Ángel Magaña

Fed up with the Spanish rule over the Argentinian territory, a long rebellion ensues, forcing people to choose between loyalty to their heritage and loyalty to their land.

A heart-warming and entertaining chronicle of Salesian priest Lorenzo Massa. His work in the Almagro neighborhood of Buenos Aires in the early 1900s led to the founding of San Lorenzo de Almagro, one of the best soccer clubs in Argentina. (Pope Francis, who grew up in this neighborhood in the 1940s, is a fan). (UCLA Film & Television Archive)

Nina Miranda leaves after spending 20 years imprisoned for a murder that she insists she did not commit, and recalls the time of her youth.

Two separate episodes that have in common the door which separates good from evil. In the first segment, "Alguien al teléfono" ("Somebody on the Phone"), Ángel Magaña tries to avenge the death of his sister, a girl who commits suicide over gambling debts. In the second, "El pájaro cantor vuelve al hogar" ("The Hummingbird Comes Home"), Roberto Escalada is a former inmate who whistles when commits crimes, and returns home where his blind mother awaits him, believing he has been reformed. (KG)

A couple, mistaken for criminals, travels the country carrying with them the money destined to pay for the ransom of a little boy who was kidnapped

When a young woman who knows nothing about housework falls in love, her grandmother and nanny make her seem like the ideal housewife in front of her boyfriend.

At the end of the 19th century, an army detachment arrives to confront the rebels. The commander-in-command recognizes Malena, an old love, who now lives on a ranch with her husband and son.