Movies by Héctor Ortega

Cuartelazo

Cuartelazo

Narration of one of the bloodiest episodes of the Mexican national history, The Tragic Ten, beginning when General Victoriano Huerta sent to kill President Francisco I. Madero, Vice President José María Pino Suárez and Senator Belisario Dominguez. The film recreates the moment of the execution at the hands of Huerta and his accomplices Bernardo Reyes, Félix Díaz and Manuel Mondragón.

Fray Bartolomé de las Casas

Fray Bartolomé de las Casas

Three moments in the life of Fray Bartolomé de Las Casas; his youth encounter with the natives; his resignation in maturity to lands and encomiendas to evangelize and defend justice and dignity against the cruelty of the Spanish and his reflections at the end of his life

El rincón de las vírgenes

El rincón de las vírgenes

"Faith-healer" develops a cult-like following in 1920s Jalisco.

Tivoli

Tivoli

While trying to save the famous Tivoli burlesque theater, the participants uncover a web of commercial corruption.