Query: Biographical films about Mexico
Domain: films
Relevant documents:
Eisenstein in Guanajuato
Gertrudis (film)
Gloria (2014 film)
Sobre las olas (film)
Porfirio Díaz (film)
Cabeza de Vaca (film)
Walker (film)
Pero sigo siendo el rey
Simón Bolívar (1942 film)
Miroslava (film)
Frida Still Life
Dreams of Love (1935 film)
The Eternal Feminine (2017 film)
Cesar Chavez (film)
Evidence from documents: Eisenstein in Guanajuato: '''''Eisenstein in Guanajuato''''' is a 2015 biographical romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Peter Greenaway. Starring Elmer Bäck as Soviet film director Sergei Eisenstein, alongside Stelio Savante, Lisa Owen, Maya Zapata, Luis Alberti, Jakob Öhrman, Rasmus Slätis, and Raino Ranta, the film is an international co-production between companies in the Netherlands, Mexico, Belgium, Finland and France.


''Eisenstein in Guanajuato'' premiered at the 65th Berlin International Film Festival in the main competition section on 11 February 2015. The film was voted to the bottom place by the Screen International's critics’ jury and subsequently ignored by the official jury.


The film opened theatrically 18 June in the Netherlands, 8 July in France, 4 September in Finland, and 22 January 2016 in Mexico. It was granted a very limited theatrical release in the United States on 5 February 2016.
Gertrudis (film): '''''Gertrudis''''' is a 1992 Mexican biographical film about the life and execution of Gertrudis Bocanegra, a noted female insurgent of the Mexican War of Independence. It stars Ofelia Medina in the title role and was directed by her brother, Ernesto Medina.
* Ofelia Medina as Gertrudis Bocanegra
* Angélica Aragón as Pilar Molina
* Fernando Balzaretti as Miguel Alzate
Gloria (2014 film): '''''Gloria''''' is a 2014 Mexican drama film directed by Christian Keller, based on the life of Mexican pop singer Gloria Trevi. It was one of fourteen films shortlisted by Mexico to be their submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards, but it lost out to ''600 Miles''.
The film chronicles the life of one of Latin America's biggest pop icons, Gloria Trevi. The film opens with Gloria at an audition for the popular music composer, Sergio Andrade. She impresses Andrade and earns a spot as a member of the Mexican pop group ''Boquitas Pintadas''. The group fails to achieve much fame, but Sergio notices Gloria's potential as a solo artist, and grooms her as such from then on. Gloria quickly becomes a huge success all over Latin America, but her career comes to a screeching halt when she is found in the middle of a controversial sex scandal.
Sobre las olas (film): obre las olas''''' (English: '''Over the Waves''') is a 1950 Mexican musical biographical film directed by Ismael Rodríguez and starring Pedro Infante, Beatriz Aguirre and Andrés Soler.
Porfirio Díaz (film): '''''Porfirio Díaz''''' is a 1944 Mexican historical film
Cabeza de Vaca (film): ''''Cabeza de Vaca''''' is a 1991 Mexican film about the adventures of Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca (c. 1490 – c. 1557), an early Spanish explorer, as he traversed what later became the Southeast United States.
Walker (film): In 1853, soldier-of-fortune William Walker flees Mexico, after a failed attempt to incite an armed insurrection.
Pero sigo siendo el rey: The film is a biopic that portrays the life of Mexican singer-songwriter José Alfredo Jiménez, and its title comes from Jiménez's song "El Rey".
Simón Bolívar (1942 film): a 1942 Mexican historical drama film directed by Miguel Contreras Torres and starring Julián Soler, Marina Tamayo and Carlos Orellana. It is a biopic of the revolutionary Simón Bolívar who fought to end Spanish rule over much of Latin America.
Miroslava (film): '''''Miroslava''''' is a 1993 Mexican drama film directed by Alejandro Pelayo and starring Arielle Dombasle, Claudio Brook and Milosh Trnka. The film portrays the life of the Czech-born actress Miroslava, who became one of the biggest stars in Mexico before her suicide in 1955.
Frida Still Life: ''Frida Still Life'' opens with Frida Kahlo's coffin laid out in the Bellas Artes palace in Mexico City. Throughout the film, we see a series of flashbacks of Kahlo's life as she lies on her deathbed.
Dreams of Love (1935 film): films about Mexico: '''''Dreams of Love''''' (Spanish: '''''Sueño de amor''''') is a 1935 Mexican historical drama film directed by José Bohr and starring Claudio Arrau, Julieta Palavicini and Consuelo Frank.
Biographical: The film portrays the life of the composer Franz Liszt, in particular his relationship with George Sand.
The Eternal Feminine (2017 film): '''''The Eternal Feminine''''' () is a 2017 Mexican biographical film based on Mexican poet and author Rosario Castellanos.
Cesar Chavez (film): '''''Cesar Chavez''''' is a 2014 Mexican-American biographical film