Adriana Barraza
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Biography: Adriana Barraza González (born 5 March 1956) is a Mexican actress, acting teacher, and director. In 1999 director Alejandro González Iñárritu cast her as the mother of Gael García Bernal's character in Amores perros, which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. In 2006, she collaborated with Iñárritu again in Babel, for which she received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Barraza is known in Mexico as Master Barraza from her partnership with Mexican director Sergio Jiménez, known as El Profe. They created the Actors Workshop in Mexico City, teaching and developing their own version of Method acting. Barraza began her career directing telenovela episodes, the actors in which she would also coach. In the 1990s she decided to step in front of the camera. She currently operates her own acting school located in Miami, Florida titled Adriana Barraza's Black Box. Instructors at the school include her husband Arnaldo and daughter Carolina.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Toluca, Estado de Mexico, Mexico
Birthday: March 05, 1956
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Gender: Female
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Amores Perros
Overview: A fatalistic car crash in Mexico city sets off a chain of events in the lives of three people: a supermodel, a young man wanting to run off with his sister-in-law, and a homeless man. Their lives are catapulted into unforeseen situations instigated by the seemingly inconsequential destiny of a dog.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2000-06-16
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Babel
Overview: In Babel, a tragic incident involving an American couple in Morocco sparks a chain of events for four families in different countries throughout the world.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-10-26
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Bibi
Overview: After receiving the unexpected news of his father Ernesto’s death, Ben Solis is forced to return to the Texas countryside he used to call home.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-07-20
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Rage
Overview: A schoolboy uses his cellphone camera to shoot intimate interviews with people working at a New York fashion house and secretly posts them on the internet. Result: a bitterly funny expose of an industry in crisis, during a week in which an accident on the runway becomes a murder investigation, and denial leads to devastation.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-09-24
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Henry Poole Is Here
Overview: Henry Poole abandons his fiancée and family business to spend what he believes are his remaining days alone. The discovery of a 'miracle' by a nosy neighbor ruptures his solitude and restores his faith in life.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-08-15
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Drag Me to Hell
Overview: After denying a woman the extension she needs to keep her home, loan officer Christine Brown sees her once-promising life take a startling turn for the worse. Christine is convinced she's been cursed by a Gypsy, but her boyfriend is skeptical. Her only hope seems to lie in a psychic who claims he can help her lift the curse and keep her soul from being dragged straight to hell.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-05-27
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Dark Blood
Overview: A father is imprisoned after committing a brutal revenge crime. During his confinement he must adapt to a new life of abuse, including injury and humiliation by guards and other prisoners.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-09-05
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Where the Tracks End
Overview: Georgina is a teacher determined to make a difference in the lives of the children she educates in the classroom of a wagon school in rural Mexico.
Genres: Drama Comedy Family
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2023-05-26
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From Prada to Nada
Overview: Two spoiled Beverly Hills sisters who have been left penniless after their father's sudden death are forced to move in with their estranged aunt in East Los Angeles.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-01-28
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Revolución
Overview: Made up of 10 short films, 'Revolucion' analyzes through the eyes of the directors what is the revolution today and what it means to the young minds of Mexico.
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Original Language: es
Release Date: 2010-07-16
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Te Presento a Laura
Overview: This is the story of 23-year-old Laura who lives in the largest city in the world and yet feels alone. She also knows the exact date in which she'll die: April 30. What Laura doesn't know is what she'll do from now till then, and thus she enrolls in a group of optimists, which she finds pathetic but fun. In that group she writes a list of 10 things she wants to do before she dies, some that mean a lot and some that are a lot of fun. The first thing on her list is to save a life.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-10-29
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The First Night
Overview: In the middle of a city facing a new century, a group of friends between the ages of 15 and 18 live out the adventures, deceptions and anxiety of "The First Night."
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1998-03-27
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Love on a Weekend
Overview: One city. Three days, three social classes, three love songs, human beings who coexist without touching one another, joined by mirages and hopes. Their struggles to survive are individual and secret; there are no winners or losers. The seeming order is maintained and a weekend begins.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2010-01-22
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Blue Beetle
Overview: Recent college grad Jaime Reyes returns home full of aspirations for his future, only to find that home is not quite as he left it. As he searches to find his purpose in the world, fate intervenes when Jaime unexpectedly finds himself in possession of an ancient relic of alien biotechnology: the Scarab.
