The best Francisco Reiguera’s drama movies
If you love cinema, you will share this ranking of the best Francisco Reiguera’s movies, although you may have ordered them differently. In any case, we hope you love it and with a little luck discovering a movie that you still don’t know about Francisco Reiguera.
Simon of the Desert
7.8/10
Simon, a deeply religious man living in the 4th century, wants to be nearer to God so he climbs a column. The Devil wants him come down to Earth and is trying to seduce him.
The Martyr of Calvary
6.7/10
The Martyr of Calvary (Spanish: El Mártir del Calvario) is a 1952 Mexican drama film directed by Miguel Morayta about the life of Christ. It was entered into the 1954 Cannes Film Festival.
Death in the Garden
6.7/10
Amid a revolution in a South American mining outpost, a band of fugitives - a roguish adventurer, a local hooker, a priest, an aging diamond miner and his deaf-mute daughter - are forced to flee for their lives into the jungle. Starving, exhausted and stripped of their old identities, they wander desperately lured by one deceptive promise of salvation after another.
Enchanted Island
4.8/10
Two 19th-century sailors jump ship only to discover their tropical paradise is a cannibal stronghold.
Wuthering Heights
6.7/10
Gone several years, the brooding Alejandro returns to the hacienda of his foster sister, Catalina, whom he loves, to find her married to the wealthy and effete Eduardo.
Don Quixote
6/10
1992's Don Quixote (or Quijote) is an attempt to complete Orson Welles's unfinished film of the same name, edited together by director Jesús Franco. Franco had collaborated previously with Welles and was asked to create a finished version of Welles's Quixote footage.
Salon Mexico
7.3/10
Mercedes (Marga Lopez) dances for money with the clients of Salon Mexico, a famous cabaret in Mexico City. Her younger sister Beatriz (Derbez) studies in an expensive private school, paid by Mercedes. Obviously, young Beatriz doesn't know about her sister's job. Troubles begin when Mercedes wins a danzon contest with Paco (Acosta), her pimp. Paco refuses to share the prize with Mercedes, so she steals the money when he's sleeping.
Jesus of Nazareth
5.8/10
The biblical story of The Messiah from his baptism through his crucifixion.
Rebellion of the Hanged
7.5/10
A peasant who works in a mahogany camp in the Mexican jungles with his family is disgusted with the miserable living conditions imposed upon himself and his co-workers, the peasant finally spearheads a revolt against the sadistic bosses.
Rosenda
7.7/10
A ruffian sends his assistant to force a peasant girl to marry him, but while he is bringing her to him, he falls in love with her.
Victims of Sin
7.5/10
A nightclub performer decides to raise the baby boy she found abandoned in a trash can, putting her job and social life in jeopardy.
Plazos traicioneros
A down in his luck film director falls in love with an attractive waitress and decides to launch her as a big singing star. Once the goal is reached, the girl runs away and becomes involved with a gangster who leads her into prostitution.
El puerto de los siete vicios
4.5/10
Career criminals vie for ownership of a disreputable waterfront dive and for the love of the cabaret-gal that sings there.
Nocturno de amor
5.7/10
Venice Film Festival 1948
The Devil's Money
6/10
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.
Jóvenes y rebeldes
5.6/10
Seis días para morir
7/10
Public health thriller: rabies in Mexico City.
Con el Dedo en el Gatillo
The Private detective Raúl Marín with the help of his grandmother and the police commander Aragón try to find out the murder of several homicides in three episodes: El Anónimo, El Ídolo and El Hipnotizador.
Hipócrita..!
6.8/10
A disfigured woman is helped by a talented composer to recover her face with plastic surgery. Then he discovers that she's a beautiful woman and a talented singer.
La faraona
6.2/10
Pastora Heredia is a beautiful gypsy with great character who always tries to help the needy. One day she gots the notice of the death of his grandfather, a millionaire who lived in Mexico and that since his father was angry, she knew nothing of him. However, as Pastora was his only granddaughter and sole heir of all his property, it does not hesitate to cross the pond to claim his inheritance. But once there is that Don Guillermo, grandfather, not dead.
