Pilar Pellicer Movies

Every time the government of a state or the nation changes in Mexico, the previous administration is always accused of having harbored a few ne'er do wells, who are then raked over the coals. As it happens, these scapegoats (who sometimes actually are guilty of the specific offenses they are accused of) usually know what they're in for long in advance, and they also know that all they have to do is stay out of the country for a few years and they can come back and start doing business as usual. It's understood as part of the game. No real harm comes to anyone. However, in this movie, the chosen victim doesn't understand the role he is to play and actually seems to think he is innocent of the charges against him, or at least believes he still has sufficient "pull" to be able to ignore them. He refuses to heed the friendly suggestion that he leave the country for a few years and tries to fight back. His friends and family understand the situation far better than he does and back off from him, considering him a fool. One by one, they leave him, no doubt muttering imprecations under their breaths, and he not only winds up in prison but has alienated everyone he might have come back to afterwards. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi

In this spoof, Don Diego Vega (George Hamilton) follows in his father's footsteps as he dons the identity of Zorro in an attempt to defend the weak and innocent from the ravages of the evil. However, when Vega falls victim to a debilitating injury, it is up to his gay twin brother, Bunny Wigglesworth (George Hamilton), to take up the mask and sword. ~ Iotis Erlewine, Rovi

This entertaining video tells the story of smugglers who turn on a fellow member and slaughter him. The victim's wife and child are left to survive, but must avenge their loved one's death. ~ Rovi

Warfield (Glenn Ford) is the dispassionate ex-gunslinger who joins forces with peaceful neighbor Forbes (Arthur Kennedy) to help him track down the Apache Indians who have kidnapped Warfield's wife and children two months prior. In searching for the abductees, the hardened gunslinger eventually keeps a level head while the even-tempered Forbes turns into a cold-blooded killing machine. Warfield and Forbes eventually complete their personality changes that lead to the inevitable western showdown. Initially a television movie made for ABC, the company decided to release the film only in theaters. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi

Highly symbolic and allegorical, this drama takes the search of a son for his father in the chaotic times of the Mexican Revolution and the early 1900s as its basis. Stereotypical (or archetypal) figures from early Mexican cinema appear from time to time, and the violence of the revolutionary period is not glossed over. As the son searches for the father, scenes of the father and his earthy way of living are screened. Given that it relies so heavily on knowledge of Mexican history and Mexican cinema in addition to being something of an art-film, non-Mexican viewers will need to be both erudite and patient. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi

A moral decay leading to revolution is paralleled to the illness that is consuming the hero in this emotive tale by renowned director Luis Buñuel. Set on a fictional Latin American island, the action starts when Gov. Vargas (Miguel Angle Ferriz) is assassinated. His executive secretary Ramon Vasquez (Gerard Phillipe who died during production) is then forced to temporarily assume the mantle of power. After the new, brutal, and sadistic governor (Jean Servais) takes over, conditions steadily deteriorate. Meanwhile, the widow of the former governor, Inez Vargas (Maria Felix), and Ramon have fallen in love. Their relationship, as well as the stability of the island, is threatened by the new governor who covets Inez. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi