Known for Camera
Born
December 6, 1942 (age 83)
Birthplace
Biel, Switzerland
Filmography
30 films


Anger, Also Known As Sheol
2019 · 2h 10m
country: Mexico
A woman who escapes an overwhelming reality into a world of nightmares, by eating the forbidden fruit of Paradise's Tree of Eternal Life; a very frustrated man, both in his professional and love life, whose serial killer dreams may become a reality; and an autobiographical documentary on the director's healing process of a terminal cancer. A film divided in three chapters: heaven, hell and the world.
La batalla de los invisibles
La batalla de los invisibles
2010
country: Unknown
Is a documentary film that focuses on the janitorial labor force from Puebla, Mexico and the exploitation of their labor by major U.S. supermarkets. It also tells the story of how thousands of workers from a rural town in Mexico became employed by California's


Eréndira the Untamable
2006 · 1h 57m
country: Mexico
ERENDIRA IKIKUNARI is a beautifully shot action film that recreates the 16th century legend of Erendira, a young Purepecha woman who became an icon of bravery during the destruction of indigenous Mexico by the Spanish conquistadors. When the Spanish arrive, they take advantage of the discord and conflict among the Mexican natives, reaping the benefits of a region divided. Erendira, a young Purepecha women on verge of marriage, refuses to allow her land to be destroyed and stands up to the social conventions prohibiting women to participate in battle. In the face of the invasion, she steals and learns to ride a horse against the Spanish, winning the respect of her tribal leaders. Along her amazing journey, she becomes a symbol of strength and resistance within her culture. This feature length film was shot entirely in the original Purepecha language.


Untamed Women
1995 · 2h
country: Mexico
Tired of being mistreated by their husbands, Ema (Reyes Spindola), Clotilde (Elizarraras) and Chayo (Orozco) leave their past (children and husbands included) and begin an adventure that will take them to a cavernous cabaret in Guadalajara, a love affair with a hot-blooded young drug dealer and, finally, a popular and well decorated mexican restaurant in downtown L.A. In the middle, the three women will find their respective self-esteem and their true reasons for living.


Like a Bride
1994 · 1h 54m
country: Mexico
Oshinica Mataraso and Rifke Groman are from two families from Europe: the Mataraso are Sephardic who came to Mexico after being expelled by the Catholic Monarchs, and the Groman are Ashkenazi and their lineage had to face the Holocaust. Oshinica and Rifke are Mexican-born Jews, although they feel treated as foreigners. Anxious to find their identity, Oshi and Rifke confront the traditions of their relatives.


Ángel de fuego
1992 · 1h 35m
country: Mexico
The young trapeze artist Alma is part of the show of a miserable traveling circus. In an act of desperation, Alma commits incest with her father, a sick clown obsessed with the woman who abandoned them. Determined to have his child, Alma leaves the circus and joins a group of preachers led by Refugio, a woman who performs puppet shows with biblical passages in poor neighborhoods.


Homework
1991 · 1h 25m
country: Mexico
Virginia is taking a class at film school, and has decided on her solo project for the class. She will secretly film herself and her ex-husband Marcelo with a candid camera while they make love.


Return to Aztlán
1990 · 1h 34m
country: Mexico
When King Motecuzoma dies in 1468, a drought sets upon the Mexicas' land. The younger Motecuzoma sends a retinue to collect tributes from the peasants and make an offering to Coatlicue at Aztlán, the home of their ancestors. The peasant Ollin finds a discarded tribute and makes his own journey to Aztlán to appease his rulers.


The Vanishing
1988 · 1h 46m
country: Netherlands
Rex and Saskia, a young couple in love, are on vacation when they stop at a busy service station. Saskia is abducted in broad daylight and three years pass with no answers or closure surrounding her disappearance. Rex has nearly given up all hope when he suddenly begins receiving letters from her abductor.


What Do You Think?
1986 · 1h 15m
country: Mexico
A gritty musical drama about life in the ghettos of Mexico City during the 1980s. With a soundtrack of Mexican rock music, the camera takes the viewer through the streets, to rock concerts, and to the bars and clubs, where he exposes the hunger, repression, unhealthy conditions and violence in the marginal communities of Mexico's capital city.


Red Desert Penitentiary
1985 · 1h 44m
country: Canada
Shooting begins on an adult western about a man who claims he was held captive in the desert for 20 years.


El diablo y la dama
1984 · 1h 38m
country: Mexico
The french dancer America is in a hotel in Paris with her lover. He goes out to buy cigarettes and she imagines that he travels to Mexico, where he makes a cabaret number dancing with a mannequin that represents the devil. It is related to the gigolo Jimmy, who prostitutes and explodes, and wanders around the city getting involved in a strange plot with some gangsters.


The Flying Pony
1982 · 1h 32m
country: Mexico
Mythical and fantastic story on the wishes of a peasant boy, Diego, who become reality in the course of a day and a night. On the eve of his birthday, the child's godfather gives her a shot of cardboard. At night, the little dreams that is mounted on the horse and find a nymph that describes the exact location of much needed water does to your family.


Uno entre muchos
1982 · 1h 21m
country: Mexico
In trying to exercise his labor rights a worker is kidnapped by the police so that his employers can fire him without problem. Neither his family nor his companions understand the meaning of his effort or his sacrifice because of lack of communication.


'Ora sí ¡tenemos que ganar!
1981 · 1h 30m
country: Mexico
Subjugated by power, the workers of a mining town organize clandestinely.
Constelaciones
Constelaciones
1980 · 1h 15m
country: Mexico
The lives of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz and the astronomer Carlos de Singüenza y Góngora intersect with those of a mysterious monk through a series of monologues and soliloquies in an internal struggle between their passions and clerical dogma.


Anacrusa
1979 · 1h 42m
country: Mexico
The divorced university professor, Victoria, signs a letter of protest for the political disappeared that her students request, although she is not interested in politics. That afternoon his daughter, a twenty-year-old medical student, disappears. This event will change the vision of Victoria and her participation together with relatives of other political disappeared to obtain justice.


Idilio
1978 · 20m
country: Mexico
Short film that seeks to identify human relationships from the deconstruction of love.


Meridiano 100
1976 · 1h 36m
country: Mexico
The task of some guerrillas is to try to foment the conscience among peasants of a town, but their attempts will be tragically restricted.


Apuntes
1976 · 1h 28m
country: Mexico
Recounts the union struggle of taxi drivers supported by the Communist Party.


Crates
1976 · 1h 14m
country: Mexico
A man renounces all of his personal possessions. Looking for liberty, he goes with his girlfriend to live in a cave, away from the corruptions of the material world.
Ocho Horas
Ocho Horas
1975 · 51m
country: Unknown
A discussion on technological education and its impact on promoting better wages and improving workers' quality of life.


Mictlan o la casa de los que ya no son
1974 · 1h 26m
country: Mexico
Fall of a young aristocratic military man from 19th century Mexico to knowledge of the indigenous world of Mexico.


El Cambio
1971 · 1h 24m
country: Mexico
Two young people leave city life for the simplicity of life in the province. Unfortunately, the beach they are going to live next to is being polluted by a local factory.


Whoever is Responsible
1971 · 1h 38m
country: Mexico
Documentary about the founding of Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl on the outskirts of Mexico City in the sixties.