Manuel Dondé Movies

María Nicolasa Cruz, an illiterate young Mazahua woman, travels to Mexico City in search of a better life, only to be swept into a chain of...

Working-class dude gets a gig as a waiter doing banquet service, and loses his moral compass through his contacts with decadent rich folk.

A mysterious killer has been strangling women in a variety theater, and the police decide to bring Santo into the investigation. Santo suspects the...

Western with romance subplot.

Analytical view of one of the least reported conflicts of national cinema: the Cristero movement that developed in the regions of western Mexico...

A man is sentenced to prison for a murder he did not commit. Thanks to a serum invented by his brother, he manages to become invisible and escape...

Two middle-aged no-goodniks are trying to marry two young ladies; two age-appropriate young men concoct a scheme to prevent it, which involves one of...

Disgruntled 19th century peasants get militant and start redistributing some wealth. Part two of a historical-drama trilogy.

Crooked promoter has a secret weapon who goes around beating fighters to death after their matches if they aren't in line with his rigging schedule....

Julia, a governess, comes to work for a bourgeois family that lives in a forested property they have recently bought. Julia is to take care of a...

Three young women are ready to marry, but their father inserts himself into the decision-making process.

Newlywed Oliverio receives disturbing news that his mother is on her deathbed. He travels to a remote part of Mexico to fetch a lawyer who can sort...

A beautiful woman awakens passions in the workers of a camp deep in the jungle.. Venice Film Festival 1947

Child whose father was murdered grows up and seeks revenge, also falling in love with a new victim of the same bad guy.

Romanticized version of Javier Solis' biography, from working-class roots to boxer to musician.

The love between María Ángela and Fernando is impossible because there's an ancient history of hate between their families. His father...

Labor disputes and love triangles among coastal-village fishermen.

Pablo, a wandering laborer, has imprisoned himself in a hell of alcoholism. Cruz, a widow, reaches out to the troubled man, but even her compassion...

Moments before he will be executed by the French Intervention Army, the liberal leader reads a love letter by his girlfriend. His memories provide...