Ignacio Retes

Ignacio Retes

José Ignacio Retes Guevara was a Mexican playwright, film, theater and television actor, director, and writer. Two-time winner of the Ariel Award. He studied at the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters of the National Autonomous University of Mexico in the 30s, where he was able to meet other prominent playwrights and directors of the time such as Rodolfo Usigli, Seki Sano and José Revueltas. He founded the University Theater of San Luis Potosí in 1937 and the theater company Lantern Magic with workers from the Mexican Union of Electricians. With Usigli he founded the company Midnight Theater (in reference to the free time that both had to collaborate in it); with Sano he would work as an assistant. In 1950 he made his directorial debut with "Los cuadrantes de la soledad" by José Revueltas, which reached 100 performances. Said montage also featured scenography designed by Diego Rivera. In 1944 he wrote his first play, "El día de Mañana". As a film actor, he made his debut in the 1950s and was directed by directors such as Jorge Fons, Felipe Cazals, Jaime Humberto Hermosillo, Sergio Olhovich and Arturo Ripstein. In his role as a screenwriter, he wrote the scripts for films such as Anguish Nights and Journey to Paradise, among others. He was also a public official, as director of the theaters of the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS), where he promoted the massive construction of public theaters, reaching 38 venues. In the 1960s he collaborated closely with the writer Vicente Leñero, with whom he made various works such as the theatrical version of Los albañiles and Los Niños de Sánchez, among others. The Hidalgo-Ignacio Retes Theater in Mexico City has been named after the actor since 2006 His son, Gabriel Retes, became a prominent actor, director and writer.

  • Title: Ignacio Retes
  • Popularity: 1.13
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1918-11-13
  • Place of Birth: Mexico City, Mexico
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Ignacio Retes Movies

  • 1979
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    Aunt Alejandra

    Aunt Alejandra

    7.1 1979 HD

    The arrival of Aunt Alejandra triggers a series of nightmarish events that will put the life of a family at mysterious risk.

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  • 1973
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    The Hard Years

    The Hard Years

    5 1973 HD

    Three boys, after participating in the events of 1968 in Mexico, find themselves in the need to get away from the social struggle

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  • 1986
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    Three of Cups

    Three of Cups

    5.5 1986 HD

    While touring the towns, two revelers meet a beautiful woman who awakens greed and passion in both.

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  • 1983
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    Deceitful Appearances

    Deceitful Appearances

    4.4 1983 HD

    The sexual misunderstandings caused by the real identity of a rich woman serve Hermosillo to satirize the moral and social hypocrisy of the...

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  • 1987
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    Mariana Mariana

    Mariana Mariana

    6.6 1987 HD

    The story runs in the 1940s Mexico City. A schoolboy (Carlos) falls in love with his best friend's mother (Mariana). Carlos is impressed because this...

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  • 1986
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    Los Naúfragos II: Los Piratas

    Los Naúfragos II: Los Piratas

    6.5 1986 HD

    The Cast Aways saga continues as the shipwrecked islanders discover a cave full of buried treasures, along with the bones of Pirates. They use the...

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  • 1986
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    Chido Guan, el tacos de oro

    Chido Guan, el tacos de oro

    4.7 1986 HD

    Street-punk drafted to soccer team, rises to stardom. Cuz he plays so good.

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  • 1987
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    Herencia maldita

    Herencia maldita

    5 1987 HD

    Mexican feature film

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  • 1984
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    Knock Out

    Knock Out

    6.2 1984 HD

    Rodrigo Zaracho, once a promising boxer, is in decline. While fleeing from a gang that is chasing him, he remembers his past.

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  • 1989
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    Hard Years: The birth of a guerrilla fighter

    Hard Years: The birth of a guerrilla fighter

    5 1989 HD

    The lives of Rolo, Chino and Boby take different courses since the student movement of the 60’s. Some years later, the friends meet again. Rolo...

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  • 1982
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    The flying pony

    The flying pony

    5 1982 HD

    Mythical and fantastic story on the wishes of a peasant boy, Diego, who become reality in the course of a day and a night. On the eve of his...

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  • 1976
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    Chin-Chin el Teporocho

    Chin-Chin el Teporocho

    5.5 1976 HD

    Rogelio’s story, a young man of humble origin in the neighborhood of Tepito, who falls in love with the daughter of a wealthy grocer, Michelle,...

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  • 1992
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    Playa azul

    Playa azul

    5 1992 HD

    A politician accused of fraud seeks refuge in a remote, hotel he owns. Joined by his wife, and children he requests aid from his friends. His friends...

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  • 1995
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    Bienvenido-Welcome

    Bienvenido-Welcome

    6.5 1995 HD

    During a business trip a married man has an affair with a blonde who leaves him the message "Welcome to the world of Aids"

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  • 1984
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    Motel

    Motel

    4.9 1984 HD

    The discovery of the mutilated body of a wealthy woman leads a detective to an isolated motel.

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  • 1985
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    El centro del laberinto

    El centro del laberinto

    5 1985 HD

    Mexican feature film

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  • 1997
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    If I Never See You Again

    If I Never See You Again

    7 1997 HD

    Five elderly men form a music group and run away from the nursing home where they are interns with the hope of playing for an audience. They confront...

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  • 1993
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    Encuentro Inesperado

    Encuentro Inesperado

    5.2 1993 HD

    Pilar Landeros, famous singer, comes to a huge and luxurious mansion from the airport. The journey has been long and Pilar wants to rest. Dismissed...

