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Publisher
Distribuido por Venevision International
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD)(104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
El coronel Villagra llega a gobernar al pueblo de San Jorge como funcionario de un opresivo gobierno dictatorial. Alli conoce a la esposa del telegrafista local, una bella mujer con la cual establece una extra~na y seductora relacion de deseo y dominacion.
Colonel Villagra rises to the position of governor of the small politically oppressed town of San George. It is in this town that the beautiful wife of a local telegraph operator catches his eye,...
Publisher
Lion's Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (153 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
"En Ciudad de M?xico, un fatal accidente automovil?stico afecta tr?gicamente a tres personas. Octavio, un adolescente, decide escaparse con Susana, la esposa de su hermano; el Cof?, su perro, se convierte en el instrumento para conseguir el dinero necesario para la fuga. Al mismo tiempo, Daniel, un hombre maduro deja a su esposa y a sus hijos para irse a vivir con Valeria, una hermosa modelo. El mismo d?a en que celebran su nueva vida, el destino...
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2003.
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD)(96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
Rodrigo and Roco are cousins with little in common but devotion to their grandfather. When the grandfather dies, other family members are consumed by the the old man's will and the distribution of the inheritance. The two cousins take it upon themselves to carry out their grandfather's wishes to have his ashes scattered into the sea at Acapulco and embark on a journey of self-discovery and mutual understanding.
5) El padrecito
Series
Publisher
Columbia Pictures
Pub. Date
2003.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (130 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
El padre Sebastán (Cantinflas) es nombrado como el nuevo ayudante del párroco de un pueblo pequeño. A pesar de que al principio no es muy bien recibido por la gente, poco a poco se va ganando sus corazones.
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
Tadeo is a street magician with many secrets. Once a famous photographer, he now hangs out with a blind vagabond who acts as his performance assistant. He meets a young neighbor who inadvertently reminds him of what he abandoned.
Tadeo es un desempleado que decide convertirse en mago y así recorre los barrios más decadentes de la ciudad para subsistir. Su vida se encuentra si un aliciente, hasta que aparece una joven vecina que lo hace recordar...
Series
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2003.
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD)(approximately 102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
A comedy about crime in Mexico City and its effects on the city's inhabitants. A filmmaker finds himself the victim of crime and violence as frequently as three times a day.
8) Santitos
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
1998.
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD)(101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
After the widowed Esperanza loses her daughter to a rare virus, she searches her faith for an explanation. When St. Jude appears to her and tells her that her daughter is still alive, Esperanza becomes convinced her daughter was kidnapped and sold as a sex slave. Becoming a prostitute, she sets out to find her daughter in Tijuana.
Publisher
Capitol Entertainment
Pub. Date
1999.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD)(108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
A love story set in Buenos Aires in which a Jewish woman, because of the impending visit from her American brother, is forced to create a contrived relationship with a man of her own faith. Unfortunately, the man she finds is actually a Gentile.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2008.
Edition
Widescreen ; 3-disc collection.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (DVD) (456 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
Blame: A nurse and single mother is invited to move in with her gynecologist friend and help in her clinic. Spectre: An elderly writer moves back to his hometown, only to find it has become a tourist trap. But a woman from his past still waits for him.
A Real Friend: A young girl loves to read horror stories and imagine the characters as her friends. A Christmas Tale: Children spending Christmas in a resort town find a thief in the woods and agree...
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Edition
Special edition; widescreen version (1.85:first).
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (119 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
A recently ordained priest is sent to a small parish church in rural Mexico to help an aging priest. Upon arriving at his new post, he meets a beautiful young woman with a religious passion that borders on obsession. Quickly her passion for her faith becomes entangled in a growing attraction to the new priest. When the priest crosses the line that separates temptation from sin, he finds himself torn between the devine and the carnal, the righteous...
Publisher
DistriMax
Pub. Date
2006.
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
The lives of a young couple are turned upside down when a loose social connection suddenly ties them to a major political assassination.
Una joven pareja se ve arrastrada en medio de un complot político en donde altos funcionarios del gobierno y la misma policía están involucrados.
13) The violin
Series
Film Movement volume 6, film 2
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
2008.
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (98 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
In rural Mexico, during the peasant revolts of the 1970s, Plutarco, his son Genaro and grandson Lucio lead double lives. On the one hand, they are simple country musicians, and on the other they actively support the peasant guerrilla movement against the oppressor government. When the army occupies the village, the rebels are forced to flee and leave their ammunition behind. Making the most of the fact that he looks like an inoffensive violinist,...
14) Los debutantes
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004.
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
Silvio y su hermano menor Victor estan solos en el mundo y acaban de llegar. Silvio lleva a Victor al cabaret de Don Pasucal donde las puertas de otro mundo se les abren a ambos. Pero hay algo mas alla en ese club, la iniciacion de Victor es solo es comienzo de una sorprevisa y peligrosa aventura.
Brothers Silvio and Victor are the "newcomers" when they move from the countryside to Santiago. When Silvio takes his younger brother, to Don Pascual's...
15) La oveja negra
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Edition
Fullscreen version; edition de homenaje 50° aniversario.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (105 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
Tells of a young man's poor relationship with his father. The old patriarch of a conservative family embarrasses his son with his flagrant lewd advances toward young women despite his long-time marriage to his wife.
La actitud machista de un padre de una familia norteña ocasiona la infelicidad de su hijo y la muerte de su esposa.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
Full screen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
La regla de honor ladrones es nunca robar a tu propia gente. Pero las situaciones extremas solo se pueden arreglar con medidas extremas, así es que una gran banda de asaltantes decide robarle a uno de los mejores en el ramo, el reto es inmenso pero la recompensa lo es má ... si es que lo pueden lograr.
The rule among criminals is don't steal from your own kind. But extreme situations call for extreme measures. And so it goes that a bunch of thieves...
17) The last Elvis
Pub. Date
2014
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
Most evenings in Buenos Aires, 'Elvis' Gutierrez is a star, his singing and stage presence bring back to life the King of Rock and Roll in all his glory. By day, though, Gutierrez slaves away at a dead-end factory job and endures the scorn of his ex-wife. Only his young daughter, Lisa Marie, brings any joy outside of his Elvis tribute gigs. Feeling more connected to his stage persona than to the world around him, Gutierrez retreats from reality until...
18) Lucia, Lucia
Publisher
20th Century Fox Film Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Edition
Full screen and widescreen versions.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
"A woman's search for her missing husband ignites a dangerous and unexpectedly romantic adventure. It's a wild ride through the mysterious territory of identity, as Lucia finds herself in a triagle of love and friendship with a reawakened passion for life that's different from anything she ever imagined"--Container back cover.
19) Angelitos negros
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2007.
Edition
Full screen version; edition de homenaje 50° aniversario.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (95 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
Ana Luisa and Jose Carlos, both white, give birth to a black child. Ana rejects the little girl, who ends up suffering the injustice of racism, but Ana Luisa doesn't know that her own maid, who is also black, hides a secret that will change her life.
Un famoso cantante se enamora y se casa con una hermosa mujer rubia. Cuando su primer hijo nace y es negro, la bebé es rechazada por su madre, que piensa que el defecto viene del padre. Sin embargo,...
20) El Mariachi
Publisher
DVD Video
Pub. Date
2003.
Edition
Widescreen version; special edition.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (81 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Formats
Description
All he wants is to be a mariachi, like his father, his grandfather and his great grandfather before him. But the town he thinks will bring him luck brings only a curse--of deadly mistaken identity. Forced to trade his guitar for a gun, the mariachi is playing for his life.
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