Lilia Prado Archives

El Analfabeto

Inocencio Prieto y Calvo receives a letter telling him he is the heir to his uncle's fortune of two million pesos. Not being able to read he has no idea of who sent the letter or its content. So he goes to the drugstore because the pharmacist can read the letter to him. But while waiting to be helped he sees that a young girl can read. He figures he has to be able to discover the letter's content by himself and decides he will save the letter and go to school, and wait to read the ...

NR

7.6

1961 Comedy 128 min Play

5

La locura del rock and roll

Two rival colleges prepare for a Battle Of The Bands. Also malt-shoppes and football games.

NR

5

1957 Comedy 85 min Play

6.5

Illusion Travels by Streetcar

Confronted with the unfortunate news that their favorite Streetcar, no. 133, is going to be decommissioned, two Municipal Transit workers get drunk and decide to "take 'er for one last spin," as it were. Unfortunately, the "one last spin" ends up being an all-night and all-day scramble to stay out of trouble, as they are confronted with situation after sometimes bizarre situation that prevents them from returning the "borrowed" Streetcar!

NR

6.5

1954 Adventure 90 min Play

6

Wuthering Heights

Gone several years, the brooding Alejandro returns to the hacienda of his foster sister, Catalina, whom he loves, to find her married to the wealthy and effete Eduardo.

NR

6

1954 Drama 91 min Play

6.9

Mexican Bus Ride

Newlywed Oliverio receives disturbing news that his mother is on her deathbed. He travels to a remote part of Mexico to fetch a lawyer who can sort out her will. Leaving his wife behind, he embarks on a bus ride that’s interrupted by an increasingly absurd series of episodes, including an impromptu birthday celebration; a one-legged man writhing in the mud; come-ons from an insatiable small-town belle, Raquel; and Oliverio’s frequent, Freudian nightmares.

NR

6.9

1952 Comedy 80 min Play

6.3

Crimen y castigo

Adaptation of Dostoyevsky's novel about a student who plans a conceptual murder and then butts heads with a police detective.

NR

6.3

1951 Crime 104 min Play

8.3

El gavilán pollero

Two bumpkins in the big city fight over the same girl, until they realize that she's playing them against each other.

NR

8.3

1951 Adventure 103 min Play