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Mauricio de la Serna

Directing

Biography

Mauricio de la Serna (26 November 1902 – 19 March 1986; sometimes reported as 20 March 1986) was a Mexican film director, screenwriter, and producer active in cinema from 1938 to 1979. From 1950 he resumed credited story work and expanded into screenplay writing; his first credited screenplay is commonly identified as a 1951 film directed by Julio Bracho, and one of his story credits served as the basis for a film directed by Luis Buñuel. In 1955 he debuted as director-screenwriter with Caras nuevas and is commonly credited with directing 23 feature films. He later worked in screen-industry administrative roles, including at Televisa’s film unit Televicine, and returned to directing in 1979 with Nora la rebelde.

Known For

The Proud and the Beautiful
6.8

Life in a small Mexican village where joy and misery, hope and pain, passion and guilt, love and decay, life and death are mixed in the peasants life and two French citizens who end up stranded in there, during a typhoid epidemic.

The Proud and the Beautiful

1953
The Other
6.9

A mousy, poor manicurist seeks to switch places with her more glamorous, wealthy twin sister.

The Other

1946
Twilight
6.0

Doctor Alejandro Mangino falls in love with Lucía just before he goes on a round-the-world trip. Pining for her all the while, he returns to find that she’s married his best friend.

Twilight

1945
Hidden Paradise
6.0

Luis lives in the jungle with his parents and his many pets. His favorite pet is his monkey named Pancho. He finds a hide out where he and his friend Marta are able to discover new creatures and enjoy nature. His father Lorenzo orders him to get rid of his pets starting with his pet monkey.

Hidden Paradise

1961
Stolen Heaven
6.5

A young woman loses her mind when she finds out that her uncle and his boyfriend met in a train accident.

Stolen Heaven

1951
Illusion Travels by Streetcar
6.5

Confronted with the unfortunate news that their favorite Streetcar, no. 133, is going to be decommissioned, two Municipal Transit workers get drunk and decide to "take 'er for one last spin," as it were. Unfortunately, the "one last spin" ends up being an all-night and all-day scramble to stay out of trouble, as they are confronted with situation after sometimes bizarre situation that prevents them from returning the "borrowed" Streetcar!

Illusion Travels by Streetcar

1954
New faces
6.7

Mexican feature film

New faces

1956
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5.7

This is an early film from Director Gilberto Martinez Solares, who would go on to become better-known for his unique perspective on horror films of the 60's and 70's - like "Santanico Pademonium" "Face of the Screaming Wolf" and his own "House of Terror", (these features, in turn, would inspire future award-wining Directors such as Tarantino and Del Toro). As far as Resurreccion goes, it is a semi-historical Drama, based on Leo Tolstoy's novel also titled "Resurrection" . However, Solares' movie loosely uses the start of the 1910 to 1920 Mexican Revolution as its cornerstone, (instead of the Russian battle that Tolstoy relied on for his 1899 literary work ). It essentially documents one man's effort to find redemption for his past sins. It stars actors Emilio Tuero, Lupita Tovar, Sara Garcia and Jose Pulido, among others.

Resurrección

1943
Pablo y Carolina
7.5

Torn between three lovers and bored by her typewriting classes, Carolina (Dillian) writes a passionate love letter to fictional Pablo Garza from Monterrey. The letter is sent by mistake and received by real Pablo Garza's girlfriend. Pablo himself (Infante) flies to Mexico City looking for an explanation. Carolina is rehearsing a musical show for her school dressed as a man. When Pablo meets her, she pretends to be her brother Anibal, a shy and feminine sailor. Pablo likes Anibal and invites "him" to a cabaret. After that, Carolina falls inlove with Pablo but resists to unveil her real self. Meanwhile, Pablo feels himself confused, because young "Anibal" is cute as an angel and has "those blue eyes..."

Pablo y Carolina

1957
Las cinco noches de Adán
5.8

Globe-hopping playboy bachelor is getting on in years, so he invites his five international children to come live with him.

Las cinco noches de Adán

1942
The Vivanco Ladies
7.0

Two women of lesser descent are dedicated to stealing to support their brother's daughter.

The Vivanco Ladies

1959
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6.3

After being arrested the two adorable grannies spend some time in jail and then stand trial for the robberies they've committed.

The Trial of the Vivanco Ladies

1961
El buen ladrón
5.7

No description available.

El buen ladrón

1957
The Last Adventure
6.3

All of Mexico asks the same question, who has won the lottery jackpot of five million pesos? If the lucky person who won them does not show up soon to collect the prize, it will have to be raffled again.

The Last Adventure

1946
¡Qué bonito amor!
5.8

Bride backs out of her wedding at the last possible minute; she and her fiance get caught up in a power-struggle that ends with both running for mayor.

¡Qué bonito amor!

1960
Fruto prohibido
6.2

A writer is given custody of his editor's daughter after she is orphaned. Once she grows up, they become romantically involved.

Fruto prohibido

1953
Rumbo a Brasilia
6.0

When his town is devastated by a flood, a young boy takes it upon himself to seek the help of the president. He meets a variety of characters along the way, not all of whom are eager to help. The road to salvation for his little community becomes one of discovery as he learns to distinguish truth from deceit in director Mauricio de la Serna's charming fable. Antonio Aguilar, Antonio Carlos Pereira and Angela Maria star.

Rumbo a Brasilia

1961
The Night of the Mayans
6.3

A white man seduces a local girl in an isolated Mayan village, which makes gods unhappy.

The Night of the Mayans

1939
El derecho a la vida
6.7

Four interlocking stories about pregnancy all intersecting in an obstetrician's office.

El derecho a la vida

1959
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6.0

Man wants to dump wife for a new girlfriend; all three end up weekending in Acapulco together along with a gentleman the wife meets enroute, and all four explore the possibility of forming new relationships.

¡Viva el amor!

1958