The best Narciso Busquets’s drama movies
If you love cinema, you will share this ranking of the best Narciso Busquets’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 Narciso Busquets.
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 Golden Cockerel
7.3/10
A poor, but very lucky man in the cock fighting, is hired by a rich man, but both are in love with the same woman
Cacería implacable
The Barracks
7.1/10
The film chronicles the adventures of a peasant family of the late nineteenth century to push through his work with the opposition and hatred of the rest of the villagers.
Pedro Paramo
7.1/10
When his mother Dolores dies, Juan Preciado, son of Pedro Páramo, goes to Comala to claim his inheritance; but when he arrives he finds an abandoned and sinister place, inhabited by mysterious voices and whispers…
Perro callejero 2
7.4/10
Life Sentence
7.1/10
"El Tarzan" Lira is an ex-convict who decides to give up his criminal past and reform his life. However, a corrupt policeman blackmails him leaving "El Tarzan" no other option but to continue committing robberies. Adapting the genre conventions of the film noir to the Mexican context, Ripstein's film focuses on Mexican police corruption and questions the judicial system.
La yegua colorada
7.1/10
Landowner counts on his super-champeen race-horse to help him win back the hacienda he was swindled out of.
Harvest of Hate
A 1940 film directed by William Rowland.
Wild Dogs
4.8/10
A professional assassin (and widowed deadbeat dad set to soon remarry) decides to call it quits and go straight after one more job. Complications ensue, particularly with a persistent police detective.
The Four Juanes
6.6/10
Juan Sin Fiedo (Javier Solis), Juan Colorado (Antonio Aguilar), Juan Pistolas (Luis Aguilar) and Juan Charrasqueado join their destinies during the Mexican Revolution.
Pedro Páramo, el hombre de la Media Luna
7.6/10
Juan Preciado, son of Pedro Páramo, goes to Comala to claim his inheritance; but when he arrives he finds an abandoned and sinister town, inhabited by mysterious voices and whispers…
Todo por nada
7.2/10
Gunfighters kill all family members of farmer brothers Mario and Fernando Almada, after the tragic event, they seek revenge.
Matinée
7.1/10
Jorge and Aarón, two young boys growing up in a quiet town often miss classes to go together to the cinema matinee. One day they are kidnapped by robbers while traveling in a truck. After the disintegration of the band, they begin to participate in the robberies until the adventure turns into something more sinister and dangerous.
Crosses Over the Wasteland
6.5/10
After a long journey in search of the murderer of his father, a man abuses a beautiful girl next to marry. After consummating his revenge and be rejected by the girl, the man leaves town. She is pregnant and her boyfriend prefers to let his son give antesque. The young man overcomes his macho pride and agrees to marry the helpless mother.
Lluvia roja
6.3/10
Military leader is appointed to local government, becomes overly despotic in his leadership.
Xoxontla
6.4/10
La soldadera
7.1/10
While waiting for a train which will take them on their honeymoon, two newlyweds, Juan and Lázara, are separated by a federal army commander who is going around enlisting men to fight against the revolutionaries. Traveling with the troops, Lázara follows Juan until he dies in a battle against the Villistas. From that moment on, the young woman's fate will be in the hands of whoever happens to win the latest contest, an uncertain fate for someone whose only wish is for a home of her own.
Mojados
6.9/10
A group of workers crossing the river is ambushed by rogue INS agents who intend to kill them all and plant drug on the corpse as evidence of cartel activity. One escapes, and he commits himself to helping a District Attorney collect evidence on the politicians and industrialists those agents work for.
Chicoasén
5.2/10
To prevent the Grijalva river from overflowing, during the construction of the Chicoasén dam, "el ratón" and some engineers die. Two archaeologists decipher antique signs on the walls of the Canyon and discover the source of danger.
