Roberto Gavaldón — Director (16)
Adventures of Casanova (1948) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Adventures of Casanova
other title: Abenteuer auf Sizilien / El burlador de Sicilia
Casanova, a young patriot in 18th-century Sicily, upon learning that his father and sister have been murdered, returns to Palermo and engages in guerilla tactics against the forces of the Governor. Lady Bianca, the Governor's daughter, is in love with one of the patriots, Lorenzo, and desires to escape from the palace. Her lady-in-waiting, Zanetta, enlists the aid of Casanova and he rescues them and takes them to the partisan's camp. The rebels are victorious. Lady Bianca makes plans to marry Lorenzo, and Casanova and Zanetta have similar plans.
La playa vacía (1977) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
La playa vacía
other title: Strand der Illusionen
Finaliza la temporada y Victoria, viuda, madura y propietaria del motel junto a la playa, no quiere pasar otro invierno sola. Para evitarlo, compra la compañía de Pablo para que continue trabajando para ella. Pablo acepta, a condición de seguir siendo libre y poder disfrutar de otras mujeres. Días después llega al motel Gloria, una bella bióloga que dice estar preparando un libro y que, para sorpresa del interesado, Pablo, parece saberlo todo acerca de Victoria y su pasado.
My Life for Yours (1951) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Mi vida por la tuya
director: Roberto Gavaldón actor: Mecha Ortiz / Carlos Cores
other title: Mi vida por la tuya
After an accident in a Buenos Aires shipyard a young boy is in the hospital in critical condition, and the boy’s anxious mother has a dream that includes an actress named Gloria Rivas she saw on a poster. Her son, now grown, ends up involved with the actress. Will she be his downfall? Was the dream a premonition?
Beyond All Limits (1959) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Flor de mayo
other title: Flor de mayo / Flor de mayo (Topolobampo)
This typical Mexican melodrama is set in a coastal fishing village where a wealthy fisherman lives with his wife and young son. Their lives are turned upside down when an American of dubious morality comes into town. The American and the fisherman's wife had been lovers years and years ago -- and now the fisherman begins to suspect that the son he always thought was his, is really the offspring of this foreign intruder.
The Love Nest (1950) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
La casa chica
other title: La casa chica
Amalia, aged, remember when Fernando Mendoza, his former medical school, came to San Esteban, the town where she lived. They worked together and became his love. Although he was engaged to another, Fernando decided to return to the city to complete his commitment to her and finally reunited with Amalia, but the facts do not happen as they had planned.
White Rose (1961) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Rosa blanca
other title: 白玫瑰 / Rosa blanca
banned about 10 years by Mexican Goverment.
An illiterate Indian (Ignacio Lopez Tarso) lives an idyllic existence as a landowner on Mexico's Gulf Coast until the greed of a US oil company gets in the way. He is murdered and the lives of all those around him are irrevocably destroyed as the company takes over the land by crooked means. Based on the novel by B.Traven.
La Rosa Blanca, directed by Roberto Gavaldon, is an exquisite work featuring cinematography by the illustrious Gabriel Figueroa. Originally completed in 1961, it was canned for eleven years because of its highly political nature. Mexico was suffering from the effects of a boom and bust oil economy during the early 1960s, therefore making its subject matter sensitive. It has often been mischaracterized as being anti-American: it is not. The film is, however, against the exploitative nature of oil corporations, a poignant fact that has significant value today.
The Kneeling Goddess (1947) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
La diosa arrodillada
other title: 下跪的女神 / La diosa arrodillada
Maria Felix, the archetypical Mexican movie star, plays one of her bad/good girl roles, with elements of the characters played by Joan Crawford, Barbara Stanwyck and even Marlene Dietrich. (she sings a song by her then husband, the famous composer,Augustine Lara). Arturo de Cordova's tortured lover is reminiscent of his role in Buñuel's Exterminating Angel. There's some extraordinary photography , stylized sets (the furniture designer gets a credit) and outrageous dresses for La Doña, as Maria Felix is still known in Mexico. It's definitely one of the styles that Buñuel expanded in his early Mexican films like the 1955 "Ensayo de un crimen."