Valentín Trujillo

Valentín Trujillo

Born: March 28, 1951
Died: May 4, 2006
in Atotonilco, Jalisco, Mexico
Valentin Trujillo Gazcón (28 March 1951 – 4 May 2006) was a Mexican actor, writer and director. His career spanned 48 years, where he appeared in over 140 films and directed 20 films. Trujillo was born on March 28, 1951 in a show business family as his grandfather was film producer Valentín Gazcón and his uncle was actor Gilberto Gazcón. He made his film debut as a baby. Trujillo initially studied law at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). He never completed his studies, choosing instead to become an actor. Trujillo made his acting debut at the age of seven in the film El Gran Pillo (1958). As a teen he got into the Columbia Pictures release Rage (1966) alongside Glenn Ford and Stella Stevens. Beginning in the early 1970s, Trujillo was cast often as the male lead. The film Las figuras de arena (1970) directed by Roberto Gavaldón established him as a leading man. He worked steadily as the leading man in action films over the next decade, completing over 30 films between 1970 and 1979. In addition to action films, Trujillo expanded his range in a number of films that incorporated commentary about modern social issues and politics in Mexico. The film Perro Callejero (1980) won a Silver Goddess for Best Picture and Trujillo, who portrayed the lead drunken character, was awarded Best Actor by Premios ACE. Beginning in the 1980s, Trujillo stepped behind the camera as well and began writing and directing his films. He released several popular action films and was soon the top box office draw in Mexico. Trujillo was nominated for several Ariel Awards in the 1980s, including Best Supporting Actor for El Ansia de Matar (1987) and Best Story and Screenplay for Violación(1989). The latter also was the first film to co-star his son, Valentin Trujillo, Jr. Together they co-starred in close to 20 films together before Trujillo's untimely death. Trujillo died on May 4, 2006 in his sleep from a heart attack. He was 55 at the time of his death.

Movies for Valentín Trujillo...

Entre perico y perico
Title: Entre perico y perico
Character: Juvencio
Released: January 1, 2000
Type: Movie
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El comerciante
Title: El comerciante
Released: January 1, 1999
Type: Movie
A pair of ghosts haunt a criminal businessman who had them killed as two police officers try to take his organization down.
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Lluvia de plomo
Title: Lluvia de plomo
Character: Procurador
Released: December 31, 1998
Type: Movie
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Mi último contrabando
Title: Mi último contrabando
Released: May 11, 1998
Type: Movie
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La dinastía de los Quintero
Title: La dinastía de los Quintero
Character: Juan Quintero
Released: January 1, 1998
Type: Movie
After the Quintero crime family's patriarch and leader is murdered, his children go straight. But other people won't let them retire in peace...
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Cuatro meses de libertad
Title: Cuatro meses de libertad
Character: Film director
Released: January 1, 1998
Type: Movie
In order to pursue the American dream, he is condemned 3 times and sentenced to death in Texas.
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El mochaorejas
Title: El mochaorejas
Released: January 1, 1998
Type: Movie
A bloodthirsty thief who cuts off the ears of his enemies must face against the vengeful wrath of two of his victims.
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Con fuego en la sangre
Title: Con fuego en la sangre
Released: December 31, 1997
Type: Movie
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Amor en Tiempos de Coca
Title: Amor en Tiempos de Coca
Released: January 1, 1997
Type: Movie
Jose and Diana fall in love while living a world of drug trafficking.
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El chacal del puerto
Title: El chacal del puerto
Released: December 31, 1996
Type: Movie
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Destino final (Ixtapa - Zihuatenejo)
Title: Destino final (Ixtapa - Zihuatenejo)
Released: April 10, 1996
Type: Movie
Smugglers hire a pro diver to retrieve diamonds from a sunken boat.
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Tiempo de muerte 2
Title: Tiempo de muerte 2
Released: January 1, 1995
Type: Movie
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Atrapados
Title: Atrapados
Character: Perro
Released: January 1, 1995
Type: Movie
A wild police officer attempts to rescue a child from the hands of kidnappers.
