FILM DIRECTOR

Arturo Ripstein

1943 - Today

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Arturo Ripstein y Rosen (born December 13, 1943) is a Mexican film director and screenwriter. Considered the "Godfather of independent Mexican cinema", Ripstein's work is generally characterized by "somber, slow-paced, macabre melodramas tackling existential loneliness", often with a grotesque-like edge.He is a nine-time Ariel Award winner, including five for Best Picture and two for Best Director. Three of his films have been nominated for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Arturo Ripstein has received more than 109,688 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Arturo Ripstein is the 797th most popular film director (up from 867th in 2019), the 187th most popular biography from Mexico (up from 205th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Mexican Film Director.

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  • 110k

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  • 50.57

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.03

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Arturo Ripsteins by language

Over the past year Arturo Ripstein has had the most page views in the with 33,178 views, followed by English (15,975), and French (2,581). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Albanian (82.99%), Malayalam (66.67%), and Basque (59.70%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Arturo Ripstein ranks 797 out of 2,041. Before him are Martin Brest, Michel Audiard, Aleksei Balabanov, Uwe Boll, Ivan Pyryev, and Bruno Bozzetto. After him are George Sidney, Atom Egoyan, Karen Shakhnazarov, Eldar Shengelaia, Marlen Khutsiev, and Pierre Schoendoerffer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Arturo Ripstein ranks 362. Before him are Teruo Nimura, Pim Doesburg, Theodor Stolojan, Raúl Cubas Grau, Joan Van Ark, and Friedrich Kittler. After him are Eberhard Vogel, Katherine Karađorđević, Ertha Pascal-Trouillot, Crescenzio Sepe, Kenichi Ohmae, and Ling Liong Sik.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Arturo Ripstein ranks 187 out of 729. Before him are Luis Hernández (1968), Cesar Millan (1969), Miguel Pro (1891), Diana Bracho (1944), José María Bocanegra (1787), and Adriana Barraza (1956). After him are Manuel Gómez Pedraza (1789), Miguel Barragán (1789), Sergio Pérez (1990), Javier Lozano Barragán (1933), Laura Harring (1964), and Julio César Chávez (1962).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Mexico

Among film directors born in Mexico, Arturo Ripstein ranks 5. Before him are Guillermo del Toro (1964), Alejandro González Iñárritu (1963), Alfonso Cuarón (1961), and Emilio Fernández (1904). After him are Mario Van Peebles (1957), Guillermo Navarro (1955), Rodrigo Prieto (1965), Jorge Fons (1939), Carlos Reygadas (1971), and Michel Franco (1979).

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Filmography

The Exterminating Angel
Director
After a lavish dinner party, the guests find themselves mysteriously unable to leave the room.
May 16o 19627.947 / 10
The Virgin of Lust
Director
In Vera Cruz in the 1940s, Nacho, an Indian, waits tables at Don Lázaro's café at Hotel Ofélia. He falls for Lola, an opium-addicted, alcoholic whore who's hopelessly in love with Gardenia Wilson, a masked wrestler who slept with her once but knows she's unbalanced. Don Lázaro warns Nacho about Lola, and Nacho knows his love will be unrequited, but he'll do anything, regardless of how degrading, to be near her. Lola, for her part, can be sadistic. Republican exiles who are regulars at the café encourage Lola's desire to assassinate Franco. Nacho in turn mixes this political mirage with his fascination with the plot of "The Mikado." Where do fantasies and obsessions lead?
Aug 30o 20026.877 / 10
Devil Between the Legs
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Mexico City. Every day, Beatriz is insulted and humiliated by her jealous husband, but she does not flee his side because they have created a codependency and, at least for her, she would not conceive of her life any other way: by dint of feeling humiliated, she feels desired and desirable.
Sep 12o 20196.643 / 10