Arturo Rios Movies

Tomas is a very busy fellow and is about to grow much, much busier. He has his current girlfriend in bed in one apartment, and his lady boss in bed in the next one, and is crossing from one to the other on a window ledge. Neither one has figured out what he is up to. His juggling act becomes much more complicated when, on one occasion from the ledge between the two apartments he spots his pretty new neighbor. It's only a matter of time before one or all of these women gives him his richly deserved comeuppance. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide

This Mexican drama comprised of three separate intermeshed storylines is centered around a fictionalized modern filmmaker, Juan (Arturo Rios). In the first one, Juan is depressed after his girlfriend left him for another man. He begins having violent fits of anger in his efforts to get her back. In the second one, Juan also tries to deal with his father's death. The viewer is given few details about it, except that it happened on the day 10-year old Juan first saw the ocean. The story's third level focuses upon the screenplay Juan is writing. It is about the Spanish conquest of Mexico and an angel. The angel symbolizes his father. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

The intense, downbeat drama To and Fro is the feature film debut of Mexican director Salvador Aguirre. Filiberto (Gerardo Taracena) lives in California for three years as a laborer. He returns to Mexico to find his village in shambles, his mother gone, and the water supply controlled by an evil landowner. He escapes with his friend Luis (Ricardo Esquerra), whose house had been burned down. They end up in Mexico City, meeting rampant corruption in their fight to win Luis' land rights. The two friends also fight with each other over the love of Soledad (Tiaré Scanda). Filiberto returns to the village to find an angry mob has assembled to track down Luis. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide

Mexican-born, New York-based filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón directed this Mexican box-office smash hit about a pair of randy upper-class buddies that sparked some controversy for its frank depiction of drug use and sexual exploration. With their respective girlfriends away in Europe, Julio (Gael García Bernal) and his upper-class friend Tenoch (Diego Luna) are looking forward to a summer full of drink, drugs, and cheap meaningless sex. During a wedding, they meet Luisa (Maribel Verdú) -- the 28-year-old wife of Tenoch's scholarly cousin -- and try to convince her to go on a road trip to Heaven's Mouth, a made-up beach paradise the two claim is on the Oaxacan coast. To their surprise, Luisa -- who is looking to escape her troubled life for a spell -- agrees to go along. Two days into the trip, tension starts to build between the two friends: Luisa has had sex with each, and now both lads are not-so-quietly vying for her affection. Soon simmering jealousies boil over into savage arguments, threatening to completely destroy their friendship. After an enormously successful run in Mexico and Guatemala, this film was screened to much acclaim at the 2001 Venice, Toronto, and New York Film Festivals. ~ Jonathan Crow, All Movie Guide

Juan Patricio Riveroll's poignant and understated slice-of-life drama Opera observes the unusual relationship that blossoms between two markedly different characters: a young Mexican girl named Marina (Marina Magro) and a much older, distinguished writer named Pablo (Arturo Rios) in the middle of authoring a tourist guide. Marina finds herself unexpectedly smitten with Pablo, and allows the infatuation to draw her away from home and on a lengthy road trip with the belletrist. A great deal of time passes wordlessly, but Marina and Pablo eventually have an encounter at a local bar (while en route) that provides a sudden and most unexpected shock. Meanwhile, numerous unresolved emotions lurk beneath the surface of the couple's experience together. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide