The best Héctor Bonilla’s movies
If you love cinema, you will share this ranking of the best Héctor Bonilla’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 Héctor Bonilla.
Red Dawn
8/10
On October 2, 1968, a student uprising descends into violence after the Mexican government begins to use lethal force against the protesters.
Ana & Bruno
6.6/10
Ana, a nine year old girl, arrives with her mother to an isolated beach with the intention to rest and to know the sea. There, she discovers that they are under a terrible threat, therefore she is obligated to look for help with her father in order to save her mother.
Grumpy Christmas
4.5/10
Bitter, grumpy patriarch Don Servando and his family travel to spend Christmas with Doña Alicia, a relative who becomes his "ultimate nemesis". It may be Christmas, but Don Servando is set on proving to everyone that Doña Alicia is a terrible person.
Thirtysomething, Single and Awesome
5.3/10
Ines turns down a marriage proposal in order to focus on her career.
Father Never Bothered
6.9/10
Mr. Villegas, an old man with old-fashioned thoughts, has to move with his son after he has been kicked out from his retirement home.
Tell Me When
5.8/10
After his grandfather's death, a young man decides to fulfill his elder's last wish with the help of his new friends. The problem starts when he falls in love with a female friend who may not feel the same.
The Last One and then We Go
6.4/10
A group of mariachis receives a letter to be part of the National Mariachi Contest in Mexico City. In order to be able to win they will need to travel together and solve their differences since their prime was 30 years ago.
7:19
5.8/10
At 7:19 a.m., on September 19th of 1985, the most destructive earthquake hit Mexico City. Inside what's left of a building, a group of survivors fight for their lives waiting for rescue.
Meat Stew, Original Recipe
6.1/10
A dysfunctional family reunites after the grandmother's death, who was a famous cooker of the traditional mexican dish: mole de olla.
The Legend of a Mask
6/10
A reporter starts investigating the life of the recently deceased wrestler "The Masked Angel"
Maria of My Hearth
7.7/10
Héctor and María meet again after eight years of not seeing each other. She works as a magician in cabarets and he robs houses. María convinces Héctor to become a magician and work together. Life seems to smile on them until one day, when Maria travels to another city, the couple's situation will be overshadowed by an unfortunate event.
El cumpleaños del perro
7.5/10
Two couples. One of the husbands kills his wife. He is temporarily helped by the other couple. The husband wants to help him, but his wife wants to turn him in to the police.
El secreto oculto
9.2/10
The faithful are given advance warning (via a TV broadcast) that demons are going to be unleashed on Earth during an upcoming lunar eclipse.
Pax?
Mexican experimental feature film, made for the 1968 olympics.
Amber
6.2/10
Old Max remembers the time as a child when he was taken to the jungle where he met a prophet, a circus man and other weird characters.
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.
El Brazo de Oro
6.9/10
Crónica de un desayuno
5.2/10
A view of the end-of-the-century Mexican family. A father who comes back home after a long absence, but who would rather be somewhere else. A daughter suffering from a trapped pain. A son full of guilt and recriminations. A little kid who soaks up all the tension in the house, like a sponge, and a self-effacing mother who would like to go away and leave everything behind.
Patsy My Love
7.2/10
Written by future Nobel-prize winner Gabriel García Márquez, this is the story of Patsy, a wealthy debutante with an acute sense of living and boundless curiosity. She falls in love with an older man (Julio Alemán) whom is married and mediocre, and thus learns the hard way about unhappiness, marring her rose colored world.
Una vez, un hombre...
6.6/10
Young factory worker becomes apprentice to an alchemist, and he ends up going to the moon to repair equipment belonging to The Three Fates.