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Tiempo de muerte
Title: Tiempo de muerte
Released: December 31, 1994
Type: Movie
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Juego violento
Title: Juego violento
Released: December 31, 1994
Type: Movie
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Imposible de matar
Title: Imposible de matar
Released: January 1, 1994
Type: Movie
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Venganza
Title: Venganza
Released: January 1, 1992
Type: Movie
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La verdadera historia de Barman y Droguin
Title: La verdadera historia de Barman y Droguin
Character: El Ejecutor
Released: January 1, 1991
Type: Movie
A Mexican spoof about the DC heroes Batman & Robin. -Edgar Cochran-
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El último escape
Title: El último escape
Released: June 28, 1990
Type: Movie
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Carrera contra la muerte
Title: Carrera contra la muerte
Released: May 31, 1990
Type: Movie
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Violación
Title: Violación
Character: Pepe Garrido
Released: February 16, 1989
Type: Movie
In Mexico City, a woman is raped every 9 minutes. This film details some of the legal and social problems in the country and how it's often difficult for women to find justice. Awarded Best Film by Mexican Cinema Journalists and nominated for three Ariel Awards.
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Mi fantasma y yo
Title: Mi fantasma y yo
Released: October 27, 1988
Type: Movie
A family of three moves to a haunted house. The couple's 10-year-old son runs into the ghost of the house but isn't scared. He tells the ghost that since his father is a writer of horror novels he lost fear of horror stories. The ghost then confides in the boy that he is a lonely ghost on account of the modern world focused on so many material priorities. Child and ghost become best friends, playing together, telling stories and helping the ghost pay his rent by scaring people every month.
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In Danger of Dying
Title: In Danger of Dying
Character: Victor
Released: September 11, 1988
Type: Movie
Nina is a reporter who works in a Latin American country at war when she finds herself trapped in the line of fire and hires a mercenary pilot named Victor to help her escape the place, but the plane is attacked and the journalist and pilot have to parachute off the plane. They fall into the sea but with a life raft they make it to the jungle, where they have to coexist and she learns to survive.
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By Fire And Sword
Title: By Fire And Sword
Character: Rengo
Released: June 7, 1988
Type: Movie
Offbeat Mexican police officer must transport 3 convicts to a trial before a local drug kingpin kills them.
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Hunting Humans
Title: Hunting Humans
Character: Rodrigo
Released: October 22, 1987
Type: Movie
A guy whose brother was killed and a waitress whose sister was killed run afoul on a psycho killer who gets his jollies running people off the road with his big truck. Overcompensation much?
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El juego de la muerte
Title: El juego de la muerte
Released: August 27, 1987
Type: Movie
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Yo el ejecutor
Title: Yo el ejecutor
Character: El Ejecutor
Released: February 19, 1987
Type: Movie
A retired mercenary known as 'The Executioner', is forced to take one more case especially when his girlfriend is kidnapped and raped, he then wages a one-man war against the mob with his execution style.
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El Ansia de matar
Title: El Ansia de matar
Character: El mayor
Released: January 1, 1987
Type: Movie
This is a true story. Kicho and Maria come to Mexico looking for a better life but Maria gets killed by the guerrilla before she gets to sign the papers at the border. Kicho promises himself he will get revenge one day. At the same time a family of four gets kidnapped during a hunting trip by the same "red beret" guy who commands the guerrilla and left the father thinking hes dead. He is an experienced hunter and with Kichos help, who knows the woods very well, track down the guerrilla to rescue the rest of the family.
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Occupational Killer
Title: Occupational Killer
Character: Julian Carrera
Released: July 31, 1986
Type: Movie
The kidnapping and murder of an innocent child leads agents Julián Carrera "Valentín Trujillo" and Roberto Rojas to investigate an organization led by Antonio Farcas and the ruthless Albina who engage in organ trafficking and drugs.
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El cafre
Title: El cafre
Character: Juanito Landa
Released: March 20, 1986
Type: Movie
Trucker accepts an assignment to haul an extremely dangerous load of explosives from Tijuana to Mexico City.
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City Rats
Title: City Rats
Character: Pedro
Released: January 1, 1986
Type: Movie
A father on the search for his missing child discovers a revealing and shocking drama. The true adventures of thousands of juvenile criminals who live in a big city. They live in ghettos, in a world ful of violence, corruption and hate. They form gangs who attack and rob innocent victims, leaving a trail of terror behind.
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The Making of a Killer
Title: The Making of a Killer
Character: Julian Carrera
Released: January 1, 1986
Type: Movie
Bent on avenging the death of his gambling addicted father, Julian Carrera embarks on a violent spree with deadly consequences.
