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Negro (2014)
Character: N/A
After many years, Julian returns to the house where he grew up. He finds a closet that takes him back into the one of his most painful memories, one caused by his father.
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Mi mariachi (2018)
Character: N/A
When his father passes away, Juan Pablo inherits his guitar. Decided to continue his father's legacy, he abandons his career and becomes a mariachi.
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Tibiri (2005)
Character: Rolando
Enrique y Rolando son dos pránganas que trabajan montando equipos sonideros para los toquines de barriada a los que ellos mismos asisten. Soco, novia de Enrique, al parecer está embarazada. Luisa, madre de Rolando, es una lenona de buen corazón que da chamba a meretrices en desgracia, como Lola. Un psiquiatra se dedica a contratar los servicios de esas desvalidas pirujillas y a traficar con tachas. Uno de sus pacientes, Ramiro, es un esquizofrénico violento y padrotón que se convierte en su dealer.
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Rogelio (2001)
Character: Rogelio
A tragicomic short film imbued with magical realism that revolves around the theme of death, focusing specifically on the Mexican people's bond with the departed.
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La voz de un sueño (2018)
Character: N/A
At a pivotal moment in her singing career, Rocío discovers that her mother is ill and that her final wish is to meet with her again before she dies. After evading the past for 10 years, Rocío returns to her hometown from where she was once expelled. When confronting her family, she comes to understand that forgiveness is the key that will allow her to realize her full potential.
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Donde Corre el Agua (2024)
Character: N/A
Teenage orphan Luca leaves his hometown Chipilo for Mexico City, seeking fortune. There, he meets 24 year old trapeze artist Paulina, who teaches him love and life in the circus.
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Obdulia (1986)
Character: Genaro
Two sisters working hard to support their alcoholic father. The youngest sister "Obdulia" mutilates her hand in a work-related accident and her father tries to take advantage of the situation by demanding money from the workplace. Obdulia recovers from her accident and tensions arise with her family & boyfriend.
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Día de Muertos (2023)
Character: Vendedor de santería
Camila, after a couple of months of the loss of her parents, continues to mourn during the Day of the Dead, the colorful and festive traditions do not do justice to the loneliness and helplessness.
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Vestida de blanco (2023)
Character: Guillermo Tell
Ánxela, a 26-year-old Galician woman, has been planning her wedding for almost a year with Saúl, who runs an ice cream shop in the city of Santiago de Compostela. Her dream is to marry her fiancé and become a fashion designer. Uneducated, but trained in the humble sewing workshop of her mother and aunt, Anxela's life changes forever when a famous Mexican designer calls her to work in her haute couture workshop in Madrid. Far from being as she expected, her foray into the world of fashion will be full of entanglements.
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Alta Tensión (1997)
Character: N/A
A retired man that used to work for the National Electricity Company fight with his sons who want to get his money.
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Cruces Desiertas (2005)
Character: Nacho
In Juarez, border town between Mexico and the United States, hundreds of women disappear and are brutally murdered. In this city, where impunity and violence rule, a desperate mother seeks her daughter who has vanished without a trace.
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La mitad del mundo (2011)
Character: Chema
The story is about a young man suffering mental retardation and sexual awakening, poet is charismatic and has the ability to pay attention to those little insignificant details of everyday life. His new status as a lover will bring popularity and with it problems will expose prejudice and false morality of a blinded people to wash their sins charged with the death of the less guilty.
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El ombligo de la luna (1986)
Character: Ricardo
After the destruction of Mexico City by criminal gangs, a group of young people guided by Aztec beliefs and codices desperately search for the mythical Aztlán to inhabit it once again.
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Encrucijada (2004)
Character: Juan
Juan, a poor man who desperately needs money, goes out to a railroad crossroads and attempts to summon the devil. He wakes up in the morning at the crossroads, disappointed, when the devil arrives—it appears he has heard the summon after all. The Devil agrees to take him to get a lot of money - but the Devil's idea of answering a wish may be quite different from what Juan had in mind.
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En Medio de la Nada (1993)
Character: N/A
A retired union leader runs a restaurant by the highway with the help of his wife and his young son. One day a wounded criminal, his lover and his brother, all fugitives from law and being pursued by the woman's husband, forcefully seek out a hiding place. They take the family hostage until the delinquents are confronted.
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Pueblo de Madera (1990)
Character: N/A
In this film festival favourite, every day is magical in the tiny logging town of San Miguel de Cruces, Mexico, thanks to director Juan Antonio de la Riva, who captures the rhythms of small-town life through the stories of its inhabitants. From a young couple facing separation as the husband prepares to seek work in the United States to a pair of teens on the cusp of adulthood to the local movie theatre operator struggling to stay open after the introduction of satellite dishes, Pueblo de madera portrays a town—and a people—in transition.
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Zurdo (2003)
Character: Julian
Futuristic movie about Alejandro, a gifted left-handed child marble player who must win a competition as the entire town's hopes - and money - rest on him.
