomes attracted to the leader of the gang and so an odd, on-the-edge relationship begins. Now the group of three steal a car in Mexico City and take it joy-riding to Guadalajara where a suspicious used car salesman calls the police after they try to sell him the car. Desperate and with nowhere to turn, the trio have every reason to be frightened because the police have orders to shoot them on sight.
Adventures of Juliancito
6/10
Adaptation of the adventures of Tom Sawyer, played by actor Juliancito Bravo.
In the Palm of Your Hand
7.4/10
A con artist seduces the widow of a millionaire, only to learn she'd plotted with her lover to murder the late husband. A tense game of cat-and-mouse ensues—but who's the cat? Perhaps the greatest thriller ever made in Mexico, starring Arturo de Córdova and Leticia Palma.
The Children of Sanchez
6.1/10
Hall Bartlett directs the rural drama The Children of Sanchez, based on the tome The Children of Sanchez: Autobiography of a Mexican Family written by Oscar Lewis in the '60s. Anthony Quinn stars as the widowed Jesus Sanchez, a poor farmer struggling to provide for his family in Mexico City. Also starring Lupita Ferrer as Consuelo and Stathis Giallelis as Roberto. This is the last film in the 50-year career of international star Dolores del Rio, who plays the Grandma. Jazz-pop performer Chuck Mangione was nominated for a Golden Globe and won a Grammy award for his original musical score.
Coronation
6.7/10
The traumatic story of an old bourgueoise in Mexico City, his relationship with his crazy grandmother, his sexually troubled past and his sick crush on the young and beautiful maid of the house.
Monte de piedad
Anthology-movie, series of anecdotes about the personal tragedies that lead people to take their values posessions to the state-run pawnshop.
The Faces of the Moon
5.8/10
The Faces of the Moon is the story of five women from five different countries (Argentina, Uruguay, Mexico, USA and Spain), invited to Mexico City to be the jury of the Third Annual Latin American Women's Film Festival. In six vertiginous days these women share their past experiences, their ghosts and, their expectations. The group views and critiques the festival's film entries, and, in the process, the women reveal their personal, political and national histories.
Estafa de amor
6.7/10
Bad woman plays three men off each other while enjoying the attentions of all three; a great many lives are disrupted as a result of her wickedness.
El Bronco
5.7/10
Boxer fights his way up toward a world championship and faces ups and downs in his love life.
En la trampa
7.5/10
Oscar Cardenas is a free young man who dreams of being a racer. One day he is trapped by Isabel Salas, a young secretary, who while finds a husband, she is sleeping with her boss. Oscar and Isabel end at the altar. From that moment Oscar, is falling into the traps that the 'society' puts over him...
El potro salvaje
6.6/10