Genres: Action Science Fiction Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-08-16
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The Snitch Cartel
Overview: The real life story of Andres Lopez Lopez aka "Frecita" during his years involved with the Colombian Cartel aka "Cartel Norte del Valle"
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2011-11-11
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Cerro Bayo
Overview: In a small town near the mountains of Argentina, Juana tries to commit suicide but ends up in a coma instead, to the great pain of her daughter Marta. Her other daughter Mercedes comes from Buenos Aires but is less interested in her mother's condition than in possibly getting her money. Marta's husband has a great offer for a piece of land owned by Juana, but can't do anything while she is in a coma.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2011-08-17
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The Secret of the Jade Medallion
Overview: It all begins when Grandpa Yólotl disappears. Matías, Claudio, Pato, Katy and loyal dog Duke uncover signs that will lead them to a great adventure, facing unimaginable creatures, astonishing characters – that once belonged to an ancient civilization, and a couple of rogue treasure hunters. The promise of their grandfather is the force that will guide these heroes, ready for anything, provided they always stay together and discover the secret of the jade medallion.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2012-03-02
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Good Day, Ramon
Overview: After five failed attempts to go to the United States, 18-year-old Ramón decides to look for a friend’s aunt in Germany, but never finds her. With no papers or money, and without knowing the language, he barely survives living on the street until he meets Ruth, an old retired nurse who doesn’t speak Spanish. Beyond language barriers and prejudices, they discover that solidarity and humanity make life bearable.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-10-21
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Hágase tu voluntad
Overview: A woman has been diagnosed with breast cancer, so she decides to follow the trace of her father, who abandoned her when she was a child. His traces lead her to the mexican caribbean.
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Original Language: en
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Yefon
Overview: An illiterate village girl defies the customs of her tribe, discriminatory to women, only to become the spark of a Literary Revolution.
Genres: Drama History Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-01-16
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The Treasure
Overview: After learning the last will of her son, Clemencia poses as a clairvoyant capable of tracking down and finding hidden treasures. In order to redeem the life of her son, she will have to convince Karime, a desperate and ambitious widow, that there is a treasure buried in her garden, a space that actually hides a dark secret. With the help of Don Felipe, a humble farmer, Clemencia digs hard and with each shovel he gets closer and closer to the sinister truth that ties his life to that of KARIME and Don Felipe: a truth that has been woven by the ruthless hands of organized crime.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2023-09-01
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Cake
Overview: After having visions of a member of her support group who killed herself, a woman who also suffers with chronic pain seeks out the widower of the suicide.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-09-07
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Night Has Settled
Overview: In 1983, Oliver Nicholas, at thirteen, is well-poised to enter the precocious teenage world of first-sex, vodka and possible-love in New York City when he is traumatized by the stroke of his housekeeper (and only true maternal figure), a sixty-five-year-old Chilean woman named Aida. What was supposed to be an exhilarating and somewhat fearful rite of passage - diving into the exciting, fast-paced world of first experiences - quickly becomes skewed by an incomprehensible depression, and a house of interior horrors. Surrounded by women - his untraditional, Spanish, photographer mother (more interested in the role of confidante than mother) his sister, a comedic, door-slamming tormentor, marked by her parent's divorce; and Aida, his silver-haired emotional focal point on the verge of death in Lenox Hill Hospital - Oliver struggles to maintain his role as "man of the house" and his sanity.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-02-01
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Wild Horses
Overview: Texas Ranger Samantha Payne reopens a 15-year-old missing person case, and uncovers evidence that suggests that the boy was likely murdered on a ranch belonging to wealthy family man, Scott Briggs. When Scott’s estranged son unexpectedly returns home during the investigation, Samantha becomes even more convinced that the Briggs family was involved, and will stop at nothing to discover the truth about the boy’s death - even putting her own life in jeopardy.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-06-05
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And Soon the Darkness
Overview: When two American girls on a bike trip in a remote part of Argentina split up and one of them goes missing, the other must find her before her worst fears are realized.
Genres: Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-02-25
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The 33
Overview: Based on the true story of the collapse of a mine in San Jose, Chile—that left 33 miners isolated underground for 69 days.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-08-06
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Training Dad
Overview: Widowed and in a professional decline, the legendary soccer player "Spider Salazar" lives lost in his own depression. His only inspiration is his daughter Tania, who can not stand to see her father in this state. With a lot of ingenuity and perseverance, Tania will help his father return to the field in order to restore his life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2015-09-25
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My Penguin Friend
Overview: A lost penguin rescued from an oil spill transforms the life of a heartbroken fisherman. They become unlikely friends, so bonded that even the vast ocean cannot divide them.
