Arturo Ripstein
DirectingArturo Ripstein y Rosen (born December 13, 1943) is a Mexican film director. Ripstein got his break into movies working as an uncredited assistant director for Luis Buñuel. In 1965, he directed his first feature, Tiempo de Morir. Written by Carlos Fuentes and Gabriel García Márquez, it began a tradition of making independent films written by high-profile Latin-American authors. His 1981 film Seduction was entered into the 12th Moscow International Film Festival. His 1989 film Love Lies was entered into the 16th Moscow International Film Festival. In 1997 Ripstein won the National Prize of Arts and Sciences, the second filmmaker after Buñuel to do so. Some of Ripstein's films, especially the earlier ones, "highlighted characters beset by futile compulsions to escape [their]destinies". Many of his films are shot in tawdry interiors, with bleak brown color schemes, and seedy pathetic characters who manage to achieve a hint of pathos and dignity. Asi Es la Vida, according to Jonathan Crow, "boldly reworks the ancient Greek drama Medea, employing a dizzying array of flashbacks and Brechtian devices". Deep Crimson, according to the New York Times, is "a ferociously anti-romantic portrait of an obese nurse and a seedy small-time gigolo whose bungling scheme to swindle a succession of lonely women out of their life savings turns into a killing spree."
Known For
The Queen of Spain
Sam Spiegelman
Kurosawa: The Last Emperor
Self
Jugaremos en el bosque
Don Francisco (Patriarca)
Speaking of Buñuel
Self
There Are No Thieves in This Village
Los novios de mis hijas
Adriana del Rio, actriz
Self
Cuartelazo
Embajador
Tras Nazarin: Following Nazarin
Self
Familiarities
Filmography — Acting
The Queen of Spain
Sam Spiegelman
Kurosawa: The Last Emperor
Self
Jugaremos en el bosque
Don Francisco (Patriarca)
Speaking of Buñuel
Self
There Are No Thieves in This Village
Los novios de mis hijas
Adriana del Rio, actriz
Self
Cuartelazo
Embajador
Tras Nazarin: Following Nazarin
Self
Familiarities
Trail of Death
Where Is Juan Moctezuma?
Self
Memoria de Los Olvidados
Narrator (voice)
The Specter's Road
Matilde's Son
The Flight of the Stork
Cliente banco
One Hundred Years with Juan Rulfo
Self
Mariana
The African Lover
Internet Junkie
Roberto
Arturo Ripstein habla de Luis Buñuel
Himself
Recuerdo De Mi Presentación
V.O. Sacerdote
Filmography — Crew
Dogtooth
Writer
Castle of Purity
Director
The Virgin of Lust
Director
Foxtrot
Director
Aunt Alejandra
Director
The Queen of the Night
Director
Deep Crimson
Director
Divine
Director
Such is Life
Director
The Realm of Fortune
Director
No One Writes to the Colonel
Director
The Black Widow
Director
The Illegal
Director
La mujer del puerto
Director
Cinco mil dolares de recompensa
Writer
Time to Die
Director
The Beginning and the End
Producer
The Place Without Limits
Director
H.O.
Director
Bleak Street
Director
Life Sentence
Director
The Holy Inquisition
Director
The Reasons of the Heart
Director
Love Lies
Director
Devil Between the Legs
Director
Trail of Death
Director
Seduction
Writer
Dangerous Game
Director
The Ruination of Men
Director
Crazy Carnival
Director
El otro
Director
Memories of the Future
Director
Whoever is Responsible
Writer
The Castaway on the Street of Providence
Director
Lecumberri, the Dark Palace
Director
The Children's Hour
Director
Autobiografía
Director
Los héroes y el tiempo
Director
Signos de vida y rebeldía
Producer
Crimen
Director
Mi gran noche
Director
Tiempo de Correr
Director
La causa (Tres preguntas a Chávez)
Director
Exorcismos
Director
La belleza
Director
El borracho
Director