
Francisco del Villar
Directing
Biography
Francisco del Villar Schiaffino (1920 – 1 September 1978), better known simply as Francisco del Villar, was a Mexican film director, producer and screenwriter.
Known For

The Iniesta-Galván family is a theatre company that goes from town to town offering its performances. Over the years, its members will have to adapt to changes and make decisions, like that of whether or not to continue performing. One day, unexpectedly, a son that he has fathered on his travels presents himself to Carlos Galván.
Voyage to Nowhere

After being released from jail, "Tarzan" Lira seeks to rebuild his life as a bank employee. Unfortunately, it might not be as easy as he thinks.
Life Sentence

Two young, millionaire couples are commemorating the birthday of one of them. Jealousy, desire and ambition will end in tragedy and a dead man.
The Cry of the Turtle

In a remote Mexican monastery, a Father Prior subjects young seminarians to psychoanalysis to test their vocation. As sessions peel back secrets and doubts, faith, desire, and authority collide.
The Monastery of the Vultures

Repressed middle-aged Catholic gets into a troublesome relationship with the prostitute next door and her little boy.
Savage Sunday

Family honor, greed, machismo, homophobia, and dreams collide in a small Mexican town.
The Place Without Limits

Backwards fishing village is home to a widow and her teenaged daughter. Neighbors suspect the mother of having murdered her husband. A tourist in town gets it into his head to put the smooth big city moves on both women. And the-e-en...
Piranhas Love in Lent
Following their mother’s passing, two brothers plot to claim the inheritance left in their stepfather’s care, but life has a way of turning things around.
A Trap for a Corpse

An American spy travels to Beirut where he's attacked by agents seeking a valuable microfilm.
Man on the Spying Trapeze

Bride sleeps another guy on her wedding night by mistake, and he and the groom spend 90 minutes arguing over which one she belongs to.
Pillow for Three

Intrigues and secrets come together because of a woman, who has the protection of the parish priest.
The Black Widow
Man hiding from the police is trapped into posing as a butler at a rich family's country estate.
The Spoilt Servant

The family of a dying man celebrates his wake while the man is still alive, showing their darker, selfish ambitions and trying to take the best part of the inheritance.
The Crows are Grieving

Arnulfo is a man weaving baskets. Remedios has given birth in front of the house of a woman and her aid, but the village is spread the word that the child born as a child God and an atheist would think exploit to their advantage the "miracle ".
Miracles Weaver

A lady photographer and her preteen son on vacation at a beautiful Mexican resort, befriend two men whose homosexual relationship is going through some tough times.
The Spring of the Scorpions

After a near-drowning, Laura moves through four social worlds under different names, obsessed with God’s infinite mercy and provoking sin to test forgiveness.
The Dogs of God

A woman with a troubled past introduces lust, depravity and sex to a religious commune.
The She Wolf's Orgy

An angel who is three good deeds short of earning his wings chooses the city of Puebla to carry out her mission.
The Angels of Puebla

Young woman tries to discover the family secret that led to her father being murdered, and she gradually is manipulated into a lesbian relationship.
Cuando tejen las arañas
Propagandistic documentary short film by the Mexican government about changes in the treatment of psychiatric patient.