Ernesto Gómez Cruz

Ernesto Gómez Cruz

November 8, 1933 · 92 years old

Ernesto Gómez Cruz (November 8, 1933 - April 6, 2024) was a prolific Mexican actor with more than 154 films. In his beginnings, he began as a photographer in his native Veracruz, where he met a friend who invited him to study dramatic art. In his notes from yesterday, he mentions that he wanted to…

Known For

17 titles
1
Bandidas

Bandidas

2006 · 1h 33m · Movie

In turn-of-the-century Mexico, two very different women become a bank-robbing duo in an effort to combat a ruthless enforcer terrorizing their town.

5.7
2
The Crime of Padre Amaro

The Crime of Padre Amaro

2002 · 1h 58m · Movie

Politics and sexual passions threaten to corrupt a young, newly-ordained priest in a small Mexican town.

6.7
3
Hell

Hell

2010 · 2h 29m · Movie

After being deported back to Mexico, a man has no choice but to join the vicious drug cartel that has corrupted his hometown in order to survive.

7.6
4
Herod's Law

Herod's Law

1999 · 2h 3m · Movie

A naive man appointed as an acting mayor of a small town turns into a corrupt politician capable of anything to stay in power.

7.8
5
El Norte

El Norte

1983 · 2h 21m · Movie

After their family is killed in a government massacre, siblings Enrique and Rosa flee Guatemala and embark on a perilous journey to "El Norte": the United States.

7.7
6
Midaq Alley

Midaq Alley

1995 · 2h 20m · Movie

The lives of men and women living on Callejón de los Milagros in Mexico City.

7.3
7
Canoa: A Shameful Memory

Canoa: A Shameful Memory

1976 · 1h 55m · Movie

A group of university employees arrive in a small village during a hiking expedition. Once there, the local priest accuses them of being university students who're attempting to spread communism and mobilizes the townspeople to ly...

7.8
8
Un mundo maravilloso

Un mundo maravilloso

2006 · 1h 58m · Movie

The minister of Economy gives a house, a car and job to a man who tried to jump from a building because of his poverty; soon, every poor tries the same strategy.

6.9
9
Highway Patrolman

Highway Patrolman

1991 · 1h 44m · Movie

Against his father's wishes, Pedro, a naive kid from Mexico City, joins the Federal Highway Patrol. His simple desire to do good rapidly comes into conflict with the reality of police work.

7.1
10
Erendira

Erendira

1983 · 1h 43m · Movie

While Erendira, a beautiful teenage girl, has a surreal mystical vision, her grandmother's house catches on fire and burns to the ground. Her grandmother holds Erendira responsible and, in order to extract restitution from the gir...

6.7
11
Life Sentence

Life Sentence

1979 · 1h 35m · Movie

A former felon is blackmailed by a corrupt policeman and forced to commit a crime.

7.1
12
The Realm of Fortune

The Realm of Fortune

1986 · 2h 10m · Movie

Poor 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.

7.3
13
Letters from Marusia

Letters from Marusia

1975 · 1h 50m · Movie

It is 1925 and working conditions in Chile are abysmal. The miners of Marusia go on strike, but the mine owners and the Government use the Chilean Army crush them.

6.9
14
Santos peregrinos

Santos peregrinos

2004 · 1h 34m · Movie

When greed comes calling, say goodbye to saintliness.

4.8
16
La prima

La prima

2018 · 1h 34m · Movie

A woman seeks love and is not sexually satisfied by her husband. At one point, he leaves her alone for a while and her young, handsome and successful cousin seduces her.

3.9
17
Cómo Filmar Una XXX

Cómo Filmar Una XXX

2017 · 1h 40m · Movie

Ulises Alpuyeca looks for his first opportunity to film a movie. After several rejections, an opportunity finally arrives, although it was not what he expected.

5.2