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Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 84 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Armando Alvarez has lived and worked on his father's ranch in Mexico his entire life. As the ranch faces financial strains, Armando's younger brother Raul shows up and pledges to settle all his father's debts. It seems that Raul's success as an international businessman means the ranch's troubles are over, but when Armando falls for Sonia, and Raul's business dealings turn out to be less than legit, the Alvarez family finds themselves in a full-out...
Pub. Date
2007.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (108 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
"Para ayudar a un compadre, el vago Beto lo suple por un día como maletero en el aeropuerto, donde atienda a unas gringas y es abofeteado por María, sirvienta de Silvia. Esta, que viaje a Los Angeles para enfrentar un conflicto con su marido Arturo, deja a su hijo el niño Paquito con María. Como María malinterprete las señas que Silvia le hace a través de un vidrio, Paquito queda abandonado; Beto lo lleva a vivir con él en su cuarto de azotea,...
Pub. Date
2004.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD)(94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
Gabriel has not had good luck meeting women, so when he falls head-over-heels for Alejandra, he knows he has to do whatever it takes to make her his. But, when he loses sight of her in a packed nighclub, he is left finding ways to meet her again. His Cyrano bumblings and pack of stooges for friends take them on an emotional roller coaster ride. She becomes his inspiration to write a song that becomes a popular hit song.
Pub. Date
2005.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
The road adventures of a group of elderly musicians who escape from a Mexican nursing home and play in numerous clubs on the way to Tijuana, where their leader hopes to fulfill his friend's dying wish.
Las aventuras de un quinteto de ancianos que se escapa de una clínica en México y toca en varios clubes nocturnos camino de Tijuana para cumplir el deseo de una amiga que acaba de morir.
Series
Pub. Date
2003.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD)(approximately 102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
A comedy about crime in Mexico City and its effects on the city's inhabitants. A filmmaker finds himself the victim of crime and violence as frequently as three times a day.
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
"Javier (Eugenio Derbez) un hombre enamorado que descubre, poco despus de su boda y que cuyo mundo se derrumba cuando su esposa Mara (Alejandra Barros) le comunica que ama a otra persona, as que tiene que empezar de cero, sin trabajo ni dinero y con el departamento totalmente vaco, por lo mismo acude a terapias esotricas que usa la estrategia de adoptar a un perro para atraer las miradas femeninas, pero nada: Javier slo recuerda a su ex esposa; En...
Series
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (210 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
Los tres García: Comedia ranchera que narra la vida de tres primos educados por su abuela, cuyos padres fueron asesinados por los López, ladrones, asesinos y bandidos que se proponen matar a los jóvenes García. Fiestas mexicanas, llenas de colorido y alegría son el marco de esta película. Vuelven los García: Dos jóvenes que se aman de dos familias resentidas deberán elegir entre el honor de su apellido, la lealtad entre primos y el amor que...
10) El padrecito
Series
Pub. Date
2003.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (130 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
El padre Sebastán (Cantinflas) es nombrado como el nuevo ayudante del párroco de un pueblo pequeño. A pesar de que al principio no es muy bien recibido por la gente, poco a poco se va ganando sus corazones.
11) Casa de mi Padre
Author
Pub. Date
2012, c2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 84 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
Armando works on his father's ranch in Mexico, but the ranch has financial difficulties, then his brother Raul shows up and it seems that the ranch's troubles are over.
Pub. Date
2003.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD)(96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
Rodrigo and Roco are cousins with little in common but devotion to their grandfather. When the grandfather dies, other family members are consumed by the the old man's will and the distribution of the inheritance. The two cousins take it upon themselves to carry out their grandfather's wishes to have his ashes scattered into the sea at Acapulco and embark on a journey of self-discovery and mutual understanding.
Series
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
Three men share nothing but the same name: Angel Flores Fuentes. When a woman in search for her lost true love opens the telephone book, she has no option but to send a desperate love message to the three, hoping to obtain a response from the "real one."
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
After her boyfriend cheats on her, Martha decides to become a 'manizer' and joins an internet dating service. But when she finally meets her Prince Charming she has to choose between freedom or the chance to make a fairy tale love come true.
"Martha es una carismática y guapa diseñadora de interiores de 27 años que como cualquier mujer tiene el sueño de encontrar al hombre perfecto. Cuando cree haberlo encontrado, una sospecha hace que descubra...
15) Elsa & Fred
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
Elsa & Fred is a story about two people who, at the end of the road, discover that it's never too late to love-- or dream. Elsa is 82 years-old, while Alfredo is a bit younger than her. After losing his wife, Alfredo feels disturbed and confused, so his daughter suggests it would be best if he moved into a smaller apartment. There he'll meet Elsa. From that moment on, everything changes. Elsa bursts into his life like a whirlwind, determined to teach...
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
"Santiago y Eugenio son amigos y socios de toda la vida en un negocio de electrodomésticos. Un día, sin previo aviso y sin dejar huellas, Eugenio desaparece y Santiago comienza a buscarlo con Laura, la mujer de aquél..."--es.wikipedia.org.
Santiago and Eugenio are best friends who run a thriving electronics store together. One day, Eugenio doesn't come to work, and Santiago delays telling anyone while trying to figure out why. Then Laura, Eugenio's...
17) Casi divas
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Multiple
Description
"Four ambitious and beautiful young women from four very different worlds. Just like hundreds of others, they are caught up in the frenzy that sweeps the nation with Alejandro Mateos, one of the country's most powerful producers, dreams up a nationwide talent search to cast the lead in in his next big movie. But all this is news to Alejandro's on-again, off-again lover, Eva Gallardo, a diva of epic proportions, who expected to get the part. While...
18) Viola
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 63 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
A dazzling and delightful mystery about love and its follies from filmmaker Matías Piñeiro. VIOLA follows a young woman who joins a small Shakespeare theater company in Buenos Aires and becomes entangled in a seductive roundelay of romantic dalliances, intrigue and revelation. Official Selection at **Toronto International Film Festival** and the **Berlin International Film Festival**. *"Piñeiro's bold but graceful camera movements, exploring space...
Series
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (117 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
A toda maquina: "Esta divertida comedia, llena de acción, música y aventuras, presenta la habilidad del Escuadrón Acrobático de la Dirección de Tránsito, que con sus motocicletas dan una maravillosa demostración de su pericia y valentía, dentro de una trama donde se pone a prueba la lealtad entre dos amigos"--Container.
Qué te ha dado esa mujer?!: "Esta comedia musical narra la historia de dos hombres cuya amistad se ve afectada por supuestos...
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
El "ideal californiano" se convierte en una comica y divertida pesadilla cuando toda la poblacion Latina desaparece misteriosamente del "Estado Dorado".
California awakens one day to discover that one third of its population -- all Latino -- has vanished.
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