Salvador Sánchez Movies

The young trapeze artist Alma is part of the show of a miserable traveling circus. In an act of desperation, Alma commits incest with her father, a...

Indian village experiences forced relocation; their experience is paralleled by that of other groups dating back to the 18th century.

A guerrilla commando tries to kidnap a politician. In the attempt, several policemen and a guerrillero die. By chance the head of the kidnappers...

Family plans for a quiet weekend at the beach, but everything goes wrong.

In an underclass neighborhood of Mexico City, a place where a unique troupe features a circus act, led by Don Ramón, he and his wife Petra...

Mexican feature film

President Juárez fights against the conservatives, who have ordered an emperor to be brought from France to govern Mexico

Three sisters run brothels protected by the authorities, abuse and prostitute young women under the false pretense of employing them as servants.

A student-movement leftist becomes a nun and absorbs lots of deep, deep TV-movie spiritual lessons about God's glorious plan.

In Mexico City's infamous Lecumberri prison, three drug-addicted convicts celebrate getting drugs from one of their the mothers. They are found out...

At a pivotal moment in her singing career, Rocío discovers that her mother is ill and that her final wish is to meet with her again before she...

Mexican feature film

On the day of his first communion, the boy Honorato is orphaned because the mafia murders his parents. Before dying, the father recommends that the...

It tells the story of two young people who, in the context of the 1968 student movement, awaken to love life and social conscience.

Four raw stories about justice and law.

Héctor and María meet again after eight years of not seeing each other. She works as a magician in cabarets and he robs houses....

Subsistence-economy slum guy who sells used newsprint for a living breaks into showbiz with an inadvertantly-comical fire-eater act. The novelty of...