José Chávez Movies

Small-time crook teams up with a street urchin for mutual support on the margins of society.

Tired of struggling, Lilia, played by Sara Montiel, moves to the city to live with her aunt, a former actress. There she strives to become a singer...

Historical drama about the career of a hit-man who specialized in political assassinations in Mexico in the 1920s-30s.

Late 16th century: two Azteca teens are very much in love, but older folks have designs on each of them. This can't end well...

Obscure Mexican film.

Sttreet vendors get caught up in the beef between their wholesale supplier and one of his competitors.

During the Mexican Revolution, Beatriz's body is discovered by some kids. The police began to investigate the history of Beatriz.

Two married couples' lives are disrupted when the husbands disappear while on vacation. When the men are reported dead, the two women start a dance...

A movie divided in two segments, the first "La puerta" (The Door) is about a high society gathering in which a door inside the mansion leads to a...

Anthology movie, three cynical "contes cruels."

Desperate because of his son's illness, the peasant Eufemio steals a pearl from the image of Santa Lucía in the village church.

A man goes to Mexico to attend his father's funeral, 30 years after his father supposedly died.

Indian village experiences forced relocation; their experience is paralleled by that of other groups dating back to the 18th century.

Tomboy grows up, overalls to frilly pastel dresses. And even a husband.

Young Mexican-American studies for his MD and triumphs as a professional wrestler while his brother and sister stagnate in the barrio.

When King Motecuzoma dies in 1468, a drought sets upon the Mexicas' land. The younger Motecuzoma sends a retinue to collect tributes from the...

Anthropologist goes to small town to do field work supporting her theories about the primitive/subhuman origins of machismo.

Luisa is a small-town girl who works in the bakery of the widower Don Albino. Luisa dreams of marrying and loves children. Just as Don Albino shows...

Three generations of a stable, middle-class family in the capitol are scattered to the four winds by blowback from the Mexican Revolution.