Angelina Peláez
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Biography: Teacher Angelina Peláez is a graduate of INBA, with subsequent studies of Spanish Literature at UNAM. It was perfected with the teacher Héctor Mendoza. Since 1976 she has worked as a teacher at the Centro Universitario de Teatro (CUT), she also teaches at the CEA of Televisa and at the National School of Theater Art of INBA. With a career of 42 years, Angelina has participated in films such as Between Pancho Villa and a naked woman, Man on fire, Mezcal, The same moon and Five days without Nora. For the latter, she won the Ariel Award for Best Female Co-Acting.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Birthday: July 23, 1944
Adult: No
Gender: Female
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Pilgrim
Overview: A beautiful artist helps an amnesiac piece together his identity and evade a gangster on his trail.
Genres: Thriller Action Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-03-31
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Man on Fire
Overview: Jaded ex-CIA operative John Creasy reluctantly accepts a job as the bodyguard for a 10-year-old girl in Mexico City. They clash at first, but eventually bond, and when she's kidnapped he's consumed by fury and will stop at nothing to save her life.
Genres: Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-04-23
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¡Que viva México!
Overview: After his grandfather's death, a man travels with his wife and kids to his hometown, where chaos ensues with his relatives over the inheritance.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2023-03-23
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Tamara and the Ladybug
Overview: Tamara, a woman with a mental disability, tries to return a borrowed baby to his parents, but she can't remember where she found him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2016-11-18
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A Wonderful World
Overview: A fairy tale about the political and socioeconomic realities of Mexico.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2006-03-17
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Nora's Will
Overview: Jose learns that Nora, the woman he was married to for 30 years and from whom divorced, has committed suicide. The rabbi explains Joseph that due to the celebrations this time of the year, if Nora is not buried that same day, they should wait at least 5 days for the funeral. Nora had planned before his death, a Machiavellian plan in order that Joseph was the one who has to take care of his funeral. But Nora forgot a small detail, a mysterious photograph stored under her bed, that will remind Joseph that the greatest love stories, sometimes are hidden in the smallest places.
Genres: Drama Action Comedy Thriller
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2008-10-06
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Divine
Overview: "La Nueva Jerusalem" is a small community of believers lead by Papá Basilio and Mamá Dorita. They're waiting for the second coming of Christ, so they've abandoned the world, searching for a new spiritual life. Mamá Dorita sees in young Tomasa the signals of the chosen one. The young girl will be the new leader in "La Nueva Jerusalem".
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1998-09-16
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Matrimonio y mortaja
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Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1992-01-01
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Rage
Overview: Alan and his father Alberto flee from the painful loss of his mother. While hiding in a secluded housing unit, Alan discovers hidden messages from his uncle that lead him to believe that his father is a werewolf. His life and his neighbors’ lives are in danger. Alan decides to do something once for all. Destroying the beast does not seem a far-fetched plan in the violent reality he lives day by day.
Genres: Horror Drama Thriller
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2023-06-03
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The Precocious and Brief Life of Sabina Rivas
Overview: In the Mexican-Guatemalan border, young teenage lovers, Sabina and Jovany, both Hondurans, accidentally meet again after some years without seeing each other. She plans to get to the United States and dreams about being a great singer; he commits all the required atrocities to be accepted by the gang: la Mara Salvatrucha. Sabina and Jovany crashed with the most adverse conditions at the border like white slavery, the Mexican and American migratory agents Burrona and Patrick, the brothel matron Doña Lita, Don Nico the Mexican Consul in Tecún Umán, the drug trafficking networks, the army and la Mara Salvatrucha.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2012-11-09
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Visitors
Overview: When Daniel is possessed by a strange being it tries to bring back from the other world the rest of its companions in the bodies of Ana, Daniel’s wife, and Sebastian, their six year old son. Ana watches in horror as her family is transformed and sees her own possession, and tries to stop the process that seems to be irreversible.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2014-12-18
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The Desert Within
Overview: To redeem himself from a great sin, a man dedicates himself to building a church.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2008-03-11
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Mezcal
Overview: A group of beings permeated by the lack of love, guilt, pain and a desire for revenge, meet on the day of a storm at a cantina in the mythical town of Parián, a place where all roads and all destinies converge. There they find consolation for their woes in mezcal and in the distress of the others.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-06-15
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The Miracle
Overview: A miracle is about to happen, Margarita, like everyone wants to attend, but Alfonso, her husband, believes that everything is a sham.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2003-10-28
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My dear Tom Mix
Overview: Joaquina is aging in a small Mexican village in the 1920s. Her life is boring and she spends her days dreaming of her hero, cowboy Tom Mix. Everything Joaquina wants is to meet him. Her life changes when a bunch of bandits appears nearby. It's time for Tom Mix to stop the thieves and fulfill Joaquina's dreams of adventure.
