As Director, As Writer
Chicogrande
2010
6.7
Felipe Cazals
Acting
Birth Date
July 28, 1937
Place of Birth
Mexico City, Mexico
Date of Death
October 16, 2021
Biography
Felipe Cazals (July 28th, 1937 - October 16th, 2021) was a Mexican film director, screenwriter and producer. Along with Arturo Ripstein, Jaime Humberto Hermosillo and Jorfe Fons, he is considered one of the most representative film directors of his generation. His masterworks The Humilliated (Las inocentes, 1986), Las Poquianchis (1976), The Heist (El Apando, 1976) and Canoa (1976), make him to be considered as one of the most creative and bitter-critic filmmaker in the history of Latin-American movies. Canoa was entered into the26th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize. His 1973 film Thoe Years (Aquellos Años, 1974) was entered into the 8th Moscow International Film Festival where it won a Special Prize.
Complete Filmography
As Director, As Writer
Digna: Worthy to Her Last Breath
2004
5.7
As Director, As Writer
Kino: The Legend of the Black Priest
1993
3.0
As Director
The Wrath of a God
1988
5.1
As Director
Luz's Motives
1986
5.1
As Director
Three of Cups
1986
5.7
As Director
The Humiliated
1986
5.2
As Director
Under the Shrapnel
1983
5.6
As Director
The Seven Cucas
1981
6.4
As Director
The Great Victory
1981
3.4
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The Year of the Plague
1978
5.4
As Director
Las Poquianchis
1976
7.0
As Director
The Heist
1976
6.8
As Director
Canoa: A Shameful Memory
1976
7.9
As Director, As Writer
Those Years
1974
5.5
As Director
Aunt Isabel's Garden
1972
5.8
As Director
Emiliano Zapata
1970
6.2
As Actor, As Director, As Writer
Familiarities
1969
6.2
As Director, As Writer
The Apple of Discord
1968
5.0