Mario Alberto Rodríguez

Macario

Poor, hungry peasant Macario longs for just one good meal on the Day of the Dead. After his wife cooks a turkey for him, he meets three apparitions, the Devil, God, and Death. Each asks him to share his turkey, but he refuses all except Death. In return, Death gives him a bottle of water which will heal any illness. Soon, Macario is more wealthy than the village doctor, which draws the attention of the feared Inquisition.

¡El que no corre... vuela!

After mistakenly going to jail, Maria makes friends with a woman whose kids live in the streets and Maria gets the idea to help them.

¡¡Cachún Cachún Ra-Ra!! (Una loca, loca, preparatoria)

High-school hijinks and song/dance numbers.

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.

Los Caciques

A bad man holds the power of life and death over the inhabitants of a village... for no apparent reason... and he's fond of torturing them, tying them to crosses and leaving them to die. A cowboy with necromantic powers comes along and leads a rebellion to overthrow that reign of terror.

Ghost Town

A vampire is on the loose in an old west town.

Burlesque

Recreation of a nightclub's burlesque show, alternating between dance numbers and bits of narrative involving performers backstage or audience members.

El ánima de Sayula

Casadas en Apuros

Comedy about infidelities between several engaged couples.