Enrique Rocha Movies
- 2000
Noted filmmaker Lorena M. Parlee directs this sweeping IMAX spectacular about Mexico. Populated with expansive shots of the country's mountains and city skyline, this film not only traces Mexico's long history -- beginning with Indian cultures through the Spanish colonization, to its eventual independence -- but it also explores the wide diversity of Mexican society. ~ Jonathan Crow, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Martin Sheen, Enrique Rocha, (more)
The Mexican telenova La Antorcha Encendida concerns a man and a woman from different ends of the socio economic ladder. Their love for each other persists through major cultural differences, as well as through a tumultuous war. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
Three couples learn some difficult lessons about the cost of infidelity in this drama from Mexico. Mujeres Infieles offers three stories of spouses who stray, each from a different point in the couple's relationship -- the first concerns two people about to be wed, the second looks at a couple who have been married for several years, and the last follows a man and woman who are only going through the motions after decades together. In each story, looking for adventure outside of a committed relationship brings passion, excitement -- and tragic consequences. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- 1993
Spain held vast territories in its Mexican colony, areas which are now part of the American soutwest. For a long time, huge portions of these territories went unexplored. In this historical drama set in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, Padre Kino (1645-1711), a Jesuit missionary, defies his superiors and explores the northern reaches of Baja California. In his journeys, he discovers (to everyone's surprise) that it is a penninsula connected to the rest of California. Padre Kino (Francisco Eusebio Kino) established many towns and villages along the way, and is an important figure in Mexico's colonial history. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Enrique Rocha, Fernando Balzaretti, (more)
- 1991
In this art-film, ten episodes take place in the life of an apartment, which is the real leading character in the movie. The apartment must be quite a place, because it is the setting for a party between chauffeurs and maids who are taking advantage of their employers' absence. In another episode, a gangster and his moll hide there during a police manhunt. Even after it is damaged by the 1985 Mexico City earthquake, the apartment sees continued service. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Gabriela Roel, Fernando Balzaretti, (more)
- 1987
In this adventure, a newlywed couple finds themselves abducted by outlaws who take them across the country. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- 1986
In this drama, a naive young woman is forcibly betrothed to her father's boss. She is heartbroken because she really loves the artist who has been doing work around her school. In desperation, she tries to trick the artist into marrying her by sleeping with him. Unfortunately, things don't come off as planned. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Rosa Maria Vasquez, Enrique Rocha, (more)
- 1984
Five separate stories written by Pedro F. Miret are each interpreted by a different director in this 100-minute compilation film. The first story, "Service à la Carte," (director Victor Saca) is about a gentle, unassuming young man who is harassed in the hallway of his apartment building every day by the same, obnoxious neighbor. His "revenge" is non-violent, but very ingenious. The second story, "New Fire," (director Carlos García Agraz), is a sardonic, comic view of the clash between the pre-colonial civilizations in Mexico and the modern heirs of colonialism. A young man has been invited to a costume party and when he shows up as an Aztec warrior in full dress, he faces a disastrous evening. The third story "Reflections," (director Daniel González) features a man on a date with seduction on his mind -- until a UFO shows up. The fourth story "Last Showing," (director Diego López) has some late-night movie-goers caught in an unexpected trap. The fifth and last tale "Silent Night" (director Gerardo Pardo) degenerates into a story of mindless violence from a simple premise of lost sleep and a car alarm that will not shut off. The five vignettes entertain in different ways, though the first two episodes are especially well-wrought. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Pedro Armendariz, Jr., Alma Muriel, (more)
In this offbeat mixture of horror and sex from Mexico, Sister Maria (Cecilia Pezet) is a nun who is recognized in her community for her personal warmth and her sincere desire to help others less fortunate than herself. However, Sister Maria is still a woman who is sometimes haunted by the desires of the flesh, and one day while hiking through the forest near her convent, she is approached by a naked man with evil on his mind (Enrique Rocha), not realizing he is an emissary of Satan. The devilish man soon becomes Sister Maria's constant tormenter until she is tempted to succumb to his advances. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- 1968
This comedy is a reworking of old vaudeville routines used to show some hilarious (at least they are intended to be) sex situations. Although several sex comedies have come from Argentina, this feature holds little resemblance to the more successful efforts of the genre. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Zulma Faiad, Jorge Barreiro, (more)
- 1965
A man comes home after serving 18 years in jail for murder in this routine western. Although the man killed in self defense, rumors in town circulated that he murdered the victim in cold blood. The ex-con wants to get his life together, but the two sons of the slain man are gunning for the man who killed their father. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Jorge Martinez de Hoyos, Marga Lopez, (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
