Adriana Rojo Movies
- 1985
This slow-paced drama wears the appearance of a documentary to better put across its message of desperation among the poverty-stricken denizens of Mexico's worst barrios. A mother of four (Martha Aura) has been arrested for strangling her children to death. Two social workers spend time with the murderess and her neighbors, grilling them to try to find out why such a universally heinous crime was committed. As conditions in prison and in the slums are brought to the fore, the question almost answers itself though not quite. Everyone in these barrios is desperate, though not everyone murders their children. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Martha Aura, Ana Ofelia Murguia, (more)
Hall Bartlett directs the rural drama The Children of Sanchez, based on the novel The Children of Sanchez: Autobiography of a Mexican Family written by Oscar Lewis in the '60s. Anthony Quinn stars as the widowed Jesus Sanchez, a poor farmer struggling to provide for his family in Mexico City. Also starring Lupita Ferrer as Consuelo and Stathis Giallelis as Roberto. This is the last film in the 50-year career of international star Dolores del Rio, who plays the Grandma. Jazz-pop performer Chuck Mangione was nominated for a Golden Globe and won a Grammy award for his original musical score. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Anthony Quinn, Lupita Ferrer, (more)
- 1975
The factory workers in the border towns on the U.S./Mexico border in this movie have fallen between the cracks of the guidelines which apply to either nation concerning worker safety. In this story, a group of young workers attempt to organize for better conditions. They are opposed by duplicitous workers who have accepted American "dirty" money. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Richard Yniguez, Ernesto Gómez Cruz, (more)
