Lourdes Elizarraras Movies
Esteban Ramirez's melodrama Caribe stars Jorge Perugorria as Vincente a man who has gotten himself into difficult positions in both his personal life and his financial life. He engages in an affair with his sister-in-law, while also fielding offers from large oil companies to buy his land. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi
- Starring:
- Jorge PerugorrÃa, Cuca Escribano, (more)
- 1996
Set within the dank confines of a freighter's hold, this intense drama offers a provocative look into the lives of six disparate, young Latin American castaways as they try to smuggle themselves into New York. The illegal passengers are the Indian Euripedes (who snuck aboard dressed as women), Angela (who gives her body to a sailor to insure safe passage), Carmen, the poet Carlos, and Tough Guy. While they endure the long unpleasant voyage, each of their pasts and their reasons for taking the risk unfold. Trouble brews when the Indian sneaks topside and is mortally wounded, leaving the others to decide whether or not to sacrifice everything and save him. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- 1995
Four Mexican women set forth on an emancipatory journey to Guadalajara in this upbeat drama. The story begins in the tiny pueblo of Comala. Ema, a bank teller, persuades her three friends Chayo, Isabelle and Clotilde to leave their brutish spouses and accompany her on a trip to Guadalajara to find freedom. Once there Isabelle, worried about her mentally-retarded daughter, goes home. The other three decide to stay and look for work and a place to stay. They find both in the restaurant and nightclub of Rosa 4. While there, Rosa begins falling for Homero, a womanizing drug runner pretending to be a student. Ema is unaware of his true identity. She is also unaware that her husband Felipe has gone looking for her. When Ema learns the truth about Homero, she beats him senseless, flushes his drugs down the toilet, and steals his money. The three women use part of the cash to fly to Los Angeles; the rest of it they use to start up a Mexican Restaurant. Meanwhile Felipe continues his search. At one point he runs into Homero and Felipe is almost killed. Felipe escapes and finally makes it to the restaurant in LA where he begs Ema for a second chance. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Starring:
- Lourdes Elizarraras, Regina Orozco, (more)
- 1994
This interesting bilingual comedy chronicles the effects of AIDS on a marriage. Maria and Jose are married. Trouble ensues when Jose strays with a tall, seductive blonde while he is at a conference. Throughout the opening scenes it is apparent that this is a low budget film. The English is appalling, and the boom mike keeps appearing during the scenes. Just as Jose begins making love to the blond, a man is seen watching a monitor. Another man appears and tries to pull away the sheet covering the lovers. He succeeds and the irate blond wraps the sheet around her and stalks out. Fortunately, the makeup girl is not as modest and assumes the blonde's role. The director is greatly relieved. The filming continues as Jose makes love to the adulteress. Afterward, he wakes up to find "Welcome to the world of AIDS" luridly scrawled across the mirror. Thus begins the two plotlines. On one hand, the film parodies the budding Mexican film industry. On the other, it presents a semi-serious story about AIDS, a disease that is infecting more married women in Mexico than anyone else. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Starring:
- Lourdes Elizarraras, Luis Felipe Tovar, (more)
In the late 1960s and early '70s, the Mexican government endured a number of student riots, which it put down with overwhelming military force. Many were killed, and many more were injured. Only now is this long-suppressed history being allowed to be alluded to in Mexican movies. In this story, Lauro was a journalist covering the riots in 1971 when he is hit on the head and goes into a coma for almost twenty years. During that time, his children scathingly refer to him as "el bulto," (the baggage). However, despite the evident temptation to do so, they don't pull the plug on him, but visit his hospital room to bathe him, wash him, and cut his nails and hair on a regular basis. Somewhere near the end of that period, Lauro gradually awakens, and painfully undergoes the physical rehabilitation and, what is worse, an education in what has happened in the intervening years. When he went under, he was a leftist with liberal views. Now that he is awake, he wants everyone to obey him and takes a dim view of his wife's having had a boyfriend all these years. Needless to say, his old-line attitudes set him up for a rocky re-entry into his life. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
- Starring:
- Gabriel Retes, Hector Bonilla, (more)
A desperate young couple flees the scene of a car accident that they caused in hopes of protecting their infant daughter, only to find their sanctuary isn't quite the safe house they expected it to be in this Spanish-language thriller from director Gabriel Retes. Now, as two sadistic bandits wander the hallways of the remote hotel seeking victims for their unspeakable crimes, the impoverished parents soon find that they may be forced to make amends for their transgression in the most painful manner imaginable. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
- Starring:
- Luis Felipe Tovar, Carlos Chavez, (more)
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