Arturo Ripstein
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."
Acting
Movie
The Queen of Spain
as Sam Spiegelman
2016
Movie
Jugaremos en el bosque
as Don Francisco (Patriarca)
2024
Movie
The Specter's Road
as Matilde's Son
1967
Movie
Speaking of Buñuel
as Self
2000
Movie
The Flight of the Stork
as Cliente banco
1979
Movie
Familiarities
1969
Movie
There Are No Thieves in This Village
1965
Movie
Cuartelazo
as Embajador
1977
Movie
Kurosawa: The Last Emperor
as Self
1999
Movie
Los novios de mis hijas
1964
Movie
Trail of Death
1981
Movie
Mariana
1968
Movie
Tras Nazarin: Following Nazarin
as Self
2015
Movie
The African Lover
1985
Movie
Adriana del Rio, actriz
as Self
1979
Movie
Internet Junkie
as Roberto
2015
Movie
Arturo Ripstein habla de Luis Buñuel
as Himself
2002
Movie
Recuerdo De Mi Presentación
as V.O. Sacerdote
2020
Movie
One Hundred Years with Juan Rulfo
as Self
2017
Movie
Memoria de Los Olvidados
as Narrator (voice)
2025
Movie
Where Is Juan Moctezuma?
as Self
2025
Crew
Movie
The Exterminating Angel
Assistant Director
1962
Movie
The Virgin of Lust
Director
2002
Movie
Devil Between the Legs
Director
2019
Movie
Castle of Purity
Director
1973
TV
Dulce Desafío
Director
1988
Movie
The Place Without Limits
Director
1978
Movie
Deep Crimson
Director
1996
Movie
No One Writes to the Colonel
Director
1999
Movie
Aunt Alejandra
Director
1980
Movie
The Black Widow
Director
1983
Movie
Life Sentence
Director
1979
TV
Simplemente Maria
Director
1989