Ernesto Gómez Cruz
18 titles
Filmography
18 results

Midaq Alley
(1995)Winner of more than 49 international awards, this adaptation of Nobel prize winner Naguib Mahfuz's novel, transposed to Mexico City, features one of Salma Hayek's first starring roles.
Canoa: A Shameful Memory
(1976)
The Mongol Plot
(1977)Filiberto Garcia is a police officer assigned to prevent an attack against the president of the United States during a visit to Mexico. Filiberto will put himself in danger to fulfill his mission, but love will also be a reward.

El Norte
(1983)Brother and sister Enrique and Rosa flee persecution at home in Guatemala and journey north, through Mexico and on to the United States, with the dream of starting a new life. Its a story that happens every day, but until Gregory Navas groundbreaking El Norte (The North), the personal travails of immigrants crossing the border to America had never been shown in the movies with such urgent humanism. A work of social realism imbued with dreamlike imagery, El Norte is a lovingly rendered, heartbreaking story of hope and survival, which critic Roger Ebert called "a Grapes of Wrath for our time."

A Wonderful World
(2006)In this satire from director Luis Estrada, a homeless man looking for a place to rest his weary head finds his life transformed when his window-ledge nap is mistaken for a suicide attempt.

El Infierno
(2010)After deportation from the U.S., a man is drawn into the brutal, bloody narco trade, spiraling through peril with pitch-black humor.

Violent Stories
(1985)Five stories where abuse, bullying and despair take people to the limit of wanting to kill or the fatality of dying at the hands of those who go crazy.

Hasta que te conocí
“Hasta Que Te Conocí“, un recorrido de 13 episodios autobiográficos basado en testimonios inéditos que devela, como nunca antes, la vida del Divo de Juárez: Juan Gabriel. Una historia que narra cómo su extraordinario talento llevó a este cantautor a desafiar su destino y superar la pobreza, traiciones y prejuicios hasta convertirse en Juanga, el icono musical más querido de Iberoamérica.

Ya la hicimos
(1994)A young man from a poor family wins a luxury car and it will become the envy of the neighborhood.

Guerilla from the North
(1983)A guerrilla fighter struggles to protect his love and defy tyranny amid the turmoil of Sonora’s revolution in northern Mexico.

There's Always a First Time
(1971)A través de tres historias, se relatan los resultados de las primeras experiencias sexuales de mujeres de diferentes niveles sociales.

Santo: la leyenda del enmascarado de plata
(1993)'El Santo', un legendario luchador mexicano muere y su hijo, más conocido como 'El hombre de rojo' hereda su lugar. Ciertos eventos lo obligan a usar la máscara de plata que su padre dejó atrás y mantener vivo el recuerdo del famoso campeón.

Uno y medio contra el mundo
(1973)Uno y medio contra el mundo (English: "One and a Half Against the World") is a 1973 Mexican comedy drama film directed by José Estrada and starring Vicente Fernández, Ofelia Medina and Rocío Brambila.

Mudstained Flower
(2011)Augusto Talanquer, a respected scientist leaves everything behind, consumed by his obsession with a teenage girl. When a disturbed sailor takes her away to a dangerous port city, he embarks on a frantic quest to find her.

The Crime of Padre Amaro
(2002)A newly-ordained Catholic priest arrives in a Mexican village, where corruption, temptation, and sexual passion threaten his calling and salvation.

All Souls' Day
(1988)The Day of the Dead in Mexico, is a day of celebration for the people who go to the cemetery and honor their deceased.

La muerte de Pancho Villa
(1974)Ha terminado la revolución. El periodista Regino Hernández y el fotógrafo Sosa, de la capital, llegan a Parral, Chihuahua, para entrevistas a Pancho Villa, retirado en su hacienda de Canutillo. Allí, tras presentarles a dos de sus esposas y a sus hijos, les cuenta diversas peripecias que marcaron su vida.

The Cousin
(2018)Una mujer sexualmente insatisfecha con su marido busca el amor. Él se marcha y aparece su atractiva y exitosa primo, iniciando un juego de seducción.