Juan Rulfo's books to screen adaptations
Juan Rulfo was brief but concise. His works, say those who say to know, have all gone from the book to the screen. "Pedro Paramo" has a handful of adaptations, "para un mocho"; including the highly anticipated Netflix production directed by Rodrigo Prieto. "El Gallo de Oro", born for the screen and portrayed in two stages and styles of Mexican cinema. New tales of "El Llano en Llamas" seem to appear even after his passing along with their films. One would say "he is dead but not."
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- DirectorRodrigo PrietoStarsManuel Garcia-RulfoTenoch HuertaDolores HerediaFollows a dusty road to a town of death. Time shifts from one consciousness to another in a hypnotic flow of dreams, desires and memories, a world of ghosts dominated by the figure of Pedro Páramo, lover, overlord, murderer.
- DirectorCarlos VeloStarsJohn GavinIgnacio López TarsoPilar PellicerHighly symbolic Mexican drama: Son searches for father during Mexican Revolution chaos. Archetypal figures appear amid violence. Contrasts son's quest with father's earthy lifestyle.
- DirectorJosé BolañosStarsManuel OjedaVenetia VianelloBruno ReyRemake of the 1967 literary adaptation, in which a wayfarer travels to a mysterious arid village to meet the father who long ago abandoned his wife.
- DirectorArturo RipsteinStarsErnesto Gómez CruzBlanca GuerraAlejandro ParodiPoor Dionisio finds himself as recipient of the good fortune, but soon he forgets that everything that goes up also has to go down, and that in the depressing nothingness of his town it is easy to die.
- DirectorRoberto GavaldónStarsIgnacio López TarsoLucha VillaNarciso BusquetsA poor, but very lucky man in the cock fighting, is hired by a rich man, but both are in love with the same woman
- DirectorMitl ValdezStarsRigoberto CarmonaCarlos Esteban ChávezUriel ChávezDifferent characters and situations taken from the narrative work of Mexican writer Juan Rulfo come together in this film. After arriving in Comala, Juan Preciado stays at the home of a couple of incestuous brothers; Juvencio Nava flees from various men who are pursuing him for the alleged murder, many years ago, of Colonel Guadalupe Terreros; Finally, two brothers-in-law take Natalia's dying husband to Talpa in the hope that the virgin will work a miracle and cure him.
- DirectorAlfredo B. CrevennaStarsVíctor Manuel MendozaLilia PradoJaime FernándezWhen his successful brother falls ill, a wastrel must step up to take over the family business. This leads to an adulterous, tragic relationship with his brother's wife.
- DirectorAlberto IsaacStarsAlfonso ArauEmilio FernándezRosalba BrambilaA group of women try to convince a peddler to join them in asking the canonization of Anacleto Morones; however, he tells them who Anacleto really was.
- DirectorFrançois ReichenbachStarsSalvador SánchezAhui CamachoAna De SadeTwo men seek help for their dying child in Mexico City.
- DirectorRubén GámezStarsJosé CastilloManuel GaitánPilar IslasAn irreverent essay, unified only by the author's unique voice, full of surreal moments and provocative scenarios related to intellectual debates about the Mexican national character.
- DirectorJuan Carlos RulfoStarsJuan CobiánCirilo GallardoJuan GallardoA young man sets out to the small town where his grandfather once lived to learn the story behind his death. There he learns from the town elders not only what happened to his grandfather but stories about old times and the ways the town has changed.
