Ignacio Guadalupe Movies
The debut feature from director Patricia Riggen, this drama centers on a young boy's journey across the U.S./Mexico border to be reunited with his mother. Adrian Alonso stars as Carlitos, a Mexican adolescent living with his grandmother while his mother works as a maid in the U.S., hoping someday to send for her child. But when the grandmother dies unexpectedly, Carlitos must sneak across the border and seek out his mother. Featuring a supporting performance by America Ferrera of ABC's Ugly Betty, Under the Same Moon premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival, where it received a standing ovation. ~ Matthew Tobey, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Adrian Alonso, Kate del Castillo, (more)
- 2005
- R
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Veteran screen star Tommy Lee Jones makes his directorial debut with the fractured tale of murder and injustice on the U.S.-Mexico border scripted by Amores perros and 21 Grams screenwriter Guillermo Arriaga. Mike Norton (Barry Pepper) is a fresh-faced Border Patrol officer in Cibolo County, Texas whose dedication to his new job leaves his lonely wife Lou Ann (January Jones) with little to do but spend her days at the local diner, where she strikes up a friendship with waitress Rachel (Melissa Leo). Despite her own status as a married woman, Rachel is unfulfilled in her marriage and is intimately involved with both rugged rancher Pete Perkins (Tommy Lee Jones) and local Sherrif Belmont (Dwight Yoakam). Soon after Pete hires Mexican illegal Melquiades Estrada (Julio Cesar Cedillo) as a ranch hand, the growing bond between the pair is suddenly shattered when, in a moment of panic on a routine patrol, Mike hastily guns down the innocent Melquaides. When an enraged Pete learns that Mike had unceremoniously buried the illegal immigrant in an unmarked desert grave and local authorities opt to overlook the case, he kidnaps the crooked lawman and sets out to ensure that justice is served with or without the involvement of the local police force. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Tommy Lee Jones, Barry Pepper, (more)
A young mother seeks to find peace in her small town when her son shows signs of extra sensory perception and the skeptical townspeople begin to act uncharacteristically suspicious in director Juan Antonio de la Riva's thought-provoking, magic realist drama. Juanito is a young boy who lives with his mother Hilaria in the remote Mexican town of Santa Cruz de la Montana. When the young boy begins to display signs of mysterious supernatural abilities and the frightened citizens turn on the child and his concerned mother, Hilaria's burgeoning romance with town chef Albino offers newfound hope that the family will persist even in the most trying of times. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
Joaquin (Manuel Ojeda) and his beautiful wife Susana (Blanca Guerra) are indeed In the Middle of Nowhere in this crime drama. The couple run a little gas station and store in a sparsely populated and desert-like region of Mexico. When a wounded man (Guillermo Garcia Cantu) arrives at the spot accompanied by his brother (Emilio Cortes) and wife (Gabriela Roel), they probably would have done what they could for them anyway. Instead, since the wounded man is a wanted fugitive, the trio take the couple hostage. This doesn't change much, except that the brother is way more interested in Susana than he would be if he were a decent man. Since the fugitive's wife is a lovely woman, Joaquin gets an eyeful of her while he can. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Manuel Ojeda, Blanca Guerra, (more)
- 1991
Sarah Pillsbury and Midge Sanford, the producing team responsible for the theatrical-movie "sleeper" The River's Edge, were the mentors of the made-for-TV Seeds of Tragedy. Filmed in semi-documentary fashion, the story involves a single cache of cocaine, from creation to consumption. The coca leaves are initially harvested by poor farmers in the Peruvian Andes. The coca moves forward to a small-time Amazon trader; then it is powdered under the supervision of a Colombian gangster, and finally it winds up on the mean streets of LA. Partially filmed in Mexico with a cast of relative unknowns, Seeds of Tragedy was an unusually potent entry in the Fox Network's "Monday Night Movie" series. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1990
In the early 1990s, Durango was a heavily forested region of Mexico, remote from citified life, and dependent on logging for income. This drama focuses on lives in transition in a town in the middle of those forests, where for decades the local movie theater has been the source for information and images of life outside the region. Now that satellite dishes are becoming more available, the local cinema is due for a serious cutback in its business. Aurelio has just moved to the town and is already romantically involved with his landlady. A young husband and wife are anxious about their upcoming separation, as the husband intends to seek work in the U.S. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Alonso Echanove, Gabriela Roel, (more)
Director Juan Antonio De La Riva's first film, Vidas Errantes is in some ways an allegory of Mexican film history as well as a salute to cinematic milestones. This quiet, understated story is about Francisco (José Carlos Ruíz) and Guillermo (Ignacio Guadalupe), two itinerant movie-projectionists who bring along the films, a projector, and white sheets as they travel from town to town in the mountains of Durango, setting up their outdoor "theater." The duo join in local festivities, have a few love affairs, make new friends, and as they do, clips of movie classics from Mexican cinema are interspersed with the projectionists' adventures. Then Josefina (Josefina González), a farm woman, falls in love with Guillermo and joins them on the road. Throughout their travels, Francisco is planning to build a permanent movie theater and when he finally has the means to go ahead with his project, construction starts. The trio still travel around showing films, but misfortune strikes when the frame of the theater under construction burns to the ground. (In 1982, a fire destroyed the Cineteca film archive and its collection -- a possible parallel to the destructive fire in the film.) Once Francisco loses his theater, he does not give up -- though it seems he will have to hit the road again. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- José Carlos Ruiz, Ignacio Guadalupe, (more)
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An explorer in the New World braves the wrath of man and the fury of nature to transcend time and become legend in an epic adventure detailing the remarkable achievements of Eusebio Francisco Kino, better known to history scholars as Padre Kino. Despite the many obstacles in his way, Padre Kino's passion for exploration drove him to accomplish what few dared to even attempt in the New World. With Native Americans, Spanish soldiers, the Catholic Church, and even nature itself challenging him, Padre Kino's remarkable endurance and unbreakable will would eventually earn him a place in the history books and inspire future generations of explorers to take their fate into their own hands no matter what the cost. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
