Guillermo Murray Movies
This condensed version of the Mexican telenovela series centers around identical triplets Maria Guadalupe, Maria Paula, and Maria Fernanda - whose uncanny resemblance to one another betrays the fact that they all possess deeply disparate personalities. When the triplets were just young girls, their parents were killed in a tragic car accident. Later, Maria Guadalupe falls down a mountain and into a river. Though she is believed to be dead, Maria Guadalupe is still very much alive. She's being raised by Ana Sales, who is still struggling with her own mother's death and who vows to raise the child as her own - even after discovering the truth about her identity. Meanwhile, Maria Fernanda has been rendered blind in an accident, and refuses to give up hope that her sibling somehow survived her treacherous fall. The most glamorous of the three sisters is Maria Paula, though her outward radiance masks a deep selfishness. Maria Paula always has to be the center of attention, especially when she's around her uncle Eduardo and grandmother Mercedes. When Maria Guadalupe and Ana arrive in Mexico City to seek treatment for an illness, the amnesiac sister falls for a handsome and kindhearted cab driver named Nicolas, who has just moved to the city to live with his grandfather. Though Ana tries her best to conceal Maria Guadalupe's true identity by restricting the actions of the young girl, Nicolas' grandfather knows the truth. Before long, the lives of all three sisters converge in Mexico City, drawing the people around them together in a manner that no one could have foreseen. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
- Starring:
- Lucero
- 2006
- NR
The passing of a Mexican Jew whose appetite for life was stronger than his spiritual discipline makes for a difficult set of funeral arrangements in this comedy from filmmaker Alejandro Springall. Moishe (Sergio Klainer) was a happy-go-lucky guy living in Mexico City's Jewish quarter until the day he died -- appropriately enough while dancing at a party for a local Hebrew theater troupe. While Moishe was a man with plenty of friends, most of the folks he left behind to arrange his funeral don't have much good to say for him. Moishe's daughter, Esther (Raquel Pankowsky), has long been bitter about the fact that he cheated on her mother, and with a Gentile to boot. His son, Ricardo (David Ostrosky), didn't much care for his dad, and at the moment is more concerned about the unexpected pregnancy of his short-term girlfriend. Moishe's grandson, Nicolas (Emilio Savinni), was forced to flee Mexico after being convicted on drug charges; having returned home, he's become a reactionary Orthodox Jew with nothing good to say about Moishe's lifestyle. The local rabbi (Lenny Zundel) has his own ideas about how to conduct the funeral and mourning period, which don't agree with Moishe's view of the world. And Galia (Sharon Zundel) is too busy dealing with her new passion for her cousin Nicholas to focus on her grandfather's passing. Morirse Esta en Hebreo (aka My Mexican Shivah received its North American premiere at the 2006 New York Jewish Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Starring:
- Raquel Pankowsky, David Ostrosky, (more)
Mexican filmmaker Alfonso Priego directs the romantic drama The Truce, the second filmed adaptation of the novel by Mario Benedetti. Gonzalo Vega stars as a fiftysomething widower living in Vera Cruz with a high position in a shipping company. Just when he's thinking about retiring, he meets the conventionally attractive young secretary Laura (Adriana Fonseca). He falls in love with her and she convinces him that life is worth living. Only then is he able to connect with his college student daughter (Maité Embil), sleazy older son (Arath de la Torre), and gay younger son (Rodrigo Vidal). The Truce was shown at the 2003 Seattle Film Festival. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, Rovi
- Starring:
- Gonzalo Vega, Adriana Fonseca, (more)
- 1986
aka: It's my Life -- El Noa Noa 2 This shallow sequel to the 1979 film on the early stages of Alberto Aguilera's musical career continues the story of the singer's mistaken incarceration and glimpses of where his career would go after he is released from jail. As this biographical drama opens, Aguilera (known by his stage name of Juan Gabriel) is framed for a robbery he never committed and is sent to prison. While in prison he entertains the inmates with his music and songs, and the "dreams" he has of his future take up the rest of the time. These sequences introduce excerpts from his successful future and alleviate the time he has to spend in jail. Letters home to mom lie about where he is, since his adoration of his mother would not allow him to tell her the truth about his arrest and conviction, no matter how undeserved. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Starring:
