Flor Silvestre Movies

Some films about political revolutions dwell upon the causes and buildup. Others concentrate on the revolution itself. Benjamin Argumedo concerns itself with the mixed results of the aftermath. The film focuses on the effect that a political upheaval has on the title character-and things aren't all roses. Antonio Aguilar stars in this Spanish production. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

This award-winning drama by noted director Ismael Rodríguez revolves around a festival of mayordomía in the provinces, or something on the idea of "king for a day." In the annual celebration, the church elects one man as "chief," an honor that is gained by buying it, in effect. Whoever donates the most, gets the coveted title. Celebrated Japanese star Toshiro Mifune plays the lead character, Animas Trujano, a rough peasant who abuses his children and does nothing while his wife supports the family. Animas would like to be "chief" in the annual festival and begins to do everything he can to get the needed money. Meanwhile, Animas' wife is headed for some serious trouble in connection with a local woman of dubious morals that Animas has been seeing. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi

"Vivo" and "Muerto" refer to life and death, but there's more death than life in this bloody Mexican western. Viewers who prefer the unedited and unexpurgated version may have difficulty finding it; even Spanish cable TV aired the film in highly edited form. Manuel Capetillo, Flor Silvestre, Aldo Monte and Wolf Ruvinskis star. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

This routine Mexican Western spoof by Miguel M. Delgado stars Luis Aguilar and Lalo ("Piporro") Gonzales as a pair of old codgers at odds with each other. The two men are like night and day, one tends toward the decent, good side of life and the other just tends to disagree with him. Their two sons (also played by Aguilar and Gonzales) are similarly different from each other, but are oddly enough paired with the wrong father. The "good" dad has the "bad" son, and vice-versa. After several shoot-outs, romantic liaisons, and other classic Western scenes, the dueling quartet come to realize that the sons were switched at birth. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi

Flor Silvestre, Veronica Loyo, and Julio Aldama star in this saucy Mexican comedy. Three young women attending an all-female boarding school grow weary of their classes, most of which are intended to mold them into respectable wives and mothers, and decide to take their chances in the real world. Escaping the campus, the lovely ladies are thrown into a series of misadventures with cowboys, gangsters, and nightclub performers as they look for love. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

When a beautiful woman who believes herself to be a femme fatale is taken to a psychiatrist who suggests that she have affairs with a series of younger men in order to remedy her perceived malady, her husband is compelled to grant her freedoms that he would have never allowed in this Spanish-language comedy starring Armando Arriola and Flor Silvestre. As her lovers quickly multiply and her husband expresses exasperation, everyone involved begins to wonder precisely how this particular brand of treatment will help. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

An all-powerful lawman attempts to clear a town of crime. ~ Rovi

The beloved Mexican funnyman Cantinflas stars in this comedy as a shoeshine man who, after the death of his best friend and fellow bootblack, is put in charge of arranging the man's funeral and caring for his young son. Needing to raise some money, the shoeshine man tries to get work at a night club, but his eccentric dance act soon raises the ire of Raquel, the club's star dancer, and Cantinflas is sent packing. He next tries his luck as a life guard at a luxurious resort hotel in Acapulco, though when he gets his first emergency call, it soon becomes obvious that he doesn't know the first thing about rescuing swimmers. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi