Movies by Lilia Prado

The Useless Life of Pito Pérez
A man goes on a trip and then returns to his village pretending that everything went well for him.

Lovers of the Lord of the Night
Venusita falls in love with the son of a wealthy family whose mother sends her son off to the United States in order to keep the two apart. Not to be rejected so easily, Venusita visits Saurina the sorceress who comes up with a spell that kills off the merchant and zaps the son back home, but Venusita's problems are far from over.

Si fuera una cualquiera

The Poulterer Hawk
Two bumpkins in the big city fight over the same girl, until they realize that she's playing them against each other.

El rincón de las vírgenes
"Faith-healer" develops a cult-like following in 1920s Jalisco.

Perez Family
Gumaro Pérez must fulfill all the whims of his wife, who is sworn lady of society even though the Pérez are not a wealthy family. In order not to look bad with his wife, Gumaro asks for a loan, but when he receives it, all his co-workers take it from him since he owes everyone money.

Más Buenas que el Pan
After winning a bet, Lalo goes on vacation with his two daughters and his best friend, they will try to keep Lalo's daughters away from perverted boys.

Asesinos de la lucha libre
Cowboy sheriff investigates the murder of a crooked lucha-libre promoter.

La Puerta Negra

El reino de los gángsters
Johnny Carmenta is a gunman who heads a gang of gangsters. Carmenta secretly acts as a kind of El Zorro, helping the unprotected.

Cinco nacos asaltan Las Vegas
Five friends decide to go to Las Vegas to get money and one of them thinks of robbing a casino.

Después de la tormenta
This Mexican melodrama may have been released above the border as After the Storm. The principal characters are a pair of twin lighthouse keepers. They try their best to live together with their wives under the same roof, but the delicate balance is shattered when one of the brothers falls in love with his sister-in-law. When one twin is lost during a storm, the other assumes his identity, with the expected romantic complications. If Despues de la Termenta sounds familiar, it is because the screenplay was inspired by the 1946 Bette Davis veh...

Cuando acaba la noche
Newspaper reporter interests himself in contesting a manslaughter verdict on behalf of the son of a woman who saves his life.

Confidencias de un ruletero
Taxi driver takes the wrong passenger at the wrong time and gets caught up in a murder investigation.

Adiós Lagunilla, adiós
Middle-aged couple's adult children decide to emigrate to USA. Third movie in trilogy.