- Alberto Aguilera, Narciso Busquets, (more)
- 1985
This routine music-filled drama is aimed directly at younger teen and pre-teen audiences willing to ignore flaws in directing and acting for the fun of seeing their idol, the 16-year-old Luis Miguel perform his songs. One of Luis's fans dreams of him night and day, and when the two finally meet on his concert tour, it is under trying circumstances. The fan has just witnessed a murder and runs away to escape capture or certain death at the hands of the killers. As she frantically searches for a way to elude the men chasing her, she encounters her hero Luis Miguel and he comes to her rescue -- what else? ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Starring:
- Luis Miguel, Lucerito, (more)
When a man's passion for gambling becomes too extreme, he manages to lose all of his worldly possessions. ~ Iotis Erlewine, Rovi
- Starring:
- Vicente Fernandez, Blanca Guerra, (more)
- 1975
This rollicking movie is a spoof of spy adventures and contains many laughs and a lot of action, including car chases, natural disasters, shootouts and fights. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
- Starring:
- Ricardo Bauleo, Victor Bo, (more)
- 1975
This historical drama re-interprets and adapts its story from an episode in Argentine history which occurred in the 1830s when a provincial governor, Facundo Quiroga, was ambushed and killed by an exceptionally violent group of mercenary soldiers under the command of Santos Perez. The politics of that era, during which Argentina was ruled by the stern Juan Manuel de Rosas, are explored. Eventually, it is revealed that the men who hired Perez were the Renafe brothers. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
- Starring:
- Federico Luppi, Jose Maria Gutierrez, (more)
- 1974
Filled with fist-fights, lots of jokes, car-chases and plenty of action, La Gran Aventura concerns the exploits of three secret agents who, with Miss America, work to rescue an important scientist from his drug-lord kidnappers. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
- 1971
A killer is on the loose in the vacation paradise of Acapulco. ~ John Bush, Rovi
The biblical story Jesus, el Nino Dios offers a look at the birth of Christ from the point of view of the wisemen who followed a star to bring the baby gifts. They encounter King Herod who is consumed with jealousy in regard to the newly born Prince of Peace. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi
- Starring:
- Jorge Rivero, Guillermo Murray, (more)
South-of-the-border director Carlos Enrique Taboada helms the Spanish-language soaper El Deseo en Otoño. The story concerns a young woman named Elena (Maricruz Oliver) who ascends from rags to riches when she inherits a substantial fortune; having no one else with whom she can share the monies, she invites her best friend, Clara, to move into her home and enjoy the wealth with her. All fares well until Elena falls in love with a male suitor - and thus threatens to jeopardize Clara's place in the household and her share of the spoils. Indignant, Clara vows to do everything in her power to prevent this new romance from blossoming. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi
- Starring:
- Maricruz Oliver, Sonia Furio, (more)
- 1969
A Spanish "black widow" woman uses her considerable feminine wiles of seduction to cause ultimate destruction. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Starring:
- Guillermo Murray, Rosa Maria Vasquez, (more)
- 1965
This youth-oriented sci-fi adventure concerns four astronauts who travel to the Planet of Eternal Night. A young scientist named Daniel (Guillermo Murray) and his girlfriend Silvia (Adriana Roel) lead the mission, and take along a boxer and his manager for comic relief. The planet's occupants live underground because the surface is blindingly bright and hot, and they are ruled by The Protector (Jose Galvez), who wants to blow up the Earth with a death ray. The usual cartoonish adventures ensue, until Daniel and Silvia manage to save the day. Director Alfredo B. Crevenna's film looks like a 1930s Flash Gordon serial rather than a product of the '60s, but it was popular enough to bring the characters back for a sequel, El Planeta de los Mujeres Invasoras. ~ Robert Firsching, Rovi
- 1960
World of the Vampires was lensed in Mexico. Guillermo Murray (that translates to "Bill Murray," but it ain't him) plays Subotel, patriarch of a vampire family. Right now he's involved in a long-standing blood feud (sorry!) Murray has vowed revenge on the Colman family, intended to suck every one of them dry. Erna Martha Bauman costars in this choppily edited, crudely dubbed plasmafest. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
A tale of a beautiful Hispanic singer as she becomes famous and the two bedeviled men who lover her. ~ Rovi
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