Gustavo Miguel Alatriste (25 August 1922 – 22 July 2006)Profile of Gustavo Alatriste
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Biography

He was married from 1961 through 1967 to the actress

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. They had one daughter, actress Viridiana Alatriste (1963–1982). He was married several other times, to actresses

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, and

Sonia Infante Sonia Angélica Infante López (2 February 1944 – 16 July 2019), known as Sonia Infante, was a Mexican film and television actress. The daughter of Ángel Infante, she followed him and her uncle Pedro into an acting career. Her film debut was i ...

(the latter for 18 years) and had more than 20 other children, most of them in

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and

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. Multiple sons have his name. He began his career producing

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's ''

Viridiana ''Viridiana'' () is a 1961 Spanish-Mexican film directed by Luis Buñuel and produced by Gustavo Alatriste. It is loosely based on the 1895 novel ''Halma'' by Benito Pérez Galdós. The film was the co-winner of the Palme d'Or at the 1961 Canne ...

'' (1961), which starred his then-wife, actress Silvia Pinal. The film, considered one of the greatest in Cinema of Spain, was the first of three films by the trio. In the eighties, Alatriste was named vice president of the Mexican CANACINE film organization. Alatriste died of

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on 22 July 2006 in

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, although it was not made public until July 25, leading to confusion about the true date. ''La Crònica de hoy'' gives the date and time of death as Saturday, 22 July at 11:45pm, according to Alatriste's ex-wife Sonia Infante. It was actually 11:45AM, according to medical records.

Filmography

Producer

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'' (1980) *'' La grilla'' (1980) *''

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'' (1976) *'' Tecnologías pesqueras'' (1975) *'' Quien resulte responsable'' (1971) *'' La güera Xóchitl'' (1971) *''

Simón del desierto ''Simon of the Desert'' ( es, Simón del desierto) is a 1965 Mexican surrealist film directed by Luis Buñuel and starring Claudio Brook and Silvia Pinal. It is loosely based on the story of the ascetic 5th-century Syrian saint Simeon Stylite ...

'' (1965) *'' El ángel exterminador'' (1962) *''

'' (1961)

Director

*'' La combi asesina'' (1982) *'' Historia de una mujer escandalosa'' (1982) *'' Toña, nacida virgen (Del oficio)'' (1982) *'' Aquel famoso Remington'' (1981) *''

'' (1980) *'' La grilla'' (1979) *'' En la cuerda del hambre'' (1978) *''

México, México, ra, ra, ra ''México, México, ra, ra, ra'' is a 1975 Mexican film. It was directed by Gustavo Alatriste. External links * 1975 films Mexican crime comedy-drama films 1970s Spanish-language films Films directed by Gustavo Alatriste 1970s Mexican f ...

'' (1975) *'' Las tecnologías pesqueras'' (1975) *'' Los privilegiados'' (1973) *'' Entre violetas'' (1973) *'' Victorino (Las calles no se siembran)'' (1973) *''

'' (1971) *'' Q.R.R (Quien resulte responsable)'' (1970) *'' Los adelantados (Citintabchén)''

Actor

*'' Historia de una mujer escandalosa'' (1982) *'' Aquel famoso Remington'' (1981) *'' Victorino (Las calles no se siembran)'' (1973)

Writer

*'' Aquel famoso Remington'' (1981)

References

External links

Spanish profile on the page of the Mexican Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences
* 1922 births 2006 deaths Deaths from cancer in Texas Deaths from pancreatic cancer Mexican expatriates in the United States Mexican film directors {{Mexico-film-director-stub