Arturo Ripstein (Director)

Reviews of movies from director Arturo Ripstein

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Movies from this director have generally received positive reviews and hold an average rating of 61%.

Aunt Alejandra is Arturo Ripstein's highest rated movie, with a score of 67% based on 3 reviews.

The lowest rated film from Arturo Ripstein is The Reasons of the Heart, with a score of 53% based on 2 reviews.

Director 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.

Arturo Ripstein has directed films starring Patricia Reyes Spíndola, Eligio Meléndez, Alejandra Montoya and Carlos Chávez.