Browse 32 movies from Conacite Uno
When the boss' unlucky daughter is missing in South America, Campana is sent to watch the boss' most unlucky employee who is sent as a private detective in hopes he can duplicate the daughter's mistakes.
Dec 1981
In Mexico City's infamous Lecumberri prison, three drug-addicted convicts celebrate getting drugs from one of their the mothers. They are found out and locked up in the "apando," the dreaded punishment cell. Protests over the treatment of those held in the cell lead to a bloody confrontation.
Aug 1976
Against a background of war breaking out in Europe and the Mexican fiesta Day of Death, we are taken through one day in the life of Geoffrey Firmin, a British consul living in alcoholic disrepair and obscurity in a small southern Mexican town in 1939. The consul's self-destructive behaviour, perhaps a metaphor for a menaced civilization, is a source of perplexity and sadness to his nomadic, idealistic half-brother, Hugh, and his ex-wife, Yvonne, who has returned with hopes of healing Geoffrey and their broken marriage.
Jun 1984
After the death of his mother, a man agrees to travel to Europe as a tourist guide falls in love with the head of the agency.
Jun 1977
A town confused by religion persecutes a woman who stole the braid from the statue of the Virgin.
Mar 1975
Ends the season and Victoria, widow, mature and owns the beachside motel, does not want to spend another winter alone. To avoid it, buy the company of Paul to continue working for her. Paul agrees, provided remain free and enjoy other women. Days after reaching the motel Gloria, a beautiful biologist who claims to be working on a book and, to the surprise of Paul, seems to know everything about Victoria and her past.
Jul 1977
A group of students arrives in a small town during a hiking expedition. Once there, the local priest accuses them of being communist agitators on the run from an army crack-down against student demonstrations in nearby Mexico City and rallies the townsfolk to lynch them. Based on a true story.
Mar 1976
An international intrigue with terrorists threatening to blow up the presidents of the most powerful countries.
Nov 1984
A soap opera actor is mixed in a real drama very similar to what he represents in his work.
Nov 1980
Mar 1978
A smuggler lives far from civilization, in a hut in the jungle with his wife, La Choca, his son and his sister-in-law Flor. One day some men arrive, who accuse him of having betrayed them.
Sep 1974
A drifter named Candelario asks to spend the night at the hacienda of Don Lazaro. Once there, he gets the offer to stay and work as a laborer with a fixed salary. Over time, Candelario is gaining the confidence of his employer, and becomes indispensable. The situation will change radically when Don Lazarus discovers that Candelario is having a love affair with his wife.
Oct 1987
On the thinnest of pretexts, a horde of homeless people descend on the apartments of two members of the comfortable middle class and proceed to loot and vandalize both homes, leaving the next morning with many of the belongings they found there, as well as one of the residents who has opted to join them. This political allegory is based on two plays by the Chilean playwright Egon Wolff.
Feb 1978
Indian village experiences forced relocation; their experience is paralleled by that of other groups dating back to the 18th century.
Jun 1976
Two traveling projectionists tour the villages of the mountains showing films in order to save money and build their own theater.
Sep 1985
One woman lives waiting for her son who is a sailor. She hasn't seen him for years although he writes to her a lot. The woman shares the letters and her grief with a co-worker and friend. This last woman begins to idealize her friend's son.
Nov 1978
A novelist travels to the country to learn the problems of a friend's shy son and runs into an intruder.
Apr 1986
In 1809, a woman participates in the conspiracy for the independence of Mexico and her husband blames her for infidelity.
Jan 1978
Racial conflicts, love triangles and the awakening of passion will lead to disaster for a decadent aristocratic family in the newly independent Mexico.
Sep 1976
Alex, a real estate businessman, has no concerns in giving her wife every kind of freedom. They invite Gloria, an old friend of both, to spend the summer break in their countryside house next to the beach. Gloria doesn't come alone: she comes with young Susy, her lover. Alex will use all of his charms and luxury to manipulate his new guests; meanwhile, his wife and Gloria will gang up to murder him.
Jul 1979