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  • 1977
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    El reventón

    El reventón

    4.3 1977 HD

    Wild-partying hippie-artist-dilettantes end up forming a revolutionary terrorist cell. The misfit Gato loses a lot of money in bets and his father...

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  • 1981
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    The Big Dead Dog

    The Big Dead Dog

    7 1981 HD

    In a small town a dead dog lays on the middle of the main street. A bureaucratic process begins to determine who is responsible for removing it

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  • 1979
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    El tahúr

    El tahúr

    7.3 1979 HD

    Three childhood friends; when they grow up, the poor boy is shut out from the possibility of romancing the girl because of class issues. He leaves...

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  • 1985
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    El rey de la vecindad

    El rey de la vecindad

    5.3 1985 HD

    Sentimental comedy about ups and downs in a working-class neighborhood.

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  • 1977
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    La casta divina

    La casta divina

    6.6 1977 HD

    Chronicle Caste War in Yucatan held in the nineteenth century, where the land and the people were the property of the landowners, who called...

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  • 1951
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    Doña Perfecta

    Doña Perfecta

    6.5 1951 HD

    Liberal farmer Pepe has arrived in Santa Fe to visit his aunt, Dona Perfecta. While he's there, Pepe is eager to teach the traditional-minded...

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  • 1978
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    The Year of the Plague

    The Year of the Plague

    5.1 1978 HD

    A terrible disease is found in a Mexican town. A doctor tries to alert the authorities when he discovers its epidemic nature. No one listen to him...

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  • 1982
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    The Eve

    The Eve

    5.3 1982 HD

    Aging politicians who have faded from the public eye hold a cocktail party to celebrate one friend's appointment to the President's Cabinet....

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  • 1983
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    Mundo mágico

    Mundo mágico

    4.8 1983 HD

    Anthology movie that presents 3 stories about romance.

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  • 1978
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    Paper Flowers

    Paper Flowers

    3.8 1978 HD

    On the thinnest of pretexts, a horde of homeless people descend on the apartments of two members of the comfortable middle class and proceed to loot...

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  • 1988
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    Lovers, Partners & Spies

    Lovers, Partners & Spies

    1 1988 HD

    Retired international police agent, now suburban housewife, is asked by her former partner to help him catch a serial killer.

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  • 1993
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    Amor a la medida

    Amor a la medida

    5 1993 HD

    Pop musician lives out a situation in which he throws over a good woman for a bad woman and then discovers the terrible secrets of her checkered...

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  • 1982
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    A Married Woman

    A Married Woman

    5.2 1982 HD

    Irene is a young housewife and mother who tries to raise her young family, love her husband and keep her home all the while studying her masters'...

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  • 1978
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    New World

    New World

    5.9 1978 HD

    Towards the end of the 16th century, the Spanish conquerors living in the New World faced a serious problem: the evangelization of the indigenous...

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  • 1971
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    Los Desalmados

    Los Desalmados

    5 1971 HD

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  • 1997
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    Esmeralda Comes by Night

    Esmeralda Comes by Night

    5.2 1997 HD

    The husbands of a charismatic nurse devise a plan to free her from prison when she is arrested for being a polygamist.

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  • 1984
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    Luna de sangre

    Luna de sangre

    6 1984 HD

    Mexican feature film

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  • 1979
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    Broken Flag

    Broken Flag

    6.4 1979 HD

    When a group of young filmmakers witness and film a crime of passion, the most outrageous blackmail of the century begins. By means of a fantastic...

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  • 1986
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    The Realm of Fortune

    The Realm of Fortune

    5.8 1986 HD

    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...

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  • 1955
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    La vida tiene tres días

    La vida tiene tres días

    5 1955 HD

    Big-city songwriter and small-town music student conduct a romance by mail, then finally meet.

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  • 1977
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    Cuartelazo

    Cuartelazo

    5.2 1977 HD

    Narration of one of the bloodiest episodes of the Mexican national history, The Tragic Ten, beginning when General Victoriano Huerta sent to kill...

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  • 1981
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    Everyone's Hell so Feared

    Everyone's Hell so Feared

    5.5 1981 HD

    The inner demons of an aspiring writer, whose dissatisfaction has pushed him to alcohol and drugs, lead him to his self-destruction under the guise...

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  • 1955
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    Melodías de amor

    Melodías de amor

    5 1955 HD

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  • 1992
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    Vintage Model

    Vintage Model

    5.6 1992 HD

    Life unravels when famous radio talk-show host Carmen (Sylvia Pinal) discovers she has just months to live. To tie up the loose ends of her life, she...

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  • 1981
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    Oficio de tinieblas

    Oficio de tinieblas

    4.8 1981 HD

    "Occupation of Darkness" - Set in 1934, and meant to dramatize social injustices, this melodrama examines an official's attempt at land reform. The...

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  • 1985
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    The Castaways of Liguria

    The Castaways of Liguria

    5 1985 HD

    A fire started by Harry Thompson destroys the Liguria, a legendary ship of the 19th century, and its treasure of gold and diamonds sinks in the sea....

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  • 1989
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    The Naked City

    The Naked City

    6.5 1989 HD

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  • 1979
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    Broken Flag

    Broken Flag

    6.4 1979 HD

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  • 1947
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    Albur de amor

    Albur de amor

    4.5 1947 HD

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  • 1985
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    Viaje al paraíso

    Viaje al paraíso

    4 1985 HD

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  • 1989
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    The Naked City

    The Naked City

    6.5 1989 HD

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  • 1985
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    Viaje al paraíso

    Viaje al paraíso

    4 1985 HD

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  • 1978
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    Paper Flowers

    Paper Flowers

    3.8 1978 HD

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