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Title: Juana Iris
Character: Bernardo de la Riva
Released: April 22, 1985
Type: TV
Juana Iris is a Mexican telenovela from 1985, starring Victoria Ruffo and Valentín Trujillo.
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Wild Dogs
Title: Wild Dogs
Released: January 1, 1984
Type: Movie
A professional assassin (and widowed deadbeat dad set to soon remarry) decides to call it quits and go straight after one more job. Complications ensue, particularly with a persistent police detective.
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The Death of a Stallion
Title: The Death of a Stallion
Released: November 10, 1983
Type: Movie
When a dedicated jockey finds that the local politicians are not to be trusted and begins to feel his romance with a beautiful woman slowly slipping away, his last-ditch effort to risk it all for his trusted horse Palomo shows that sometimes animals are truly man's best friend.
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Dos de abajo
Title: Dos de abajo
Character: El cucharas
Released: November 3, 1983
Type: Movie
Two bozo construction workers discover a cache of 19th century gold coins while demolishing a building.
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Las Modelos de Desnudos
Title: Las Modelos de Desnudos
Released: September 15, 1983
Type: Movie
Three interlocking anecdotes about boy/girl stuff. Two gigolos make a bet to see which can boff an heiress first, a young artist tries to persuade his upper-class parents that his artist's-model fiance is a good choice for marriage, and a guy on the run from the mafia hides from them by cross-dressing.
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Fieras en brama
Title: Fieras en brama
Character: Pedro
Released: February 3, 1983
Type: Movie
Before being confirmed in the priesthood, a seminary student is ordered to go back out into the world for a year to confirm his vocation. It turns out that mundane activities hold a certain appeal for him.
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Demon Hunter
Title: Demon Hunter
Character: Herrero
Released: January 1, 1983
Type: Movie
At the highest place in Tarahumaran mountain, a Shaman was brutally murdered. The investigation leads detective Aguilar to ask for help to a veterinarian and a priest, to find out that the crime is just the beginning of a series of brutal murders by a nahual (Wolfman)
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El diablo en persona
Title: El diablo en persona
Character: Guadalupe Padilla
Released: March 7, 1982
Type: Movie
Young rural-gentry dude sows wild oats, settles down to raise a family, and fights in the Revolution, all at the same time.
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El Bronco
Title: El Bronco
Released: February 10, 1982
Type: Movie
Boxer fights his way up toward a world championship and faces ups and downs in his love life.
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Perro callejero 2
Title: Perro callejero 2
Character: Perro
Released: April 30, 1981
Type: Movie
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El hombre sin miedo
Title: El hombre sin miedo
Released: December 24, 1980
Type: Movie
Young man avenges the murder of his family by representatives of a US oil company.
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Hijos de tigre
Title: Hijos de tigre
Released: July 16, 1980
Type: Movie
Two half-brothers are spiky and resentful toward each other, but they find common cause together when their father is murdered.
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Tres de presidio
Title: Tres de presidio
Released: May 10, 1980
Type: Movie
A dishonest judge knowingly sentences three innocent men to prison. The three eventually escape and have only one thing on their minds--kill the judge.
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Del otro lado del puente
Title: Del otro lado del puente
Character: Jimmy Joe
Released: April 17, 1980
Type: Movie
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Perro callejero
Title: Perro callejero
Character: Perro
Released: February 28, 1980
Type: Movie
An abandoned child steals to survive and has problems when he decides to steal from the priest who helps him.
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La banda del polvo maldito
Title: La banda del polvo maldito
Released: December 13, 1979
Type: Movie
A man returns home only to find out his friend is an undercover drug enforcement agent who is trying to dismantle a criminal organization from within.
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Mexicano hasta las cachas
Title: Mexicano hasta las cachas
Character: Mauro
Released: September 20, 1979
Type: Movie
Mauro is your typical deep-heart Mexican man, a merrymaker always ready to sing a song and turn difficulties into a laugh. He's married, has a friend named Hilario, and a girlfriend named Rita, and a girlfriend named Carmen, and a girlfriend named Petra, and other unnamed girlfriends. His life was already troubled with jealous girlfriends fighting each other, when one of his lovers decides to kidnap his baby child from the cradle, to kill him. All turns to the good, in the end.