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The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005)
Character: Lucio
When brash Texas border officer Mike Norton wrongfully kills and buries the friend and ranch hand of Pete Perkins, the latter is reminded of a promise he made to bury his friend, Melquiades Estrada, in his Mexican home town. He kidnaps Norton and exhumes Estrada's corpse, and the odd caravan sets out on horseback for Mexico.
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Desde el más allá (2017)
Character: N/A
A group of ambitious new filmmakers wants to sell a broadcaster a television program involving ghosts and paranormal events. They have lots of special effects, but special effects aren't necesary when something from beyond is lurking.
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El Inicio (2025)
Character: Luis
Seeking refuge from a broken marriage, Pilar returns to her childhood home by the sea, only to find it buried beneath shifting dunes. Amid the ruins, she meets Luis and Miguel, two strangers whose paths intertwine with hers. Together, they embark on a transformative journey, uncovering the meaning of love, loss, and the resilience to shape their futures.
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Vidas Errantes (1987)
Character: Guillermo
Two traveling projectionists tour the villages of the mountains showing films in order to save money and build their own theater.
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Libre de Culpa (2017)
Character: N/A
Twenty-one-year-old Juan gets some terrible news from his doctor: he has aggressive lung cancer. His whole life turns upside down as the disease evolves.
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Al otro lado (2005)
Character: Rafael - The Father
This drama features three stories about the bonds between children and absent parents. A Cuban boy who lives in poverty with his mother longs to visit his father in the United States, a Moroccan girl attempts to reunite with her father, and in Mexico, and a boy disobeys his father to visit a strange lagoon. These related vignettes showcase the powerful hold that parents have upon their children, which often remains strong despite their absence.
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¡Hasta la madre del Día de las Madres! (2023)
Character: Jaime
Lidia and Manuel are a newlywed couple whose families have only met once. Now, they get together again to celebrate Mother’s Day. But there is a secret in the family that as soon as it explodes, will change it all. Esmeralda and Rosa must lean on each other to get through the day that seems to have something against them.
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¡Hasta la madre! del Día de los muertos (2023)
Character: Jaime
A sudden death reunites the Garcias and San Roman. Lidia and Manuel fight for their romance, but Francisco moves into the house. Lydia's promotion means settling in Monterey. Rosa manages her husband's memory while trying to bring Jaime into her life. The two families deal with death differently and prepare for a new life.
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La gran promesa (2018)
Character: Agente Macías
A desperate photographer kidnaps his own newborn daughter after his deceased fiance's ex-husband manipulates the law to gain custody of the child.
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El último profeta (2000)
Character: N/A
Juanito is an eight year old boy who can predict the future, therefore the whole town is scared of him.
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Noches de Julio (2018)
Character: Papá
Julio, a young man with few social skills, meets Mara, a girl with whom he shares a weakness for robbing other people's houses.
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Hijo de monarcas (2021)
Character: Don Gabino
A Mexican biologist living in New York returns to his hometown, nestled in the majestic butterfly forests of Michoacán. The journey forces him to confront past traumas and reflect on his hybrid identity, sparking a personal metamorphosis.
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B-167-980-098 (2018)
Character: N/A
The bodies of two young men are found in a small town in Northern Mexico, along with a AR15 weapon, which as we will follow back in time will see where it came from, the USA.
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Rito terminal (2000)
Character: N/A
Mateo loses his shadow when making a documentary in an indigenous community. He enters a magical and unknown world, losing the conviction to continue living in the city.
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Kino (1993)
Character: Benito
Propped up on his deathbed, a 17th century Spanish missionary named Father Kino (Enrique Rocha) looks back on his remarkable life and relives one of his greatest challenges: bringing the teachings of Christianity to California's native population while convincing the Spanish military to respect the Indians' traditions.
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¡Hasta la Madre de la Navidad! (2024)
Character: Jaime
Newlyweds Lidia and Manuel face their biggest challenge yet when they bring their wildly different families together for Christmas. As clashing personalities spark both hilarity and tension, their relationship hangs in the balance amidst the holiday chaos.
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Aztech (2020)
Character: N/A
Fragments of a meteor crash in Mexico and United States. Thirteen stories in different spaces and times happen in places of collisions .
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Yo no soy guerrillero (2017)
Character: Mayor
Mexico 1968: students are the public enemy. Mitch, a wealthy student of Monterrey, hijacks a plane to retrieve Beatrice, who has been kidnapped by the secret police six months ago. Armed with a gun, which he doesn't know how to use, and helped by his two friends as allies, Mitch will face the most bloodthirsty General and force him to release the love of his life.
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La misma luna (2007)
Character: Leonardo Sánchez Nava
Tells the parallel stories of nine-year-old Carlitos and his mother, Rosario. In the hopes of providing a better life for her son, Rosario works illegally in the U.S. while her mother cares for Carlitos back in Mexico.
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