Agustín Lara Movies

For Donald's birthday he receives a box with three gifts inside. The gifts, a movie projector, a pop-up book, and a pinata, each take Donald on wild adventures through Mexico and South America.

Antonio, a millionaire, gifts his wife a statue of a naked, kneeling woman for their wedding anniversary.

After her lover commits suicide, Diana involves her fiancé and his nephew in a scheme to help her disappear with the corpse.

Santa is a beautiful and very humble young girl living in Chimalistac, a small and quiet spot south of the 1930's Mexico City. After Santa is cheated by arrogant soldier Marcelino, she's rejected by her family and friends and expelled of Chimalistac. Santa finds shelter in a whorehouse and becomes...

A girl falls off a yacht and finds herself lost in the jungle where she is discovered by the natives who are thoroughly entranced by her beauty

Catita is a simple and poor woman who dreams of that her son stands out on something important to help her out of his humble. But she opposes to him being boxer, therefore constantly fighting with her husband.

A screenwriter falls in love with a Mexican woman while searching for a story line south of the border.

Producer, director and projectionist watch an assortment of musical numbers and brainstorm about framing narrative that could contain them all.

Her stepfather rapes her and she runs away to home. After that, she's exploited by a series of men, and...

Tired of struggling, Lilia, played by Sara Montiel, moves to the city to live with her aunt, a former actress. There she strives to become a singer and meets Raul a singer, played by Agustin Lara, who helps her succeed.

A journey that begins in prehistory, passes through the Mesoamerican peoples, and shows the instruments that were used in the conquest and the colony, in order to learn about the evolution of Mexican music.

Pastora Heredia is a beautiful gypsy with great character who always tries to help the needy. One day she gots the notice of the death of his grandfather, a millionaire who lived in Mexico and that since his father was angry, she knew nothing of him. However, as Pastora was his only granddaughter...

This film traces the unbelievable true story of the Calderón family, who built grand movie palaces in Mexico and the U.S., employing thousands to produce incomparable, hugely successful, and often reprehensible populist-genre films that were utterly and uniquely Mexican.

A bunch of stories where wives are unfaithful for different reasons: money, revenge or pleasure.

Young singer becomes famous, has an affair with a married man.

Flamenco artist in Mexico draws attention from three suitors.

A certain young woman won't allow her virtuous reputation to be compromised... until her suitors agree to the price she sets on it. Twist ending.

A musician is injured and threatened for defending a girl and decides to go to the capital, where fame and success achieved. She is glad to know that he has succeeded, however, has become a street prostitute prone to paralysis. Finally one day he takes courage and decides to look for, since it has...

Blind nightclub pianist takes in a young singer/entertainer when she hits bottom... but once she gets stable and starts thinking about maybe a boyfriend, his unspoken intentions start to surface.