Alfonso Arau

Alfonso Arau

Born: January 11, 1932
in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Alfonso Arau Incháustegui (born 11 January 1932) is a Mexican filmmaker, actor, and singer. He worked as an actor and director in both Mexican and Hollywood productions for over 40 years, before his international breakthrough with the 1992 film Like Water for Chocolate, based on his wife Laura Esquivel's novel of the same name. His other films include A Walk in the Clouds (1995), Picking Up the Pieces (2000), The Magnificent Ambersons (2002), and Zapata: El sueño del héroe (2004). He is a five-time Ariel Award winner, including Best Director for Like Water for Chocolate, and a BAFTA nominee.

Movies for Alfonso Arau...

Drunk Angry Idiot
Title: Drunk Angry Idiot
Character: Ernesto Pino
Released: September 21, 2018
Type: Movie
A comedy about alcoholism that follows the relationship between Mateo and his best friend, who always gets drunk.
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Coco
Title: Coco
Character: Papá Julio Rivera (voice)
Released: October 27, 2017
Type: Movie
Despite his family’s baffling generations-old ban on music, Miguel dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his idol, Ernesto de la Cruz. Desperate to prove his talent, Miguel finds himself in the stunning and colorful Land of the Dead following a mysterious chain of events. Along the way, he meets charming trickster Hector, and together, they set off on an extraordinary journey to unlock the real story behind Miguel's family history.
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I Heart Shakey
Title: I Heart Shakey
Character: Raoul
Released: June 29, 2012
Type: Movie
Shakey is a family film about a 35-year-old widower named J.T. O'Neil, his precocious 10-year-old daughter and their devoted mutt Shakey. After moving from a small town to Chicago and missing the fine print in their rental contract, J.T. is forced to try and get rid of his lovable pooch. Shakey and Chandler won't have it and hatch a plan to keep Shakey and teach J.T. a valuable lesson about loyalty and the importance of keeping family together.
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The Dead One
Title: The Dead One
Character: Tezcatlipoca (voice)
Released: January 1, 2007
Type: Movie
Trapped between the living and the dead, Diego de la Muerte fights to rescue his soul from the evil god of death that controls him. But a bigger battle awaits him when the Aztec god demands the soul of Maria, the girlfriend Diego left behind.
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Ni Muy, Muy... ni Tan, Tan... simplemente Tin Tan
Title: Ni Muy, Muy... ni Tan, Tan... simplemente Tin Tan
Character: Himself
Released: October 27, 2005
Type: Movie
"Ni Muy Muy, Ni Tan Tan, Sim­ple­men­te, Tin Tan. Tin Tan was one of the grea­test com­de­dian-​ac­tors in the his­tory of Me­xi­can Ci­ne­ma. He be­gan his film ca­reer du­ring the early years of what be­ca­me the Gol­den Age of Me­xi­can Ci­ne­ma. Th­roughout the ma­jo­rity of his mo­vies he plays the cha­rac­ter of a pa­chu­co; the Chi­cano/Me­xi­cano in zoot suit, th­ro­wing out the ti­ri­li ph­ra­ses and words, and jam­min the jitty-​bug. With the sty­le and the slang down to a tee, he was pi­cked up in Cd. Jua­rez Chihuahua by an ac­ting trou­pe. Tou­ring ex­ten­si­vely th­rough-​out Me­xi­co with the trou­pe lan­ded him in Me­xi­co City with film con­tracts. It was in tho­se films that Tin Tan ex­po­sed the ima­ge of the pa­chu­co, which Me­xi­can Youth adop­ted. From the de­sert bor­der-​towns of Jua­rez y El Pa­so the sty­le took off in va­rious parts of the coun­try, most no­ta­bly in Me­xi­co City
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Picking Up the Pieces
Title: Picking Up the Pieces
Character: Dr. Amado
Released: May 26, 2000
Type: Movie
A small New Mexican village discovers a severed hand that is considered a miracle of God, when it actually belongs to a murdered spouse with a husband in search of it.
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Committed
Title: Committed
Character: Grampy
Released: April 28, 2000
Type: Movie
After her husband, Carl, suddenly leaves, Joline travels from New York to Texas to track him down. Although Joline tries to remain upbeat, she is discouraged when she discovers that Carl already has a new girlfriend, the lovely Carmen. Familiarizing herself with Carl's new home and friends, Joline gets company in the form of her brother, Jay. Will Joline win Carl back, or are there other romantic possibilities on her horizon?
