A high official of the Mexican political system decides to fake the capture and death of The Coyote, Mexico's number one public enemy. To make this happen, he cuts a deal with his family, and informs them he needs a dead body to pose as a double. Topillero, a hit-man with an unconventional sense of discipline and honesty, is responsible of executing the plan along with Blas, hi...
The people of a small town called "La Esperanza" in Mexico, find themselves in the need to build a steam train with their own hands, to prevent the town from falling into disgrace and oblivion.
Perla, a prostitute and the star in a miserable cabaret in the docks, falls in love with a sailor without knowing that he is her brother. Tomasa, Perla's mother, tries to prevent this incestuous relationship at all costs, but fails to do so. Set in a sordid environment, the director makes no concessions in this tragic love affair, which is narrated from three different points o...
Set in Mexico City, Mentiras Piadosas is the doomed love story of Clara and Israel. She is a health inspector and he is an herb merchant, who is obsessed with the construction of an enormous model of the ancient city of Tenochtitlan. They both decide to leave their respective partners to live together, however, jealousy, blackmail and guilt will become unbreakable patterns dest...
