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Tomás Pérez Turrent(1935-2006)

  • Writer
  • Actor
  • Director
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Tales of Juan Rulfo During the 1950's, Mexico suffers in the transition to modernity. Bonfilio leaves his family with his father to go north in search of better luck. The conflicts between them resolve when Bonfilio comes back to say his last goodbye. Lucia, a prostitute and Demetrio a gravedigger, find each other on a night where love can only be complete when Demetrio buries her. Don Julio, a old landowner, is consumed with remorse after the departure of Cleotilde, whom he married out of convenience.
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Tomás Pérez Turrent was born on 15 January 1935 in San Andres Tuxtla, Veracruz, Mexico. He was a writer and actor, known for Canoa: A Shameful Memory (1976), Ulama (1986) and El complot mongol (1978). He was married to Gillian Turner. He died on 12 December 2006 in Mexico City, Mexico.
BornJanuary 15, 1935
DiedDecember 12, 2006(71)
BornJanuary 15, 1935
DiedDecember 12, 2006(71)
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    • 2 wins & 2 nominations total

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Canoa: A Shameful Memory (1976)
Canoa: A Shameful Memory
7.8
  • Writer
  • 1976
Ulama (1986)
Ulama
8.1
  • Writer
  • 1986
El complot mongol (1978)
El complot mongol
6.4
  • Writer
  • 1978
Diana Bracho, Leonor Llausás, Jorge Martínez de Hoyos, and Salvador Sánchez in Las poquianchis (De los pormenores y otros sucedidos del dominio público que acontecieron a las hermanas de triste memoria a quienes la maledicencia así las bautizó) (1976)
Las poquianchis (De los pormenores y otros sucedidos del dominio público que acontecieron a las hermanas de triste memoria a quienes la maledicencia así las bautizó)
7.2
  • Writer
  • 1976

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Writer



  • Pedro Armendáriz Jr. and Ana Claudia Talancón in Purgatorio (2008)
    Purgatorio
    5.7
    • writer
    • 2008
  • Paso del norte (2002)
    Paso del norte
    Short
    • Writer
    • 2002
  • Un pedazo de noche (1996)
    Un pedazo de noche
    5.9
    Short
    • Writer
    • 1996
  • Kino (1993)
    Kino
    6.4
    • writer
    • 1993
  • Vieja modernidad (1920-1924)
    Short
    • Writer
    • 1991
  • Los sueños perdidos (1905-1909)
    Short
    • Writer
    • 1991
  • Sandino (1990)
    Sandino
    6.2
    • screenplay
    • 1990
  • El otro crimen (1988)
    El otro crimen
    • Writer
    • 1988
  • La furia de un dios (1988)
    La furia de un dios
    6.5
    • screenplay
    • 1988
  • Ulama (1986)
    Ulama
    8.1
    • Writer
    • 1986
  • Las inocentes (1986)
    Las inocentes
    5.3
    • Writer
    • 1986
  • Vidas errantes (1985)
    Vidas errantes
    6.8
    • Writer
    • 1985
  • Alsino and the Condor (1982)
    Alsino and the Condor
    6.2
    • writer
    • 1982
  • Pueblo de Boquilla
    • Writer
    • 1981
  • Complot Petróleo: La cabeza de la hidra (1981)
    Complot Petróleo: La cabeza de la hidra
    • Writer
    • 1981

Actor



  • Simón Guevara and Ofelia Medina in Nocturno a Rosario (1992)
    Nocturno a Rosario
    6.6
    • 1992
  • Ángela Morante, ¿crimen o suicidio? (1981)
    Ángela Morante, ¿crimen o suicidio?
    5.3
    • Periodista
    • 1981
  • Tres historias de amor
    Short
    • 1978
  • El apando (1976)
    El apando
    7.6
    • Preso de la fajina
    • 1976
  • El perro y la calentura
    • 1976
  • Apuntes (1974)
    Apuntes
    • 1974
  • Reed: Insurgent Mexico (1972)
    Reed: Insurgent Mexico
    6.7
    • 1972
  • Familiaridades (1969)
    Familiaridades
    6.9
    • 1969

Director



  • Geologia
    Short
    • Director
    • 1967

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  • Born
    • January 15, 1935
    • San Andres Tuxtla, Veracruz, Mexico
  • Died
    • December 12, 2006
    • Mexico City, Mexico(heart attack)
  • Spouse
    • Gillian Turner

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    Author of books on Buster Keaton , Churubusco studios, Mexican cinema and Luis Bunuel.

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