The best Irma Dorantes’s drama movies
If you love cinema, you will share this ranking of the best Irma Dorantes’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 Irma Dorantes.
The Three Huastecos
8.1/10
This is the story of three brothers (a priest, a soldier and an outlaw) that are raised separately by their godfathers once their mother dies. They cross their paths again when the soldier and the priest move into two towns near the town the outlaw lives in. The drama will unfold once the three brothers meet each other.
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.
The Devil Is a Woman
7.2/10
A woman, after committing a murder, flees into a church, confessing her life story to a priest.
Pepe El Toro
7.3/10
The simple life and the values of loyalty and solidarity of the poor people in the environment of professional boxing, is the plot of this film, where Pepe el Toro shows the effort and tragedies that are experienced in this profession.
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.
Mi querido viejo
6.6/10
Luis Fuentes, a singer of Mexican music, comes to know a journalist by the name of Maria Luisa Cortéz and fall madly in love with each other. In time, the couple gets married and come to have a son, Rafael. However, they soon divorce because of Luis's many commitments as a singer. This strains the relationship between Luis and Maria, so much so that Maria, stung by bitterness, teaches her son to despise his father and manages to move from Mexico to the United States to keep Luis from contacting his son. Luis wants nothing more than to regain his lost relationship and affection with his beloved son. Therefore, time after time he visits Maria in hope of winning over his son's affection with little success. Over time, Rafael, now a young man, comes to have a passion for music just like his father despite having a hatred for him.
El enamorado
6.8/10
Martin retired from his job as a hero because of his marriage to Rosario, a beautiful and ambitious girl who passed through the workshop where he works. However, Martin has to return in principle to help a friend from robbers.
Los hijos de María Morales
7.2/10
Two brothers known in town for their womanizing, drinking and rowdiness meet their matches when two girls who like them decide to tame the two machos.
Thou Shalt not Covet thy Son's Wife
8/10
An old man (Fernando Soler), who recently became a widower, Falls in love with Josefa (Carmen Molina) a beautiful young woman, without knowing that she is in love with his son Silvano (Pedro Infante). This event will unchain a harsh conflict between the two men.
Ahora soy rico
6.9/10
A sequel to "Un rincón cerca del cielo". Pedro Gonzalez first gets into trouble as part of a criminal gang and then works honourably to become rich. Money is his undoing allowing him to become a womanizer and drinker, almost losing his wife. Finally he rejoins her, they have a son and he pays for his mistakes.
Cuando el diablo sopla
Two babies are switched in the cradle to gratify wealthy parents' preference for a boy. Nineteen years later, the babies meet...
El amor llegó a Jalisco
A couple of modern city women find love in Jalisco.
Necesito dinero
7/10
También de dolor se canta
7.3/10
The movie starts with Braulio Peláez (Pedro Infante), a schoolteacher, having just fallen off his horse, representing the situation he and his family are in. The next scenes introduce the viewer to his family and their poor financial and social situation. As Braulio stumbles around looking for his glasses, he causes a famous film star, Alfonso de Madrazo (Rafael Alcaide) to crash his car. Braulio offers him to eat at his house as an apology. Braulio's sister and mother, big film fans, immediately recognise Alfonso and attempt to get him to bring the girl, Luisa Peláez (Irma Dolores) to Mexico City to become a film star. Alfonso agrees and tells them to come to the capital.
Vagabunda
7.4/10
Menores de edad
7.2/10
Late-teens girl is trapped into masquerading as a 12 year old. Wacky complications.
Cartas a Elena
6.1/10
In the beautiful hills of the Copper Canyon in Chihuahua, Mexico, a young boy (Emilio) is adopted by the mailman (Teo). As part of their daily tasks, they not only deliver the mail but read letters to the villagers, as well as take dictation, since most are illiterate. Young Emilio quickly learns to read and write but feels saddened by the mostly difficult stories sent by relatives, that moved north to Denver, Colorado in pursuit of a better future. One day Teo becomes disabled and Emilio takes over the mail route and with great imagination, he changes the letters to happy and optimistic stories. Within days, the village is transformed. The elders, once hopeless, lonely and sad, are now happy and enthusiastic, enjoying the "supposed" success their loved ones write from the United States. But the enjoyment is short lived, as they realize that all the wonderful stories are the same...
The Bloody Revolver
6.6/10
Follows an "unlucky" gun across the paths of five owners.
El jibarito Rafael
Relates the life of one of Puerto Rico's most loved and revered composer and songwriter, Rafael Hernández.
Las delicias del poder
6.7/10
A political candidate has an accident that will bring her out if the campaign unless her twin sister may be able to supplant her while she recovers.