Genres: Family Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-08-07
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Thor
Overview: Against his father Odin's will, The Mighty Thor - a powerful but arrogant warrior god - recklessly reignites an ancient war. Thor is cast down to Earth and forced to live among humans as punishment. Once here, Thor learns what it takes to be a true hero when the most dangerous villain of his world sends the darkest forces of Asgard to invade Earth.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-04-21
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Everything Else
Overview: After 35 years working as a clerk in a government office, Doña Flor has become such a cog, invisible to herself. Cloaked in solitude and routine, she has even suppressed the loss of her daughter who drowned years ago. As her retirement approaches the walls of bureaucracy that have sheltered her from her pain begin to crumble. Doña Flor’s sense of self begins to awaken in parallel with the country beginning to erupt from excessive violence and corruption.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2016-10-21
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Ley primera
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2017-03-09
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Perros
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Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2016-07-24
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Burning Palms
Overview: A subversive tale that interlaces five stories set in Los Angeles, where no taboo is left unexplored as each character careens toward a dark and often comic fate
Genres: Comedy Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-04-23
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Dora and the Lost City of Gold
Overview: Dora, a girl who has spent most of her life exploring the jungle with her parents, now must navigate her most dangerous adventure yet: high school. Always the explorer, Dora quickly finds herself leading Boots (her best friend, a monkey), Diego, and a rag tag group of teens on an adventure to save her parents and solve the impossible mystery behind a lost Inca civilization.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-08-08
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Crazy About Work
Overview: Alicia is a workaholic executive who suddenly loses her job and her family. In her process of rebuilding, she associates with a neighbor and helps her in her business. This is how she manages to be the most successful businesswoman in the country. During this process, she tries to reconquer her husband, only to realize that in order to return with him, she will have to learn to balance work and family life.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2018-11-16
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Rambo: Last Blood
Overview: After fighting his demons for decades, John Rambo now lives in peace on his family ranch in Arizona, but his rest is interrupted when Gabriela, the granddaughter of his housekeeper María, disappears after crossing the border into Mexico to meet her biological father. Rambo, who has become a true father figure for Gabriela over the years, undertakes a desperate and dangerous journey to find her.
Genres: Action Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-09-19
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Coyote Lake
Overview: Two dangerous and unwanted guests threaten a young woman and her overbearing mother at a small bed-and-breakfast near the U.S.-Mexico border.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-08-02
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We Can Be Heroes
Overview: When alien invaders capture Earth's superheroes, their kids must learn to work together to save their parents - and the planet.
Genres: Family Action Fantasy Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-12-25
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Bingo Hell
Overview: In the barrio of Oak Springs lives a strong and stubborn group of elderly friends who refuse to be gentrified. Their leader, Lupita, keeps them together as a community, a family. But little did they know, their beloved bingo hall is about to be sold to a much more powerful force than money itself.
Genres: Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-10-01
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Koati
Overview: Three unlikely heroes - Nachi, a free-spirited coati; Xochi, a fearless monarch butterfly and Pako, a hyperactive glass frog - embark on an adventure to stop wicked coral snake Zaina from destroying their rain forest homeland.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-10-22
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Sucedió en un día
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Original Language: es
Release Date: 2010-01-01
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Monica
Overview: After years of estrangement, a trans woman returns home to help care for her dying mother.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-05-12
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Mariachi Gringo
Overview: A stifled, small-town man stuck in a dead end life, runs away to Mexico to be a mariachi singer. MARIACHI GRINGO is a musical tour-de-force exploring the reality of "following your dreams" across cultural, personal, social and geographical borders.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-10-03
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Common Ground: Under Construction Notes
Overview: The making of Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Babel is chronicled through an observational approach that captures the creative and logistical challenges of filming a deeply interconnected narrative across four continents. Directed by Carlos Armella and Pedro González-Rubio, the documentary reveals Iñárritu’s commitment to authenticity and cultural sensitivity, from collaborating with local actors and communities to meticulously recreating environments. Through behind-the-scenes footage and the director’s reflective commentary, it delves into themes of human connection, the boundaries we hold within ourselves, and the visceral nature of communication, offering profound insights into the philosophy behind the acclaimed film.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2007-09-30
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Dark Obsession
Overview: The story follows Anne, a painter who struggles with inner demons after being forced into a life of solitude when her husband leaves mysteriously.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-08-28
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