Maria Castillo Movies
Filmed in two weeks on a budget of 7,000 dollars, El Mariachi was one of the singular pleasures of the 1993-1994 movie season. Kind-spirited guitarist El Mariachi (Carlos M. Gallardo) simply wants to wander through life as his father and grandfather did, with a song in his heart and a smile on his lips. He wanders into a small mob-run town, guitar case in hand. It so happens that the local criminal element is awaiting the arrival of vicious hit man Azul (Reinol Martinez), who is well known for carrying his weapons in...a guitar case. Just when you think you've got a lock on what's going to happen next, director Robert Rodriguez throws us for a loop, unexpectedly alternating whimsical comedy with graphic violence. Rodriguez later retooled the plot of El Mariachi for his far more expensive (and far less satisfying) Antonio Banderas vehicle Desperado (1995). ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Carlos Gallardo, Consuelo Gomez, (more)
- 1988
This tragedy, based on a true story, depicts the attempt of 40 men to illegally emigrate to the U.S. from the Dominican Republic. The whole trouble starts when three friends working in a bakery decide that they can no longer stay in their impoverished and economically unstable country. One of the three tries to emigrate legally, but he cannot obtain a visa. In desperation, they decide to pay smugglers and join 40 other men who are snuck past a squadron of guards onto a ship about ready to sail for America. Later, as the men huddle below deck, authorities board the ship and search it. The men are sent back to meet their fates. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Starring:
- Angel Muniz, Carlos Alfredo, (more)
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