Screenplay: Arturo Ripstein
Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Arturo Ripstein. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.
The Place Without Limits (Hell Without Limits)
1977 · Movie · 110 min. · Mexico
Direction Arturo Ripstein
Cast Roberto Cobo · Gonzalo Vega · Ana Martín · Lucha Villa
Plot In a small town, "La Manuela", an extravagant homosexual and his daughter "La Japonesita" run a brothel. The town's relative tranquility is upset by the arrival of Pancho, a boastful...
7.4
671 votes
7.4
671 votes
The Castle of Purity
1972 · Movie · 110 min. · Mexico
Direction Arturo Ripstein
Cast Claudio Brook · Rita Macedo · Arturo Beristáin · Diana Bracho
Plot Based on a true story. Gabriel Lima keeps his wife and children imprisoned in their own house in order to protect them from the corruption and perversion of the outside...
7.2
721 votes
7.2
721 votes
Cadena Perpetua (Life Sentence - In For Life)
1979 · Movie · 94 min. · Mexico
Direction Arturo Ripstein
Cast Pedro Armendáriz Jr. · Narciso Busquets · Ernesto Gómez Cruz · Angélica Chain
Plot Alfaro Javier Lira, aka "Tarzan", rules over the prostitutes of Mexico City. His quiet life is disturbed by the death of a prostitute and he is sent to jail on...
6.9
242 votes
6.9
242 votes
The Holy Office (El Santo Oficio)
1973 · Movie · 130 min. · Mexico
Direction Arturo Ripstein
Cast Jorge Luke · Diana Bracho · Claudio Brook · Ana Mérida
Plot In Nueva España the Inquisition apprehends a Jewish family. One of the members of this family escapes and seeks refugee with a rabbi. Someone informs on him and he is...
6.6
111 votes
6.6
111 votes
6.5
29 votes
Foxtrot (The Other Side of Paradise)
1976 · Movie · 91 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Arturo Ripstein
Cast Peter O'Toole · Charlotte Rampling · Max von Sydow · Jorge Luke
4.8
61 votes
4.8
61 votes
The Children's Hour
1969 · Movie · 65 min. · Mexico
Direction Arturo Ripstein
Cast Armando Coria · Carlos Nieto · Bebi Pecanins · Carlos Savage
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Un día en la vida de dos restaurantes
2005 · Documentary · 30 min. · Mexico
Direction Arturo Ripstein
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Salón independiente
1969 · Documentary · 20 min. · Mexico
Direction Felipe Cazals · Arturo Ripstein · Rafael Castanedo
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Autobiografía (S)
1970 · Documentary · 10 min. · Mexico
Direction Arturo Ripstein
Cast Arturo Ripstein
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The Castaway of the Street of Providence
1971 · Documentary · 49 min. · Mexico
Direction Rafael Castanedo · Arturo Ripstein
Cast Gustavo Alatriste · Julio Alejandro · Max Aub · Luis Buñuel
Plot Made by longtime Buñuel friends Arturo Ripstein and Rafael Castanedo El náufrago de la calle providencia (The Castway on the Street of Providence, 1971) is an affectionate portrait of the...
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De todo como en botica (S)
1984 · Documentary · 11 min. · Mexico
Direction Arturo Ripstein
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Exorcismos (S)
1970 · Movie · 11 min. · Mexico
Direction Arturo Ripstein
Cast Martin Lasalle · Mirna Betancourt
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Rastro de muerte
1981 · Movie · 90 min. · Mexico
Direction Arturo Ripstein
Cast Pedro Armendáriz Jr. · Ernesto Gómez Cruz · Gerardo Albarrán · Julio Aldama
Plot During the 1930's a very honest man (Villamosa) is sent as Regional Delegate from the Capital City to Yucatan State (a very afar city). Once there he finds a deep...
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Memories of the Future
1968 · Movie · 115 min. · Mexico
Direction Arturo Ripstein
Cast Renato Salvatori · Daniela Rosen · Julián Pastor · Pedro Armendáriz Jr.
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Una semana en la vida del presidente (S)
1988 · Documentary · min. · Mexico
Direction Arturo Ripstein
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