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El valiente vive... hasta que el cobarde quiere
Title: El valiente vive... hasta que el cobarde quiere
Released: May 31, 1979
Type: Movie
The arrival of a new school-teacher to a small town triggers various large and small upheavals, including the Police Chief's total meltdown into raging psychosis.
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Son tus perjúmenes mujer
Title: Son tus perjúmenes mujer
Released: November 23, 1978
Type: Movie
Marginal/unemployed dude with heart of gold tries to make life better for crippled niece, unapproachable girlfriend, others.
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Death in Cold Blood
Title: Death in Cold Blood
Released: July 27, 1978
Type: Movie
A man is murdered. His father tracks the killer, hoping to get revenge before the police capture him. What happened to cause his son's death is gradually revealed.
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Mataron a Camelia la Texana
Title: Mataron a Camelia la Texana
Released: June 15, 1978
Type: Movie
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Raza de viboras
Title: Raza de viboras
Released: April 27, 1978
Type: Movie
Mentally-ill eldest son creates havoc within an old-money farming family.
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Carroña
Title: Carroña
Released: February 2, 1978
Type: Movie
Horseback drama set in Mexico just before the Revolution.
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Contrabando y Traicion
Title: Contrabando y Traicion
Character: Emilio Varela
Released: October 20, 1977
Type: Movie
Two criminals, Emilio and Camelia try to smuggle drugs into the USA.
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Traigo la sangre caliente
Title: Traigo la sangre caliente
Released: September 22, 1977
Type: Movie
Footloose roving-gambler type marries a young woman against her father's wishes; she assimilates herself to his rootless, random lifestyle, but her family is working to track them down. Eventually, he decides to settle down and lead a more responsible life, home-and-family style... and then...
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El hijo del palenque
Title: El hijo del palenque
Released: July 20, 1977
Type: Movie
Man is murdered in a cockfighting dispute at the exact moment that his son is being born. The son grows up to avenge him.
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¿Y ahora qué, señor fiscal?
Title: ¿Y ahora qué, señor fiscal?
Character: José
Released: May 3, 1977
Type: Movie
Working-class dude grows up surrounded with petty delinquency and ghetto temptations; he marries a rich girl and faces the disapproval of her parents. Then the young couple plans a crime...
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Como gallos de pelea
Title: Como gallos de pelea
Released: March 16, 1977
Type: Movie
Young man returns from college to his family estate; when he learns that a rival family is trying to take over all available acreage, he gradually warms up to the idea of defending his turf.
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Our Lady of Guadalupe
Title: Our Lady of Guadalupe
Character: Temoch
Released: October 13, 1976
Type: Movie
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Cornered
Title: Cornered
Released: June 10, 1976
Type: Movie
Conflicts in town force a guy to escape to a hiding-place in the countryside.
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Alas doradas
Title: Alas doradas
Released: March 11, 1976
Type: Movie
Cadets at Air Force academy.
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México de noche
Title: México de noche
Character: Julio
Released: June 12, 1975
Type: Movie
Two street gangs vie for primacy, which will give them control of drug smuggling and stolen jewelry.
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The Other Virginity
Title: The Other Virginity
Character: Adrián Romero
Released: April 24, 1975
Type: Movie
Two young waitresses, Laura and Eva, become romantically involved with a movie distributor, Adrian, and his friend Luis.
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Simon Blanco
Title: Simon Blanco
Character: Capuleque
Released: March 16, 1975
Type: Movie
The peasant and revolutionary Zapatista Simon Blanco still in arms but Zapata is dead. Simon with his lieutenant Andres visits his mother and his girlfriend in his hometown. The cacique Onesimo and his brother, the commissioner Martial put ambushes but he eludes them.
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Cabalgando a la luna
Title: Cabalgando a la luna
Character: Carlos
Released: November 14, 1974
Type: Movie
Decadent, failing Mexico City family get life-lessons from rural visitors.
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El desconocido
Title: El desconocido
Released: September 26, 1974
Type: Movie
Disenfranchised drifter finds a home, working on a young orphan woman's ranch.