Genres: Western Action Adventure
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1992-12-25
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Enemies
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1996-01-01
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Asylum: Twisted Horror & Fantasy Tales
Overview: Brandon prepares to give his last stand-up comedy show. As his stories and jokes pass, the public begins to cheer up. But at that precise moment Brandon will realize that these stories have a strong relationship with his past. More than he imagines.
Genres: Comedy Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-07-02
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Between Pancho Villa and a Naked Woman
Overview: Gina is a modern business woman in her late forties, she has a lover named Adrian, who she sees once in a while just to have sex; they are both atracted to the historic figure of Pancho Villa, while he admires his power, she admires his virility. As Gina helps Adrian (who is a journalist) to write a book about Pancho Villa, she discovers the similarity between Villa's relation to women to that of Adrian and hers. She gets sick of only having sex, and when she decides to get married with him and have a baby, he escapes to buy cigarrettes and gets lost for three months. Gina forgets about him and gets a new boyfriend (half the age she is), and when Adrian tries to get her back and she refuses him and humiliates him, the one and only Pancho Villa appears as his machista conscience ready to do anything to get Gina back.
Genres: History Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-04-11
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Presencias
Overview: A man who loses his wife and goes to seclude himself in a cabin in the woods, where strange things happen.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2022-09-07
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Under the Same Moon
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2007-07-27
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If I Never See You Again
Overview: Five elderly men form a music group and run away from the nursing home where they are interns with the hope of playing for an audience. They confront th city, the nursing home authorities, the police and all those who wish to destroy their dream which finally comes true when they are contracted to serve as musical background for strippers of a second class cabaret. In case i never see you again, is a movie about life, death, melancholy and the quest for happiness.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1997-11-18
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El Infierno
Overview: After being deported back to Mexico, a man has no choice but to join the vicious drug cartel that has corrupted his hometown in order to survive.
Genres: Action Crime Western Comedy Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2010-09-03
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Los No Invitados
Overview: After years of suffering from a sleep disorder, Asunción turns to a specialist who will help her discover the causes of her insomnia.
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2003-10-04
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Casa de los Babys
Overview: A group of women, including Skipper, the wealthy young Jennifer and the domineering Nan, journey from the United States to South America in hopes of easily adopting children. Unfortunately, their plans are complicated by local laws that require the women to live in the foreign nation for an extended period before they can take in orphaned kids. While stuck in another country, the women bond as they share their aspirations and anxieties.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-09-19
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The Devil's Visitations
Overview: A young architect returns from Europe to live in the house of his uncles and cousins, where someone pretends to be the Devil.
Genres: Drama Mystery Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1968-08-15
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M.A.M.Ó.N.: Monitor Against Mexicans Over Nationwide
Overview: M.A.M.O.N. (Monitor Against Mexicans Over Nationwide) is a satirical fantasy sci-fi short film that explores with black humor and lots of VFX the outrageous consequences of Donald Trump´s plan of banning immigration and building an enormous wall on the Mexico - US border.
Genres: Science Fiction Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-10-30
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The Mexican
Overview: Jerry Welbach, a reluctant bagman, has been given two ultimatums: The first is from his mob boss to travel to Mexico and retrieve a priceless antique pistol, known as "the Mexican"... or suffer the consequences. The second is from his girlfriend Samantha to end his association with the mob. Jerry figures alive and in trouble with Samantha is better than the more permanent alternative, so he heads south of the border.
Genres: Action Comedy Crime Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-03-01
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El amor de tu vida S.A.
Overview: A company helps people by arranging romantic dates, offering them to find for the ideal lover.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1996-07-26
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Son of Monarchs
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2021-10-15
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