Juan Antonio de la Riva

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Two sisters working hard to support their alcoholic father. The youngest sister "Obdulia" mutilates her hand in a work-related accident and her father tries to take advantage of the situation by demanding money from the workplace. Obdulia recovers from her accident and tensions arise with her family & boyfriend.

The sexual misunderstandings caused by the real identity of a rich woman serve Hermosillo to satirize the moral and social hypocrisy of the provincial that every Mexican carries inside.

Lalo, a humble mechanic with a great singing voice is discovered by the most famous pop group and launched to stardom, but he will be dazzled by fame and money, even forgetting his loved ones.

10-year-old Elisa, whose parents are about to lose their new car due to financial problems, plans a bank robbery.

In 1815, during the Mexican Independence movement, a group of soldiers fighting for Spain take shelter at a ranch where a group of sisters support the other band, the insurgents who are fighting for freedom.

In this film festival favourite, every day is magical in the tiny logging town of San Miguel de Cruces, Mexico, thanks to director Juan Antonio de la Riva, who captures the rhythms of small-town life through the stories of its inhabitants. From a young couple facing separation as the husband prepares to seek work in the United States to a pair of teens on the cusp of adulthood to the local movie theatre operator struggling to stay open after the introduction of satellite dishes, Pueblo de madera portrays a town—and a people—in transition.

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A group of boys, roughly seven to eleven years of age, go skinny-dipping in a river near their small Mexican town one afternoon and there find themselves the butt of an old vagabond's practical joke, the man stealing all their clothes from them. Humiliated about having to walk home in the buff, the tykes decide to get even, declare war. Yet, as the generations battle it out, a mutual respect develops, the depth of which is evident once the man has a heart attack during one of his romps with the kids. Will the boys' older pal recuperate so that they can engage in one final battle.

A priest recruits some secular friends of his to help him break the stranglehold a political boss has over their town's economy.

Two traveling projectionists tour the villages of the mountains showing films in order to save money and build their own theater.

Mariana is a singer who has fame and success. All she needs is to feel completely free and enjoy life like any other ordinary woman.

Musician Rosendo Nevárez learns of his brother Gabriel’s death in a remote spot in the Durango mountains and decides to return to his boyhood home to learn more about his brother’s untimely end. Gabriel, who was more widely known as the “Mountain Hawk,” led an outlaw’s life which was either that of a lowly criminal or daring do-gooder, as accounts of the man’s life vary depending on the point of view of the interviewee. As Rosendo digs deeper for the truth, it becomes apparent that Gabriel was a heroic figure worthy of the song his brother plans to write in his commemoration—if only Rosendo can overcome his growing envy for his brother’s immortal status as a swashbuckling rebel.

Lola is still in the prime of her life, she’s at an age where time seems to fly by and so do opportunities. She spends her nights immersed in noise, alcohol, hypnotic lights, and the old and new songs that remind her of loving moments.

In the plains of Durango, the old west town still exists where Mexican and foreign westerns used to be filmed. Old Antonio takes care of the place. One day, Gabriel Navárez, a 13-year-old boy from a small nearby community, secretly gets into the old west town and discovers a fascinating world.

Juanito is an eight year old boy who can predict the future, therefore the whole town is scared of him.

Compilation tape of Hora Marcada episodes.

A horror anthology composed of four episodes from the TV series "La Hora Marcada".

A young architect has a double life: he has a beautiful wife and a sexy mistress. His friends advise him to choose one, but this three women gives meaning to his life, including his nosy mother-in-law.

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