The best Salvador Quiroz’s romance movies
If you love cinema, you will share this ranking of the best Salvador Quiroz’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 Salvador Quiroz.
Mala yerba
6/10
Plantation owner is way too much into his peasant girls. It causes problems.
Flor Silvestre
7.3/10
The film features Fernandez himself as a character named Rogellio Torres. The lion's share of the footage, however, is devoted to the romance between Esperanza, granddaughter of a common laborer, and Jose Luis Castro, the firebrand son of a landowner. Joining a revolutionary movements, Castro is disowned by his father, but Esperanza remains loyally by his side. Later on, Castro's father is killed by outlaws; in seeking vengeance, he sacrifices his own life, while Esperanza carries on his revolutionary work with their young son in tow.
Mexicanos al grito de guerra
7/10
In times of the French Intervention, a student of Nunó, author of the Mexican National Anthem, falls in love with the niece of the French Ambassador, which causes quite amusing complications.
Canaima
7.3/10
College-educated emigre has to get macho when he returns home to the Venezuelan outback.
María Candelaria
7.3/10
A young journalist asks an old artist about the portrait of a naked Indian woman that he has in his study. The artist tells the story of Maria Candelaria, a young Indian woman who was rejected by her own people for being the daughter of a prostitute. She is protected by a young Indian man, Lorenzo Rafael, who has fallen in love with her.
Cuando lloran los valientes
7.4/10
The story centers around the brave and valiant Agapito who rescues the orphaned Pinolillo and is set to marry the beautiful Cristina. However his plans are foiled when he is forced to go on the run from the Federales after he lies to protect his horses. Meanwhile, his half-sister Chavela runs away from home spreading the rumor that Agapito seduced her and they have fled together. In fact she goes to see Jose Luis Arteche and seduces him. Arteche however, is in also in love with Cristina, and uses this rumor to woo her away from Agapito. Once Agapito learns of this news, he heads off to find Cristina and Chavela to set the record straight and put his marriage back on track with Cristina. Chavela however throws a spanner in the works, confesses her love for Agapito and convinces him to marry her for the sake of their father. In the meantime, Cristina's brother Edmundo is told to send a message from the Federales to the rebels detailing his supposed treachery, but was tricked by Jose...
Doña Perfecta
7.3/10
Liberal farmer Pepe has arrived in Santa Fe to visit his aunt, Dona Perfecta. While he's there, Pepe is eager to teach the traditional-minded townspeople a new way of living. Unfortunately for Pepe the people of Santa Fe aren't eager to embrace change, and when the citizens begin to voice resentment Pepe is forced to seek refuge with his sympathetic aunt. Dona Perfecta is just as traditional as any of the other townspeople though, and only suffers Pepe due to the fact that he is family. When Pepe and his cousin Rosario fall deeply in love, the situation quickly comes to a head.
One Day of Life
8/10
A story about two men caught in the Mexican revolution: close friends before, but now on the opposite sides. One of them is military officer, while the other one expects capital punishment. The prisoner's mother comes to visit his son, unaware that his former best friend is now his enemy.
Cinnamon Skin
6.7/10
Marucha (Sarita Montiel) has had a shattered face since childhood, but she has a beautiful figure and covers half of her face with her hair. She is a singer and performs in neighborhood theaters. Marucha and Ramon are professionals in crime.
Venganza en el circo
Criss-crossing love affairs and jealousies result in a murder attempt.
Duelo en las montañas
6.6/10
1910: Revolutionary leader escapes military, hides in small town, falls in love.
La mujer legítima
Widower wants to remarry, but his adult children are slow to warm to his new wife. One daughter in particular tries very hard to discredit her in his eyes.
Allá en el Rancho Grande
7/10
Remake of famous 1936 ranchera musical.
La vorágine: abismos de amor
It narrates the adventures of the poet Arturo Cova and his lover Alicia, a story of passion and revenge framed in the plain lands and the Amazon jungle where the two lovers scape from society, and which exposes throughout its plot the harsh living conditions of settlers and Indians enslaved during the rubber rush.
