Salvador Sánchez — Actor (21)
Between Shadows (2015) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Entre Sombras
other title: Entre Sombras
In an attempt to solve their marriage problems, Eric and Mari take a trip to the Mexican southeast, but she disappears under mysterious circumstances. On his way back to Mexico City, Eric meets Narciso, a mysterious man, and gives him a ride. Eric describes a series of events which finally lead him to a revelation about the time he shared with Mari.
The Voice of a Dream (2018) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
La voz de un sueño
other title: La Voz de un Sueño / La voz de un sueño
At a pivotal moment in her singing career, Rocío discovers that her mother is ill and that her final wish is to meet with her again before she dies. After evading the past for 10 years, Rocío returns to her hometown from where she was once expelled. When confronting her family, she comes to understand that forgiveness is the key that will allow her to realize her full potential.
The Marked Hour (1988) [TV] TMDB IMDb WikiData
La hora marcada
other title: La hora marcada / 标记时刻
La Hora Marcada was a 1986 Mexican television anthology series famous for its horror and science fiction themes in the vein of the Twilight Zone. Although virtually unknown outside the country, it achieved a popular and critical success in Mexico. It had a series of rotating writers and directors, among them Emmanuel Lubezki, Guillermo del Toro and Alfonso Cuarón.
The Bricklayers (1976) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Los albañiles
other title: Los albañiles / Die Maurer
When a worker is found murdered on the construction side, the investigation swiftly turns from things criminal to the political circumstances surrounding the building itself. Widespread corruption and neglect by the builder himself are seen to have brought the situation about. Much of the movie is filmed using hand-held cameras, and the majority of the dialogue is in the difficult-to-understand and very slangy Spanish dialect of Mexico City's bricklayers.
The Heist (1976) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
El Apando
other title: El Apando / El apando
In Mexico City's infamous Lecumberri prison, three drug-addicted convicts celebrate getting drugs from one of their the mothers. They are found out and locked up in the "apando," the dreaded punishment cell. Protests over the treatment of those held in the cell lead to a bloody confrontation.
Anyway, Juan is Your Name (1976) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
De todos modos Juan te llamas
director: Marcela Fernández Violante actor: Jorge Russek / Patricia Aspíllaga
other title: De todos modos Juan te llamas
Analytical view of one of the least reported conflicts of national cinema: the Cristero movement that developed in the regions of western Mexico between 1926 and 1929, highlighting the inability to be faithful to both the Church and the State.
The Recourse to the Method (1978) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
El recurso del método
director: Miguel Littín actor: 凯蒂·朱拉多 / Nelson Villagra
other title: Le recours de la méthode / El recurso del método
Set in the early 1900s, this film charts the rule of a Latin American dictator as he moves from being a charming despot to a tyrannical ruler before he is finally ousted, only to die in obscurity in Paris. Early in his regime, the resources and agricultural products his country sells command high prices, and he is a reasonably confident, even gentle, ruler who likes to take long vacations with his daughter in Paris. After World War I, with falling prices and a number of coup attempts behind him, his rule becomes quite cruel.
Under the Shrapnel (1983) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Bajo la metralla
director: Felipe Cazals actor: Humberto Zurita / 玛丽亚·罗霍
other title: Bajo la metralla
A guerrilla commando tries to kidnap a politician. In the attempt, several policemen and a guerrillero die. By chance the head of the kidnappers meets an old colleague; to prevent him from betraying them, he kidnaps him.
Las Poquianchis (1976) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB Douban
Las poquianchis
director: Felipe Cazals actor: Diana Bracho / Malena Doria
other title: Las poquianchis / 波基切人
During the mid-1970s, in the Mexican state of Guanajuato, authorities discover a clandestine burial ground. The corpses are from murdered prostitutes. The suspects are three sisters known as "Las Poquianchis".
Letters from Marusia (1976) [Movie] Douban IMDb WikiData TMDB
Actas de Marusia
director: 米盖尔·里廷 actor: 吉安·马里亚·沃隆特 / 戴安娜·布拉荞
other title: Actas de Marusia / 卢西娅的信
Chronicle of the repression that a foreign company exerts on the miners of a small nitrate town in Chile, whose workers decide to claim their most essential rights. A reflection of the historic union struggles in the northern Chile that ended with terrible repressive acts.
战争乡情 (1989) [Movie] Douban
Old Gringo
director: 路易斯·普恩佐 actor: 简·方达 / 格利高里·派克
other title: Old Gringo / 烽火异乡情
When school teacher Harriet Winslow goes to Mexico to teach, she is kidnapped by Gen. Tomas Arroyo and his revolutionaries. An aging American, Ambrose "Old Gringo" Bierce also in Mexico, befriends Gen. Arroyo and meets Harriet. Bierce is a famous writer, who knowing that he is dying, wishes to keep his identity secret so he can determine his own fate. Though he likes Arroyo, Bierce tries to provoke the General's anger whenever possible in an attempt to get himself killed, thus avoiding suffering through his illness. Winslow is intrigued by both Bierce and Arroyo, and the men are in turn attracted to her. She becomes romantically involved with Arroyo. When Winslow learns of Bierce's true identity (a writer whose work she has loved and respected for years), she is singlemindedly determined to fulfill his dying wish.
The Mexican (2001) [Movie] Min reol
The Mexican
director: Gore Verbinski actor: Brad Pitt / Julia Roberts
other title: Le Mexicain / Mexican
Jerry Welbach, a reluctant bagman, has been given two ultimatums: The first is from his mob boss to travel to Mexico and retrieve a priceless antique pistol, known as "the Mexican"... or suffer the consequences. The second is from his girlfriend Samantha to end his association with the mob. Jerry figures alive and in trouble with Samantha is better than the more permanent alternative, so he heads south of the border.