Manuel Barbachano Ponce Movies

  • 1959
    Nazarin

    Nazarin

    Nazarin

    7.71959HD

    After hiding a murderer, a Catholic priest is forced into self-exile and decides to embark on a pilgrimage through the Mexican countryside.

    Nazarin
  • 1964
    The Golden Cockerel

    The Golden Cockerel

    The Golden Cockerel

    71964HD

    A poor, but very lucky man in the cock fighting, is hired by a rich man, but both are in love with the same woman

    The Golden Cockerel
  • 1967
    Pedro Paramo

    Pedro Paramo

    Pedro Paramo

    71967HD

    When his mother Dolores dies, Juan Preciado, son of Pedro Páramo, goes to Comala to claim his inheritance; but when he arrives he finds an...

    Pedro Paramo
  • 1986
    Frida Still Life

    Frida Still Life

    Frida Still Life

    5.21986HD

    This film is a chronicle of painter Frida Kahlo, and her encounter with the personalities of her time. Despite being confied to a wheelchair as a...

    Frida Still Life
  • 1992
    Forbidden Homework

    Forbidden Homework

    Forbidden Homework

    4.51992HD

    A young man completing an assignment for his film class invites Marieda, a middle-aged woman, over to his aunt's house to rehearse for a drama she...

    Forbidden Homework
  • 1985
    Doña Herlinda and Her Son

    Doña Herlinda and Her Son

    Doña Herlinda and Her Son

    5.21985HD

    A manipulative mama deftly manages the life of her homosexual son so that he can have his cake and eat it too. A woman of means, she does this by...

    Doña Herlinda and Her Son
  • 1959
    Sonatas

    Sonatas

    Sonatas

    4.61959HD

    In the fall of 1824 Javier Montenegro, Bradomin Marquis is spared death hanging by Captain Casares, and in return, the Marquis agrees to help him...

    Sonatas
  • 1982
    Confidencias

    Confidencias

    Confidencias

    4.41982HD

    Rich woman and her maid start answering penpal ads in a lonelyhearts magazine, just for giggles, but...

    Confidencias
  • 1965
    Love Love Love

    Love Love Love

    Love Love Love

    51965HD

    A film that brings together several stories around love and important personalities (directors, actors, screenwriters, production team), in addition...

    Love Love Love
  • 1958
    Nueva Chistelandia

    Nueva Chistelandia

    Nueva Chistelandia

    51958HD

    Sketch comedy and blackout gags -- format like Laugh-In. Number two in a series.

    Nueva Chistelandia
  • 1958
    Vuelve Chistelandia

    Vuelve Chistelandia

    Vuelve Chistelandia

    51958HD

    Collection of comedy sketches and blackout gags edited into feature-length movie. Laugh-In style.

    Vuelve Chistelandia
  • 1992
    Tequila

    Tequila

    Tequila

    5.41992HD

    Nearly thirty years after making his surrealist La Formula Secreta, director Rubén Gámez returned to filmmaking with this...

    Tequila
  • 1957
    Torero!

    Torero!

    Torero!

    5.11957HD

    The life of the famed Mexican bullfighter Luis Procuna, from his boyhood through his training and the triumphs that followed as Procuna rose to the...

    Torero!
  • 1965
    The Beloved Ones

    The Beloved Ones

    The Beloved Ones

    6.31965HD

    Two stories: 'Tajimara' the platonic love of a couple; and 'Un Alma Pura' (A Pure Soul) about the incestuous love of some siblings.

    The Beloved Ones
  • 1981
    The Oil Conspiracy

    The Oil Conspiracy

    The Oil Conspiracy

    51981HD

    While Mexico swims in the oil veins that were deeded to him by the Devil, a bureaucrat is thrown into a whirlwind of intrigue and international...

    The Oil Conspiracy
  • 1954
    Roots

    Roots

    Roots

    6.81954HD

    Four independent stories based on writer Francisco Rojas Gonzáles's work, depicting the reality of Mexican indian people: Las Vacas (The Cow),...

    Roots
  • 1958
    Chistelandia

    Chistelandia

    Chistelandia

    5.81958HD

    Short-attention-span sketch comedy and black-out gags, assembled into a movie. Structured like TV show "Laugh-In". First of three in series.

    Chistelandia
  • 1987
    Clandestine Destiny

    Clandestine Destiny

    Clandestine Destiny

    4.21987HD

    In a indeterminate future, Mexico would be a part of USA. In this context, the protagonist live under political and sexual repression.

    Clandestine Destiny