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Arturo Ripstein

1943-12-13

The Biography

Arturo 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."

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Movies

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The Queen of Spain

5.2 average rating
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Jugaremos en el bosque

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Speaking of Buñuel

5.9 average rating
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Arturo Ripstein habla de Luis Buñuel

6 average rating
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The Specter's Road

8.3 average rating
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Adriana del Rio, actriz

5 average rating
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Kurosawa: The Last Emperor

5.5 average rating
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The Flight of the Stork

4.3 average rating
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Cuartelazo

5.2 average rating
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Tras Nazarin: Following Nazarin

5.2 average rating
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Familiarities

6.2 average rating
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Internet Junkie

5 average rating
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Los novios de mis hijas

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There Are No Thieves in This Village

5.3 average rating
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One Hundred Years with Juan Rulfo

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The African Lover

5 average rating
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Trail of Death

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Recuerdo De Mi Presentación

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