Evangelina Elizondo Movies
- 1997
Following the AIDS-related death of his lover Juan, a grief-stricken Manuel spends a melodramatic night wandering the dubious sex clubs -- both gay and straight -- of Monterrey. He hits the streets after he is involved in a violent altercation at the late Juan's apartment. Manuel had arrived there just as his friend Marcos was about to get slashed with broken glass by a creepy hustler. After rescuing Marcos, Manuel takes the hustler, an ex-con, to his home in the ghetto. Manuel carries with him the gun Juan was saving in case he chose suicide over a natural death. Throughout this violent, dark and stylish feature, objects such as guns and snakes figure as prominent metaphors. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
In this atmospheric romantic drama, Keanu Reeves plays Paul Sutton, who has just returned home from a stretch in the Army during World War II. Still reeling from the horrors of war, Paul wants to settle down and start a farm, but his wife Betty (Debra Messing), whom he met and impulsively married shortly before shipping out, has arranged for him to take a job as a salesman peddling chocolates. While taking a sales trip to another town, he befriends a beautiful but distraught young woman, Victoria Aragon (Aitana Sanchez-Gijon). While away at college, Victoria met and fell in love with a young man and soon became pregnant; however, when her boyfriend discovered she was expecting, he abandoned her. She returns home full of shame and fearful of her father's reaction. But Paul gets an idea -- he'll pose as her husband and leave after a day or two, so when she's left alone with the child, the disgrace will be on him, not her. Victoria agrees, and Paul joins Victoria as she arrives at her family's estate in the California wine country. Most of the Aragon family take to Paul readily enough, especially Grandfather Don Pedro (Anthony Quinn), but Victoria's father, Alberto (Giancarlo Giannini), senses something amiss between the young couple. A Walk In The Clouds was the first American film from director Alfonso Arau, who previously made the international hit Like Water For Chocolate. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Keanu Reeves, Aitana Sanchez-Gijon, (more)
- 1989
- PG13
In El Salvador in the late '70s, the wealthy few rule the impoverished many. To maintain the status quo against peasant insurgents and labor organizations, the military regime brutalizes the populace, in particular, rebels who espouse Marxism. Assassinations, executions, and disappearances become commonplace. When the Vatican elevates conservative Oscar Arnulfo Romero (Raul Julia) to archbishop, the military rulers believe he will quiet the masses and the activist priests who support them. "Blessed are the peacemakers," he will preach. At first, that is precisely what he does. But when soldiers thwart voters, shoot indiscriminately into crowds, torture dissidents, and kill a dedicated priest and friend of Romero, the archbishop condemns the regime in radio messages, rebukes quisling bishops, and leads a peasant march into a church occupied by soldiers. He also insults and defies the El Salvadoran president (Harold Cannon), an iron-fisted general, who, ironically, has the same last name as the archbishop Romero, but is not related. The country by this time is in the throes of civil war. In 1980, when military death squads continue their reign of terror even though the government institutes so-called reforms, Romero continues to speak out, gaining international attention. The film then builds to its climax, a scene recreating the events of Monday, March 25, 1980, when Romero is saying mass for his recently deceased mother. Attendees include four men who have no intention of reciting mea culpas or receiving the Holy Eucharist. ~ Mike Cummings, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Raul Julia, Richard Jordan, (more)
After destroying a religious statue, the janitor comes across a girl who look remarkably like the statue. (AKA Gregorio) ~ All Movie Guide
The comedy Esta Noche No tells the tale of a man married to two different women. He goes to great lengths to keep each family in the dark about the other, but all his careful planning unravels one day. When the two women discover what has been going on, they plot their own unique form of revenge. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
- 1961
The well-known Mexican singer Lola Beltran stars with fellow singer [$Pedro Vargas} in this musical and dance paen to their native land. A combination of musical styles from arias to popular tunes, as well as folkloric dances enliven the story about a tourist who comes to Mexico for one last outing before her pending marriage. The country and its people are so appealing and she is having such a good time that married bliss starts to look like a poor second to the current fun. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Ana Berta Lepe, Lola Beltran, (more)
- 1960
This typical Mexican musical comedy was released at a time when two of its actresses, Ana Bera Lepe who appears in a few numbers and Evangelina Elizondo who is featured as a woman with problems in the romance department, were involved in serious, separate scandals. While these scandals may have promoted attendance at its opening, audiences will really respond the most to the songs in this film, everything from "St. Louis Blues" to "Tipi-Tipi-Tin." The songs outweigh the plot itself, and do much to alleviate the otherwise weak storyline. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Evangelina Elizondo
- 1959
This Mexican film parodies wrestling movies. In this one a wrestler, in the style of Harold Lloyd, takes hormone injections created by the mad Dr. Herrera, and becomes invincible. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- 1957
In this Mexican horror comedy begins when a naive couple is forced to stay overnight in a dark and scary castle after their car breaks down. They get no sleep as they suffer a barrage of monsters including a gorilla, a werewolf, a Frankenstein clone, a vampire, a mummy, and even a cousin of the Creature from the Black Lagoon. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
A roving gang of bandits takes over a small Mexican town, only to find their lawless hierarchy crumbling due to the arrival of a smoldering chanteuse. Jacinto is a prisoner desperate to regain his freedom. After Jacinto and six of his fellow inmates escape from jail in a deadly hail or gunpowder and bullets, they begin the arduous trek across the harsh Mexican desert. Along the way, Jacinto kills a member of the group who had planned on betraying the others. Eventually, Jacinto and his men arrive at a semi-abandoned town, and waste no time establishing themselves as the local authority: Jacinto elects himself as judge, while the rest of the escapees assume the roles of treasurer, mayor, secretary of state, and police chief. The role of ambassador goes to Jacinto's own brother. After cementing their rule, the entire gang sets about terrorizing the local countryside and freeing all the prisoners in the region. For the time it seems as if there's nothing that can loosen their lawless grip on the territory, but when a pretty singer named Chabela comes wandering into town it all starts to fall apart. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- 1955
In this tuneful Mexican comedy, an inventor and his girl friend have created a flying race car. Hoping to use it to win the big race and therefore, earn enough money to finally marry, they take off. Unfortunately, they crash in a remote village. The terrified villagers take the couple for Martians and bring in a noted professor and his crew to examine them. The duo do nothing to tell the officials otherwise and use their alien status to improve life for the villagers. In time they finally tell the professor the truth. To their surprise, he claims he knew it all along, but didn't want to disappoint the excited villagers. Soon after their marriage the happy twosome embark upon their honeymoon only to be abducted by real life Martians and whisked into space. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
A trio of rural Mexicans make their way to the big city, only to discover just how wild the nightlife can truly get in this classic comedy starring Luis Aguilar and Antonio Badu. Ester is pregnant. After discovering a potential complication, Ester's doctor has advised her to visit a doctor in Mexico City. Her husband Antonio has agreed to drive Ester to the capitol, and her brother Luis has also agreed to join the pair on their journey as well. After dropping Ester off at the hospital, Antonio and Luis head for a local nightclub to truly experience the thrill of the big city. Upon leaving the nightclub in the company of a beautiful dancer, the group is robbed by a gang of thieves who steal everything - including their clothes! Subsequently process by the local police, the embarrassed victims soon find their troubles compounded when Ester is released from the hospital the following day and sees their photograph in the local newspaper. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
The comedy Las Locuras de Tin-Tin concerns the exploits of a very lazy man who attempts to build a machine that produces snow. All of his efforts end up causing much more trouble than if he had simply gotten a regular job in the first place. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
