Pedro Armendáriz Jr. Archives

Nikté

A girl pretend to be a princess in order to have a better life, but insted is send to look for a flower that will help her people.

NR

4.3

2009 94 min Play

7.5

A Wonderful World

A fairy tale about the political and socioeconomic realities of Mexico.

NR

7.5

2006 Comedy 118 min Play

7.8

Killing Cabos

Oscar Cabos, a multimillionaire tycoon, is being held for ransom--only his captors have nabbed the wrong man. Now, to get their money, they must find the real Cabos--which could get tricky since he's been counter-kidnapped by his future son-in-law and impersonated by his childhood friend (now his janitor), Nacho.

NR

7.8

2004 Action 94 min Play

8.1

Herod’s Law

Mexico, 1949. The fable of a janitor turned Mayor on a little town lost in the Mexican desert, who gradually realizes how far his new acquainted power and corruption can get him.

NR

8.1

1999 Comedy 120 min Play

5.2

Dos Crímenes

Greed and playing into the hand of providence provides the focus of this Mexican comedy adapted from a novel by Jorge Ibarguengoitia. Marcos, an architect, has just returned to the home of his wealthy uncle Ramon after squandering his money in Mexico City and subsequently finding himself falsely accused of a crime. Although he is flat-broke, he conceals this from Ramon, telling him that he has returned home to buy a local gold mine. Marcos finds the lies come easily as begins trying to ...

Matar o morir

Mexican rancher goes to Texas to track down his son's murderer.

Life Sentence

"El Tarzan" Lira is an ex-convict who decides to give up his criminal past and reform his life. However, a corrupt policeman blackmails him leaving "El Tarzan" no other option but to continue committing robberies. Adapting the genre conventions of the film noir to the Mexican context, Ripstein's film focuses on Mexican police corruption and questions the judicial system.

NR

6.8

1979 Crime 95 min Play