Felipe Cazals (July 28th, 1937 - October 16th, 2021) was a Mexican film director, screenwriter and producer. Along with Arturo Ripstein, Jaime Humberto Hermosillo and Jorfe Fons, he is considered one of the most representative film directors of his generation. His masterworks The Humilliated (Las inocentes, 1986), Las Poquianchis (1976), The Heist (El Apando, 1976) and Canoa (1976), make him to be considered as one of the most creative and bitter-critic filmmaker in the history of Latin-American movies. Canoa was entered into the26th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize. His 1973 film Thoe Years (Aquellos Años, 1974) was entered into the 8th Moscow International Film Festival where it won a Special Prize.
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Biography from TMDB.
- July 28, 1937
- October 16, 2021 (aged 84)
- Mexico City, Mexico
- Director, writer, producer and actor
- 8 on MovieCove · 35 credits in all
What are Felipe Cazals' films like?
Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Power.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 5
Light 0 · Serious 2 · Dark 4
A split, not a type: Grounded 3 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 1
Gentle 0 · Charged 4 · Intense 2
Steady 1 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 2
Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0
Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 0
Casual 2 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 2
Easy watch 1 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 4
A split, not a type: Resolved 4 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 2
Roles they play
- Tricksteras Salesman in Familiaridades (1969)
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet1
- Tragic4
- Ambiguous1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Felipe Cazals' films?
As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 8 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Felipe Cazals' titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
35 credits, 8 with a MovieCove page.
Ciudadano Buelna(2013)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
Chicogrande(2010)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
Las vueltas del citrillo(2005)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
Digna: Worthy to Her Last Breath (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
Duck Season (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
His Most Serene Highness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
Herod's Law(1999)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
Kino: The Legend of the Black Priest (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)
Undressed and Unruly (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)
Love Bubbles (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)
The Wrath of a God (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)
Dulce espiritu (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)
El tres de copas(1986)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Luz's Motives (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)
The Humiliated (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)
Under the Shrapnel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)
The Seven Cucas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)
The Great Victory (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)
Rigo is Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)
Crónica íntima (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)
La Güera Rodríguez (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)
The Year of the Plague (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)
Las Poquianchis (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)
The Heist (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)
Canoa: A Shameful Memory(1975)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Those Who Live Where the Soft Wind Blows (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)
Those Years (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)
Aunt Isabel's Garden (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)
Emiliano Zapata (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)
The Olympics in Mexico(1969)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
The Children's Hour (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)
Familiaridades(1969)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
The Apple of Discord (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)
Leonora Carrington or The Ironic Spell (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)
Que se callen... (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)
Career shape
A full career of 35 titles from 1965 to 2013.
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Felipe Cazals' films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 64th percentile, the median of all 8; across their 6 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 58th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up3
- 50th to 74th3
- 25th to 49th2
Shape of the crowd
3 of their 8 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved2
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser3
- Mixed2
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Felipe Cazals work with?
People who share at least 2 of Felipe Cazals' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Damián Alcázar shares the most, 3.
Actors
- Damián AlcázarShared titles: Ciudadano Buelna (2013), Chicogrande (2010), Las vueltas del citrillo (2005)See all 3 shared titles with Damián Alcázar
- Jorge ZárateShared titles: Ciudadano Buelna (2013), Las vueltas del citrillo (2005)See all 2 shared titles with Jorge Zárate
- Enrique LuceroShared titles: El tres de copas (1986), Canoa: A Shameful Memory (1975)See all 2 shared titles with Enrique Lucero
Cinematographers
- Ángel GodedShared titles: Las vueltas del citrillo (2005), El tres de copas (1986)See all 2 shared titles with Ángel Goded
Producers
- Mario Lemus LazoShared titles: Ciudadano Buelna (2013), Chicogrande (2010), Las vueltas del citrillo (2005)See all 3 shared titles with Mario Lemus Lazo
- Christian ArrietaShared titles: Ciudadano Buelna (2013), Chicogrande (2010)See all 2 shared titles with Christian Arrieta
- Fernando GouShared titles: Chicogrande (2010), Las vueltas del citrillo (2005)See all 2 shared titles with Fernando Gou
Mixed roles
- Tomás Pérez TurrentShared titles: Canoa: A Shameful Memory (1975), Familiaridades (1969)See all 2 shared titles with Tomás Pérez Turrent