Movies: Alma Muriel

Five surreal short stories make up this Mexican anthology film....

Mexican feature film...

Young Gloria is abused by the Vitorina, hospice caretaker hosting it. She forces her to perform the heaviest tasks. Gloria is only happy in music class. When she grows decides to escape, and now she lives on the street with another girl, both singing...

A mechanic takes his family to a car race and a series of events occur which brings problems, betrayals, violence and the unexpected death of an elderly person....

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Hotel with a dozen stories unfolding simultaneously: man with brain tumor, child with leukemia, drug-traffic magnate and his paid escort, rich widow and her paid escort, lesbian seduction scenario, etc etc......

Two single women share an apartment, work together, and sometimes swap boyfriends. None of their romantic attachments seem quite as stable or enduring as their friendship....

Anthology film, six little anecdotes about life in the big city....

Mexican feature film...

Rosario and Carlos, husbands, are part of a theater company. In a scene of jealousy, she should shoot and kill him. Carlos has had an affair with Zulma, another acriz of the company. On opening day, in the final scene, Rosario accidentally kills her ...

Obsessed with finding her old boyfriend, Gumer, a 25-year-old girl, is released from jail in Barcelona, one of Europe's most sought-after port cities for drug trafficking and prostitution. Charo, her best friend, tries to help her, although she is no...

Domestic melodrama about infidelity set against an illegal immigration/"making a better life" background....

One woman and a detective are looking for lost children, in México City....

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Young woman tries to discover the family secret that led to her father being murdered, and she gradually is manipulated into a lesbian relationship....

Young dancer joins the cast of a musical-comedy production, falls in love with young comic actor....

Fiftyish head of household tries to hang onto his fun-loving youth while imposing his most rigid value judgements on his young-adult children....

Ambitious young woman decides to leave her backwards hometown and move to Mexico City to study for a scientific degree....

A movie projectionist discovers that he has magical powers....

Orphan girl has a secret benefactor. When she's old enough to leave the orphanage and enter the real world, she's determined to track him down. Also: having a first boyfriend, yippee!...