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When I Want to Cry, I Don't
Title: When I Want to Cry, I Don't
Character: Victorino Peralta
Released: July 4, 1973
Type: Movie
In Venezuela, one day in 1948 there were born three children all named Victorino: Pérez, mulatto and son of the poor Lucía; Perdomo, son of a middle-class communist who gets arrested; and bourgeois Peralta. On the day of his eighteenth birthday Pérez escapes from prison using lather pretending it to be a rage attack. Peralta shows a friend of his a car he got from his parents. A young lady gives herself to Perdomo as a birthday present. Pérez finds his mistress with another man and wounds her. Pérez and a few others rob an old man while riding on their motorcycles. Perdomo and a bunch of bushwhackers plan to rob a bank. Pérez sees a friend of his smoking pot while Peralta visits a cousin of his and has sex with her. Perdomo’s father, recently elected a communist representative wants to talk him out of his violent ways. Pérez sleeps with three girls and remembers how he once killed a man in the middle of a robbery. Peralta and his friends shoot dogs just for fun. Perdomo and his pals…
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Partners and Lovers
Title: Partners and Lovers
Character: Juan Manuel
Released: January 1, 1973
Type: Movie
Three short films about intimacy, infidelity and life as a couple (or almost)
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El ausente
Title: El ausente
Released: August 9, 1972
Type: Movie
Young man returns to his childhood home-town, planning to git the people that killed his father.
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Cuna de valientes
Title: Cuna de valientes
Released: June 28, 1972
Type: Movie
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Hoy he soñado con Dios
Title: Hoy he soñado con Dios
Released: June 28, 1972
Type: Movie
Aging widow interferes in the lives of her adult children.
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Ya somos hombres
Title: Ya somos hombres
Released: April 27, 1971
Type: Movie
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El juicio de los hijos
Title: El juicio de los hijos
Character: Alberto
Released: March 25, 1971
Type: Movie
Widow with teenaged children faces hostility from her dead husband's mother, who seems to know a family secret she wants to use against her.
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Más allá de la violencia
Title: Más allá de la violencia
Released: January 1, 1971
Type: Movie
The young pacifist Claudio is saddened to see some children playing war. He goes with a group of rebels who make fun of him and invite him to participate in a motorcycle race where the prize is a girl. Ál wins the race with the help of Rafael, the head of the band, and decides to buy to join the group, on a trip they meet with some hippies led by a psychologist who opposes drugs. Two of the gang members, Gabriel and Bernardo, attack one of the girls; the hippies in revenge violate Mimi and sa Julia, for which Bernardo kills a hippie. Claudio fights with him but Mimi intervenes and receives a stab aimed at Claudio. Ál recalls that Rafael was a brother and a lover of her. The police arrest the hippies and scold the parents for the behavior of the young people.
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Simplemente vivir
Title: Simplemente vivir
Released: October 8, 1970
Type: Movie
Lawyer and his secretary enter into a midlife marriage, deal with complications coming from their adult children and the former partners of each.
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Las figuras de arena
Title: Las figuras de arena
Released: September 16, 1970
Type: Movie
Separated Mom, Dad and son all come into conflict with each other during a brief reunion visit. Everyone learns and grows.
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Rage
Title: Rage
Character: Jose
Released: November 30, 1966
Type: Movie
Small-town doctor bitten by rabid dog, races the clock to get to the city and receive treatment.
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La risa de la ciudad
Title: La risa de la ciudad
Released: November 9, 1963
Type: Movie
Romanticized, glamored-up neorealism, life in a squatter's-rights shantytown.
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El Extra
Title: El Extra
Character: Chevo, hermano de Rosa
Released: October 4, 1962
Type: Movie
Cantinflas is a man who hangs around the studios and helps anyone who needs his advice while at the same time envisioning his own versions of how certain scenes should be shot. Both angles provide ample opportunities for very witty, subtle barbs at the foibles of the industry.
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Mekishiko mushuku
Title: Mekishiko mushuku
Released: January 3, 1962
Type: Movie
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Tres tristes tigres
Title: Tres tristes tigres
Released: July 27, 1961
Type: Movie
Three childhood friends are reunited after twenty years to receive an inheritance.
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Suerte te dé Dios
Title: Suerte te dé Dios
Released: May 11, 1961
Type: Movie
Two construction workers discover a stash of gold coins hidden in the walls of a building they're demolishing.
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El gran pillo
Title: El gran pillo
Character: Beto's neighbor boy
Released: March 17, 1960
Type: Movie
A comic movie that involves a guy who sees a kid in his house who escaped from his wealthy grandfather's mansion.
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Asesino por instinto
Title: Asesino por instinto
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie