Over the Waves

Sep 13, 1950

2h 8m

★ 5.9

Overview

The life of the musician Juventino Rosas, who despite his talent lived an existence of misfortune and poverty.

Genres

Drama

Music

Romance

Production Companies

Producciones Rodríguez Hermanos

Over the Waves Trailers

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Cast

Juventino Rosas

Pedro Infante

Dolores

Alicia Neira

Lolita

Beatriz Aguirre

Ángela Peralta

Bertha Lomelí

Doña Carmen

Beatriz Jimeno

Calixta Gutiérrez de Alfaro

Prudencia Grifell

Marcial Morales

Andrés Soler

Pepe Reyna

José Luis Jiménez

Porfirio Díaz

Antonio R. Frausto

Juan de Dios

Miguel Manzano

In a small Mexican village the news shock neighbors, Ricardo Alfaro, a wealthy local rancher has disappeared without a trace. Taking advantage of the circumstance, Aurora Campos, a strong woman with overwhelming beauty, convinces the authorities to sell her the property in exchange for twelve thousand dollars. Soon after, when Ricardo suddenly reappears, a real battle is about to begin.

6.3

Oh, Love… How Have You Put Me!

Nov 23, 1951

A low-class baker accidentally gets to know an attractive but bitter fiancée. By getting her snobby, dead-pan family to spend some time with his scumbag friends, he changes their lives, while at the time stealing the girl's heart.

7.0

Autumn Days

Oct 31, 1963

Luisa is a small-town girl who works in the bakery of the widower Don Albino. Luisa dreams of marrying and loves children. Just as Don Albino shows interest in her, Luisa announces that she will marry soon with Carlos, the driver of a rich house whom she met recently...

7.2

La presidenta municipal

Sep 11, 1975

La India Maria becomes the municipal president due to a ballot typo.

7.5

Las Islas Marias

Aug 10, 1951

Las Islas Marias stars Pedro Infante as a man who must face time in jail, even though he never committed the crime. While on the inside, he learns important life lessons that actually make him a better man.

8.3

What a Father!

Feb 9, 2022

Pedro is a single man in his forties who likes to party, has no children and lives at night. Everything changes when he meets Alin. She mentions to him that she is looking for her dad and that there is a high probability that it is him.

6.0

La chamuscada (Tierra y libertad)

Jan 14, 1971

A sharecropper and his daughter, a swarthy beauty, flee from the hacienda on which they live and join the Mexican Revolution.

6.9

My General's Wives

Jul 13, 1951

The encounter with an old lover puts a revolutionary general in great danger of death.

8.1

Let Me Be with You

Jan 12, 2025

Lucía lives with an incurable disease, and Bruno was deported to Mexico with no place to sleep. An unexpected phone call brings them together in an emotional story of overcoming, reconstruction and hope.

7.0

Pastorela

Nov 11, 2011

Agent Jesus Juarez (aka Chucho) has always played the Devil in his town's Nativity Play. This Christmas, when the new pastor of the church recasts the role, the two men engage in a battle between good and evil.

5.9

Mexicanos al Grito de Guerra

Sep 16, 1943

In times of the French Intervention, a student of Nunó, author of the Mexican National Anthem, falls in love with the niece of the French Ambassador, which causes quite amusing complications.

5.0

La sombra del otro

Nov 13, 1957

Una divertida aventura de Viruta y Capulina en donde se verán enredados en un lío de boxeadores confundiendo tanto la situación que ni sus bellas amigas los podrán salvar de una gran golpiza.

6.7

Cuidado con el amor

Dec 8, 1954

Salvador accompanied by two friends of his father whom he calls uncles, they arrive at a fair in the village, there he meets Ana. When he wins a bet he is paid with a mortgaged house, to his surprise upon entering the hom he realizes that Ana and her mother live in it, provoking a funny entanglement with an explosive final.

8.3

Full Spead Ahead

Sep 13, 1951

A drifter lands a job as an officer in México City's elite motorcycle police unit and gets home with a mate of this unit. The mate is in love with a girl, but he and she are always making jealous to each other. The drifter and the mate get involved themselves in a fight to become the winner of conquering ladies and performing unit acrobatic tricks, interfering with their friendship and profession.

8.0

School for Tramps

Jan 27, 1955

Alberto Medina is a famous composer whose car breaks down while he is on a trip. While looking for help, he finds the Valverdes' house and is welcomed in by Emilia, the mother of the family, who is known for taking in tramps.

7.0

They also sing of pain

Aug 31, 1950

The movie starts with Braulio Peláez (Pedro Infante), a schoolteacher, having just fallen off his horse, representing the situation he and his family are in. The next scenes introduce the viewer to his family and their poor financial and social situation. As Braulio stumbles around looking for his glasses, he causes a famous film star, Alfonso de Madrazo (Rafael Alcaide) to crash his car. Braulio offers him to eat at his house as an apology. Braulio's sister and mother, big film fans, immediately recognise Alfonso and attempt to get him to bring the girl, Luisa Peláez (Irma Dolores) to Mexico City to become a film star. Alfonso agrees and tells them to come to the capital.

6.0

La mujer del puerto

Nov 7, 1949

Orphaned, abandoned by her fiance, forced into prostitution by the absence of "respectable" alternatives.And the-e-en...

7.0

Uno y medio contra el mundo

Nov 1, 1973

Small-time crook teams up with a street urchin for mutual support on the margins of society.

6.3

Pueblo Canto y Esperanza

May 17, 1956

Anthology-movie with episodes set in Cuba, Mexico and Colombia.

5.5

María Eugenia

Apr 1, 1943

Before marrying María Eugenia, landowner Carlos are away to visit her godmother to break the promise to marry his daughter. The godmother is dying, Carlos quiets and everything takes an unexpected course.