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Polvora En La Piel
Title: Polvora En La Piel
Released: September 17, 1992
Type: Movie
Compilation tape of Hora Marcada episodes. Roxana Chavez is a young girl who's flirting with death, trapped in a dangerous liaison with boss Fernando Balzaretti. She has the power to seduce him but her life will shortly turn into a nightmare when she discovers a stranger waiting in her apartment. What does he have to do with her lover, and how can she escape this assassin's trap?
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Camino largo a Tijuana
Title: Camino largo a Tijuana
Released: February 28, 1991
Type: Movie
Juan (Armendariz) lives in a trash depository in Mexico City. He knows Lila (Pereyra), a drug addict rich girl who reminds him of his long lost daughter. Lila is kidnapped by drug dealers and Juan feels responsible for her. He takes the long way to Tijuana to rescue Lila. (Written by Maximiliano Maza mmaza@campus.mty.itesm.mx)
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Where the Hell's That Gold?!!?
Title: Where the Hell's That Gold?!!?
Character: Indio
Released: November 13, 1988
Type: Movie
A pair of thieves are pursued by the U.S. Army, the Mexican federales and Apaches in this made-for-TV Western.
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Stones for Ibarra
Title: Stones for Ibarra
Character: Chuy Santos
Released: January 29, 1988
Type: Movie
A couple moves to a small Mexican town called Ibarra. They help open a local mine which brings new life to the town and the local ways help the two of them find peace they were missing.
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Walker
Title: Walker
Character: Raousset
Released: December 4, 1987
Type: Movie
William Walker and his mercenary corps enter Nicaragua in the middle of the 19th century in order to install a new government by a coup d'etat.
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¡Three Amigos!
Title: ¡Three Amigos!
Character: El Guapo
Released: December 12, 1986
Type: Movie
A trio of unemployed silent film actors are mistaken for real heroes by a small Mexican village in search of someone to stop a malevolent bandit.
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Title: 227
Released: September 14, 1985
Type: TV
A housewife sits on the stoop of her apartment building in a black neighborhood of Washington, D.C., and discusses all manner of things with her neighbors.
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Title: Miami Vice
Released: September 16, 1984
Type: TV
The story of the Miami Police Department's vice squad and its efforts to end drug trafficking and prostitution, centered on the unlikely partnership of Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs - who first meet when Tubbs is undercover in a drug cartel.
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Romancing the Stone
Title: Romancing the Stone
Character: Juan
Released: March 30, 1984
Type: Movie
Though she can spin wild tales of passionate romance, novelist Joan Wilder has no life of her own. Then one day adventure comes her way in the form of a mysterious package. It turns out that the parcel is the ransom she'll need to free her abducted sister, so Joan flies to South America to hand it over. But she gets on the wrong bus and winds up hopelessly stranded in the jungle.
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El día que murió Pedro Infante
Title: El día que murió Pedro Infante
Character: Anselmo
Released: January 1, 1982
Type: Movie
Mexican feature film
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Mojado Power
Title: Mojado Power
Character: Nato Solís
Released: December 4, 1981
Type: Movie
Mexico's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1981
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Used Cars
Title: Used Cars
Character: Manuel
Released: July 11, 1980
Type: Movie
When the owner of a struggling used car lot is killed, it's up to the lot's hot-shot salesman to save the property from falling into the hands of the owner's ruthless brother and used-car rival.
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Tivoli
Title: Tivoli
Character: Tiliches
Released: June 26, 1975
Type: Movie
While trying to save the famous Tivoli burlesque theater, the participants uncover a web of commercial corruption.
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Posse
Title: Posse
Character: Pepe
Released: June 4, 1975
Type: Movie
A tough marshal with political ambitions leads an elite posse to capture a notorious train robber and his gang.
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Inspector Calzonzin
Title: Inspector Calzonzin
Character: Calzonzín
Released: May 2, 1974
Type: Movie
Mexico's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1974
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El rincón de las vírgenes
Title: El rincón de las vírgenes
Character: Lucas Lucatero
Released: November 30, 1972
Type: Movie
"Faith-healer" develops a cult-like following in 1920s Jalisco.
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Run, Cougar, Run
Title: Run, Cougar, Run
Character: Etio
Released: October 18, 1972
Type: Movie
In this nature adventure, a courageous cougar must struggle to survive after a cruel human hunter kills her mate.
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Aunt Isabel's Garden
Title: Aunt Isabel's Garden
Released: April 5, 1972
Type: Movie
A ship carrying Conquistadors is wrecked and the survivors are thrown ashore to struggle through the Yucatan jungle.
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El águila descalza
Title: El águila descalza
Character: Poncho / Jonathan Eaglepass / Mascalzzone
Released: December 8, 1971
Type: Movie
Shmuck makes a superhero costume, rides his bike to crime scenes. He gets involved with something big involving US capitalists taking over local Mexican businesses.
