Felipe Cazals — Director (13)
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Leonora Carrington or The Ironic Spell (1965) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Leonora Carrington o el sortilegio irónico
director: Felipe Cazals
other title: Leonora Carrington o el sortilegio irónico
Cinema and painting establish a fluid dialogue and begins with introspection in the themes and forms of the plastic work of a woman tormented by the elongated specters, originating from her obsessions and nightmares.
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Luz's Motives (1986) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Los Motivos de Luz
director: Felipe Cazals actor: Patricia Reyes Spíndola / Delia Casanova …
other title: Los Motivos de Luz / Los motivos de Luz
Luz is in jail, accused of murdering her own children. Her husband and her mother-in-law say she killed them in cold blood. Dr. Rebollar tries to help the woman, but she refuses to remember anything. Luz thinks of jail as the purgatory: it's only one step to reach the Heaven.
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The Heist (1976) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
El Apando
director: Felipe Cazals actor: Manuel Ojeda / Salvador Sánchez …
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.
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Under the Shrapnel (1983) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
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.
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Las Poquianchis (1976) [Movie] WikiData IMDb 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".