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Arturo Ripstein

Arturo Ripstein

Directing

December 13, 1943 (82 years old)
Mexico City, Mexico
Male
82 Movies
5 TV Shows

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."

Dulce Desafío
Dulce Desafío

Dulce Desafío

1988 6.8

Director

Age 44 (now 82)
100 eps
Simplemente Maria
Simplemente Maria

Simplemente Maria

1989 7.4

Director

Age 45 (now 82)
150 eps
Jugaremos en el bosque
Jugaremos en el bosque

Jugaremos en el bosque

2024 7.0

as Don Francisco (Patriarca)

Age 80 (now 82)
The Specter's Road
The Specter's Road

The Specter's Road

1967 8.3

as Matilde's Son

Age 24 (now 82)
The Queen of Spain
The Queen of Spain

The Queen of Spain

2016 5.2

as Sam Spiegelman

Age 72 (now 82)
Familiarities
Familiarities

Familiarities

1969 6.7
Age 25 (now 82)
The African Lover
The African Lover

The African Lover

1985 5.8
Age 41 (now 82)
The Flight of the Stork
The Flight of the Stork

The Flight of the Stork

1979 4.3

as Cliente banco

Age 35 (now 82)
Los novios de mis hijas
Los novios de mis hijas

Los novios de mis hijas

1964 6.6
Age 20 (now 82)
There Are No Thieves in This Village
There Are No Thieves in This Village

There Are No Thieves in This Village

1965 5.9
Age 21 (now 82)
Triángulo
Triángulo

Triángulo

1992 8.5

Director

Age 48 (now 82)
80 eps
Mariana
Mariana

Mariana

1968 6.0
Age 24 (now 82)
The Exterminating Angel
The Exterminating Angel

The Exterminating Angel

1962 7.9

Assistant Director

Age 18 (now 82)
La sonrisa del Diablo
La sonrisa del Diablo

La sonrisa del Diablo

1992 7.0

Director

Age 48 (now 82)
115 eps
Cuartelazo
Cuartelazo

Cuartelazo

1977 6.3

as Embajador

Age 33 (now 82)
Internet Junkie
Internet Junkie

Internet Junkie

2015 5.0

as Roberto

Age 71 (now 82)