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Scandalous John
Title: Scandalous John
Character: Paco
Released: June 22, 1971
Type: Movie
A crotchety old ranch owner fights to be able to live his life the way he wants to, and not the way other people--and the law--tell him he has to.
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El Topo
Title: El Topo
Character: Bandit 1
Released: December 18, 1970
Type: Movie
El Topo decides to confront warrior Masters on a trans-formative desert journey he begins with his 6 year old son, who must bury his childhood totems to become a man.
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Paradise
Title: Paradise
Character: El Perro
Released: October 8, 1970
Type: Movie
Problems arise between the divers Román and Lauro when the former falls in love with a prostitute on the beaches of Acapulco.
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The Useless Life of Pito Pérez
Title: The Useless Life of Pito Pérez
Released: September 15, 1970
Type: Movie
A man goes on a trip and then returns to his village pretending that everything went well for him.
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Jóvenes de la Zona Rosa
Title: Jóvenes de la Zona Rosa
Released: May 6, 1970
Type: Movie
"Mod" culture in Mexico City.
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Tres amigos
Title: Tres amigos
Released: February 12, 1970
Type: Movie
Man accused of murder, and the dead man's daughter, try to find proof of the real murderer's identity.
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The Wild Bunch
Title: The Wild Bunch
Character: Herrera
Released: June 19, 1969
Type: Movie
An aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the "traditional" American West is disappearing around them.
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El aviso inoportuno
Title: El aviso inoportuno
Released: May 17, 1969
Type: Movie
The farce starring Polivoces , creative Mexican comedians duo formed by Enrique Cuenca and Eduardo Manzano, in the roles of characters and Gordolfo Naborita respectively. When the child Gordolfo question the identity of his father, devoted Naborita recounts the story of his family in five innings , located in the contexts of the Stone Age , the Roman Empire , incursions of English pirates in the Caribbean , West American and the space race of the years after World War II .
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Operación carambola
Title: Operación carambola
Character: Capulina's Aid #1
Released: August 29, 1968
Type: Movie
Two clumsy and absent-minded spies (Capulina and Chespirito) are hired to save the world from a nuclear attack.
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Pedro Paramo
Title: Pedro Paramo
Character: 'Saltaperico'
Released: January 26, 1967
Type: Movie
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 abandoned and sinister place, inhabited by mysterious voices and whispers…
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There Are No Thieves in This Village
Title: There Are No Thieves in This Village
Character: Agente viajero
Released: September 9, 1965
Type: Movie
When a young boy steals billiard balls from a local saloon, a stranger is charged with the crime. The local layabouts find there is no reason to hang out at the bar without being able to shoot pool, and the boy entertains thoughts of forming a gang to steal more billiard balls in hopes of making money.
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...And Your Love Too
Title: ...And Your Love Too
Character: Alfredo
Released: September 27, 1962
Type: Movie
On August 13th, 1961 - the night that the Berlin Wall goes up - three people must make a decision that will change their lives forever.
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Los pistolocos
Title: Los pistolocos
Released: September 28, 1960
Type: Movie
Papa and the butler try to find an acceptable husband for daddy's spoiled little girl.
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Trip to the Moon
Title: Trip to the Moon
Character: Carlos Vera
Released: April 2, 1958
Type: Movie
In this movie a couple of comedians try to disappear for a while and end up in an asylum, where confused as the mad, and try to escape, but one of them falls in love and that complicates things.
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New faces
Title: New faces
Released: January 1, 1956
Type: Movie
Mexican feature film
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Title: Gunsmoke
Character: Mando
Released: September 10, 1955
Type: TV
Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take place in and around Dodge City, Kansas, during the settlement of the American West. The central character is lawman Marshal Matt Dillon, played by William Conrad on radio and James Arness on television.
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Title: Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character: Chuy Santos
Released: December 24, 1951
Type: TV
Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The longest-running primetime series in the history of television, it has a historically long run, beginning during 1951 and continuing into 2013. From 1954 onward, all of its productions have been shown in color, although color television video productions were extremely rare in 1954. Many television movies have been shown on the program since its debut, though the program began with live telecasts of dramas and then changed to videotaped productions before finally changing to filmed ones. The series has received eighty Emmy Awards, twenty-four Christopher Awards, eleven Peabody Awards, nine Golden Globes, and four Humanitas Prizes. Once a common practice in American television, it is the last remaining television program such that the title includes the name of the sponsor. Unlike other long-running TV series still on the air, it differs in that it broadcasts only occasionally and not on a weekly broadcast programming schedule.