What are the social climate and cultural traditions in Costa Rica which nurture "machismo" and allow the domination of women to continue in Latin America?

Film clips spanning the career of recently deceased actor-singer Jorge Negrete, with a small amount of documentary footage and some exclusive-to-here tributes.

In a small Mexican village the news shock neighbors, Ricardo Alfaro, a wealthy local rancher has disappeared without a trace. Taking advantage of the circumstance, Aurora Campos, a strong woman with overwhelming beauty, convinces the authorities to sell her the property in exchange for twelve thousand dollars. Soon after, when Ricardo suddenly reappears, a real battle is about to begin.

Reporters compete for cash prize awarded for biggest scoop on New Year's Eve.

Jorge Bueno and Pedro Malo are best friends who consider giving up their womanizing ways when they each fall in love. As fate would have it, Pedro Malo unexpectedly marries Jorge Bueno's girlfriend, and the conflict between the former buddies begins.

Mistaken identity farce; two guys each pretend to be somebody else to cover for each other in delicate situations.

Father and two sons raise hell at the county fair.

Wacky rich woman subjects her husband, servants and friends to a series of elaborate masquerades, remodeling her house and wardrobe every couple of days to represent different historical eras or cultural milieux. Today she's Marie Antoinette, tomorrow she may be Pancho Villa's common-law wife or a nun.

Husband and wife leave their farm and move to the big city. Husband becomes a famous ranchera singer.

In the late nineteenth century, Miguel Velasco, the son of a wealthy Spanish immigrant established in Mexico, comes to Madrid, where he falls in love with Celia, a chorus girl working at the Apollo theater.

Military leader is appointed to local government, becomes overly despotic in his leadership.

Two old friends get hinky with each other over the deed to a tract of land, and their children's engagement gets broken over it.

The Galician Candida has a bakery in front of the butcher Robustito, who constantly berates although children of both Aurora and Rodolfo are in love. In the neighborhood where they live, the neighbors prepared a joke to the galician girl. She gets angry Robustito hard time believing him guilty of what happened.

A charro and his sidekick go to Spain to collect an inheritance.

Remake of famous 1936 ranchera musical.

Young couple run off to join the Mexican Revolution, in part because she has a crush on Francisco Villa.

After the mysterious disappearance of an oil well owner, one of his workers, Gerardo assumes the business management. Soon, the owner's sister arrives from Argentina, and, believing that Gerardo killed her brother to keep the wells for himself, she starts working as a singer under a false name in the same casino her brother disappeared, in order to find out what exactly happened.

Father of a newborn makes a deal with Death to protect his son.

16th century swashbuckler in the 'musketeers' vein.

Farmhand exploits his resemblance to a certain movie star to woo his employer's daughter.

College-educated emigre has to get macho when he returns home to the Venezuelan outback.

Young landowner wants to get married, but family problems are interfering with his plans.

Twin brothers, one of them a bandit, in Mexican California.

A landowner indirect kills another because of false rumors. Time passes. The son of the dead want the offender to pay their share. It becomes generous bandit, but then he meets the daughter of his enemy and falls in love.

In rural Mexico, a young man competes with his best school friend for the love of a girl whose marriage has been arranged by her parents.

Argentine woman stranded in plane-crash, falls for Mexican plantation-owner.

Moments before he will be executed by the French Intervention Army, the liberal leader reads a love letter by his girlfriend. His memories provide the poetic pictures of this romantic historical drama.

Romantic melodrama; hero and rich landowner are both after the same woman.

Historical drama/swashbuckler: Spain during the Inquisition.

The love between María Ángela and Fernando is impossible because there's an ancient history of hate between their families. His father killed hers, and other family members have killed each other for years. When María Ángela's grandfather finds she's in love with Fernando, he frames the young man and forces her to marry Manuel. Maria Ángela finds that Manuel doesn't love her and together plan her escape with Fernando. But things go wrong and the lovers find their destiny in The Spirit's Canyon.

Romantic triangle, land-owner and two employees.

Manuel leaves town leaving Soledad in deep sadness. After several years of absence, the young man returns to find Soledad married to Antonio. However, the woman continues to be in love with him and both are determined to consummate their love.

Rivalries and romances among bullfighters.

Cholita, after a long absence in Mexico City, is returning home to take up her duties as head of the rancho and, as everyone expects, to marry her childhood sweetheart José. Expectations are somewhat dashed as she shows up with Fernando to whom she is engaged. This makes José and Cholita's uncle more than a little bit put out as Fernando is not only not a Mexican, he is also a city slicker afraid of the country.

An orphan boy is left in the care of his godfather, a bartender who teaches him to play cards and shoot weapons.

Ensemble-comedy set in a lower-middle-class apartment complex.

Historical drama, French occupation of the 1830s.

Musical romance set in 1880s Mexico.

Young man goes on the run after being falsely accused of killing his girlfriend's father.

Two young men compete for a young woman.

Set in the 1820s; an unhappy love affair and some family problems drive a young gentleman to banditry.