Gabriel Retes
Birthday: 1947-03-25
Place of Birth: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Biography: José Ignacio Gabriel Jorge Retes Balzaretti (March 25th, 1947 – April 20th, 2020) was a Mexican film director, writer, producer, and actor. His 1977 film Paper Flowers was entered into the 28th Berlin International Film Festival. His 1979 film Broken Flag was entered into the 11th Moscow International Film Festival. His 1999 film A Sweet Scent of Death was entered into the 21st Moscow International Film Festival.
Movies
Lo mejor de Teresa
Ambitious young woman decides to leave her backwards hometown and move to Mexico City to study for a...
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Omen
While attending the birth of Isabel, the wife of foreigner Felipe, Mama Santos predicts that "someth...
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Everyone's Hell So Feared
The inner demons of an aspiring writer, whose dissatisfaction has pushed him to alcohol and drugs, l...
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Deceitful Appearances
The sexual misunderstandings caused by the real identity of a rich woman serve Hermosillo to satiriz...
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The Living Forces
It narrates the phenomenon of the Mexican Revolution, satirically reflected through what happens in ...
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They Call Him Marcado
The Kid is a vicious psychopath given to laughing a lot, an actor manqué who leads a gang of looters...
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Bienvenido-Welcome
During a business trip, a married man (José) has an affair with a blonde who leaves him the message ...
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The Perfect Woman
Marcela, a former film star, seeks tranquility in the suburbs after marrying a wealthy industrialist...
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Coup at Daybreak
The film follows the events of the night of February 4, 1992 in Caracas, Venezuela. That night a gro...
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House Arrest
Because of a millionaire fraud, a man is condemned to house arrest, and the only place where he can ...
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End of the Party
A motorcycle gang goes to a mansion where a party is being held and joy turns into tragedy....
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Puerto Padre
As a teenage orphan from Chira Island searches for his godfather on the mainland, his innocent memor...
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El viaje de Keta
Keta is a professional makeup artist with a big butt and large thighs, but she also has big dreams. ...
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Borrar de la Memoria
A love story turned assassination against the backdrop of the 1968 student massacre whose unresolved...
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Almost Thirty
Hilarious romantic comedy which main essence is based on the maturation process that young people fa...
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Mujeres en el acto
These women think, due to her social position, that they live in a “bubble of soap”. Nevertheless, w...
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El bulto
After being in a comma for 20 year, Lauro wakes up in a very different Mexico than the one he lived ...
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Under California: The Limit of Time
Damian is a married artist living in Los Angeles with his wife. After Damian accidentally hits a wom...
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El Cometa
After witnessing the arrest of her father for publishing "subversive" material against the dictators...
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Green Stones
Mariana is the adopted daughter of a businessman. When her father dies she searches for an stolen ca...
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Cristo 70
Running from the law, young crooks hole up in a small town... and get hooked into performing in the ...
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Given In Love
A romance between the painters and writers: Dr. Atl and Nahui Olin arises in this era, the 20's, whi...
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The Encounter of a Lonely Man
Alberto is a journalist who remembers an event 15 years ago, when his friend Gabriel saved a girl fr...
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Caribe
Vicente and Abigail run a banana plantation in Limon Province, on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica....
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El cielo y tú
Priest suffers a head injury, develops amnesia, ends up in a hippie commune....
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Triángulo
The story of Mother and Daughter for a Husband and Stepfather who was killed by shotgun....
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The Naked City
A gritty tale of survival set against a city ripe with violence and corruption. The Naked City tells...
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Juegos de alcoba
Anthology movie -- three anecdotes relating to liberated, post-sixties, sexual behavior. Swinging co...
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Cómo Filmar Una XXX
Ulises Alpuyeca, a film initiate, wants to make his debut feature and he accepts the first opportun...
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The Cornered Beast
A man who pretends to be a Dutch immigrant, is discovered by the Israelite Secret Service that he is...
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Paper Flowers
On the thinnest of pretexts, a horde of homeless people descend on the apartments of two members of ...
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The Cubs
After having his genitals brutally mutilated during childhood, a man must face prejudice and himself...
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Taken Identity
Felino, his girlfriend and his two friends, have their film rejected from every film festival, so th...
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Vile
After a life full of guilt for having been an executioner, Abel Carbajal receives a visit from Ángel...
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Letters from Marusia
Chronicle of the repression that a foreign company exerts on the miners of a small nitrate town in C...
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At a Lame Pace
Ragtag crew of indigents from an asylum for the handicapped form a squadron to defend the Church dur...
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Luz Externa
"Luz Externa was one of the most ambitious productions of the Mexican super 8. The script is based o...
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