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CADENA PERPETUA/ LIFE SENTENCE
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Acclaimed Mexican director Arturo Ripstein (Place Without Limits) directs this dissection of corruption within the law enforcement and judicial communities in Mexico. An ex-con plans to abandon his criminal lifestyle for a respectable life until he is blackmailed by a corrupt policeman and forced to return to a life of crime. Winner of Ariel Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Supporting Actress. In Spanish with Arturo Ripstein---Mexico---1978---95 mins.
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DEEP CRIMSON
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Based on the same true-life crimes that inspired The Honeymoon Killers, this macabre, darkly humorous and ultimately frightening feature places the crimes of the Lonely Hearts Murderers in northern Mexico in the 1940s. A depressed single mother becomes involved with a thief who targets his victims through singles ads. Before long, they have teamed up and their crimes take a deadly turn. Director Arturo Ripstein "...is unafraid of offending his audience. He is going for hard truths, and approaching them through humor and a willingness to affront. His purpose is to undercut the way that movies glamorize legendary criminals..." (Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times). In Arturo Ripstein---Mexico/France/Spain---1996---109 mins.
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EL CASTILLO DE LA PUREZA
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Legendary Mexican director Arturo Ripstein (El Coronel No Tiene Quien le Escriba) creates a strange world of madness, sexual dysfunction and isolation in this bizarre true story. Claudio Brook (Esperanza) stars a s a disturbed man who keeps his family locked in his house for eighteen years, fearing the "evil" influences of human beings. Completely depriving his wife and children of even viewing the outside world by covering all the windows, he forces them to help invent and manufacture their own brand of rat poison. In Spanish with NO ENGLISH SUBTITLES. Arturo Ripstein---Mexico---1973---110 mins.
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EL IMPERIO DE LA FORTUNA (THE REALM OF FORTUNE)
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Acclaimed filmmaker Arturo Ripstein presents a powerful drama about a peasant who finds fortune in cockfighting, leading to wealth, corruption, and tragedy.
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LA PERDICION DE LOS HOMBRES
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Arturo Ripstein's bizarre, pitch-black comedy takes place largely at a police station, where three grieving widows show up to claim a bigamist's dead body. When one of them finally wins it on a coin flip, the motive for the man's brutal stoning is revealed. Winner of the Golden Shell for "Best Film" at the 2000 San Sebastian Film Festival, Ripstein's film swipes its title a famed Mexican song that posits women as the cause of man's ruination. In Spanish with English subtitles. Arturo Ripstein---Mexico---2000---106 mins.
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LA VIRGEN DE LA LUJURIA
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Directed by legendary filmmaker Arturo Ripstein (Deep Crimson, The Crime of Padre Amaro), this bold and sensuous drama stars Luis Felipe Tova r as a sex-obsessed waiter whose encounter with a sadistic prostitute (Ariadne Gil) quickly ensnares him in a thorny relationship. Nacho (Tovar) begins taking increasingly bolder steps to win Lola's (Gil) heart, and it isn't long before he's contemplating a daring assassination attempt. Ripstein's detailed evocation of 1940's Mexico and his psychologically probing camerawork make this an unforgettable addition to his oeuvre. In Spanish with English Arturo Ripstein---Mexico---2002---140 mins.
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NO ONE WRITES TO THE COLONEL
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Legendary Mexican auteur Arturo Ripstein (Deep Crimson) directs this drama based on the novel by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. A retired colonel (Fernando Lujan) waits in vain for his government pension and travels to the docks each day dressed in his finest to wait for its delivery. Everyone in the small coastal town knows the pension will never arrive, as does the Colonel, yet he refuses to give up hope. A remarkable study of a man's inner strength that has been damaged by years of waiting. Salma Hayek appears briefly as a prostitute who has an affair with the colonel's son. In Spanish with English Arturo Ripstein---Mexico/France/Spain---1999---118 mins.
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