Birthday:
11-10-1969
(55 years)
Birthplace:
Atitalaquía, Hidalgo, México
Biography
Noé Hernández Álvarez was born on November 10, 1969 in Atitalaquía, Hidalgo, the son of peasant parents. He studied Dramatic Arts at the Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México. He was about to enroll to become a lawyer, but changed his mind at the last minute after flipping through the school brochure since he used to act in theatrical production while in high school. After graduating in 1994, he became a high school teacher for seven years in Toluca and at the same time founded an experimental theater group, then moved to Mexico City as he wanted to act in films.
Hernandez spent three years attending three or four casting calls a week, until he signed a contract to do a commercial and then a small role in the film Propiedad Ajena in 2007. The following year, she had her first supporting role in the film Espiral (2008) and then a 40-second role in the film Sin Nombre, directed by Cary Fukunaga. He then appeared in supporting roles in the films Vaho (2010), Somos Lo Que Hay(2010) and El Infierno (2010).
During the filming of Sin Nombre, Hernández met filmmaker Gerardo Naranjo, who years later offered her the leading role in Miss Bala,45 which was written by Naranjo and Mauricio Katz, the film is about a beauty pageant contestant, played by Stephanie Sigman.
In 2024 he won the Ariel Award for Best Actor for his role in Kokoloko.
Hernandez spent three years attending three or four casting calls a week, until he signed a contract to do a commercial and then a small role in the film Propiedad Ajena in 2007. The following year, she had her first supporting role in the film Espiral (2008) and then a 40-second role in the film Sin Nombre, directed by Cary Fukunaga. He then appeared in supporting roles in the films Vaho (2010), Somos Lo Que Hay(2010) and El Infierno (2010).
During the filming of Sin Nombre, Hernández met filmmaker Gerardo Naranjo, who years later offered her the leading role in Miss Bala,45 which was written by Naranjo and Mauricio Katz, the film is about a beauty pageant contestant, played by Stephanie Sigman.
In 2024 he won the Ariel Award for Best Actor for his role in Kokoloko.
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Gloom
event2013
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When Lucia's father dies, she is left alone with her three servants: the maid, the gardener and the driver, Lazaro, who has a latent crush on her. Lazaro's infatuation becomes an obsession as the hierarchies of the household shift and might allow him to act on his desire.
Pedro Páramo
Act like Abundio
event2024 star_border 6.8
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A man searches for his father, Pedro Páramo, in a town doomed by violence and the fury of a frustrated love.
Miss Bala
Act like Lino Valdez
event2011 star_border 6.6
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The story of a young woman clinging on to her dream to become a beauty contest queen in a Mexico dominated by organized crime.
Daughter of Rage
Act like Raúl
event2022 star_border 5.4
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Nicaragua, today. Eleven-year-old María lives with her mother Lilibeth on the edge of an immense rubbish dump. Their future depends on selling a litter of purebred puppies to a local gang member. When the deal falls through, Lilibeth has to move to the outskirts of the city and leave María to work at a recycling factory. The days go by with no sign of her mother's return. María feels abandoned, confused and angry. One night she meets Tadeo, a kind and romantic boy determined to help her find her mother.
Time Share
Act like Worker
event2018 star_border 5.6
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While staying at a tropical resort, a man becomes convinced the American timeshare company running it has an evil plan to take away his loved ones.
Propiedad Ajena
Act like Capataz
event2007 star_border 5.3
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The discovery of a diary, written in 1848 in Texas, Mexican territory, triggers Miranda Sámano's decision to travel, illegally to that land, in search of her roots and her origin and to unravel the mysteries written by Amalia Sámano in that diary. The love affair that Miranda has with Matt in Texas seems to be the continuation of the one that Doña Amalia and the Houston army colonel Robert Crossman had almost 160 years ago; and it definitely resembles the relationship that Mexico and the United States have had throughout history and whose tragic outcome we can avoid if we do an exercise of our memory.
Cinco de Mayo: The Battle
Act like Benito Juarez
event2013 star_border 8.1
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On May 5th, 1862, a few thousand Mexican soldiers put their lives on the line against the world's largest and most powerful army in one legendary battle for freedom and for Mexico.
The Museum
Act like Zenaido
event2020
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A short film directed by Marlon Lara
Castle Chronicle
Act like Miguel
event2014
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Dramatized series that shows a mosaic of stories, which run in parallel and sometimes intertwine, around Tepito and its identity as a neighborhood, revealing the social prejudices that manifest themselves in classism and racism, as part of a historical reality in Mexico.
The Letter
event2014 star_border 4
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A young woman returns to her rural Mexican village after a few years away to find out if her first love can be revived.
Sacrificios
event2021
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After suffering a traumatic loss, Juan attempts to find solace in the vastness of the sea. There a miraculous event promises to reverse everything...but at what cost?
Parvulos
Act like Enoc
event2024 star_border 5.2
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A dystopian coming-of-age horror story about three young brothers who live in a cabin in the middle of the woods and hide a dark disturbing secret in their basement.
The Taste of Knuckles
Act like Justino
event2016
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Pancho is a young man who lives with his father picking up garbage. He wants to escape poverty and the yoke of his father; all he has to achieve it are his fists.
The Crystal Toad in the Kingdom of Tears
Act like Arnaldo
event2023
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A Paralytic woman with telepathy powers enter in the body of her caregiver for take revenge against everyone who hurt her.
Esta canción de amor es para Fátima
event2014 star_border 8.3
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Domingo is in love with his classmate, Fatima. To conquer her, he is determined to buy a mp3 player; a difficult task in the middle of Mexico´s Zapotec mountain side. On his quest he meets 'Charal', an alcoholic homeless man that decides to help him.
Tales of Mexico
event2017 star_border 5.3
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The space will be witness of dreams, hopes, disappointments and dramatic destinies of its residents, delivering an intimate human history of Mexico through the decades. La Habitación will reunite eight directors that will expose the reality of each historical period resulting in a profound and inspiring portrait of modern Mexico.
BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
Act like El Ajolote
event2022 star_border 6.9
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A renowned Mexican journalist and documentary filmmaker living in Los Angeles, after being named the recipient of a prestigious international award, is compelled to return to his native country, unaware that this simple trip will push him to an existential limit.
Wedding Ring
Act like Vicente
event2023
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Vicente, the town gravedigger, decides to exhume the body of the recently deceased Hortensia to strip her of her wedding ring, without imagining what the result of his ambition could cause.
Cesar Chavez
Act like Juan de la Cruz
event2014 star_border 6.2
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A biography of the civil-rights activist and labor organizer Cesar Chavez. Chronicling the birth of a modern American labour movement, Cesar Chavez tells the story of the famed civil rights leader and labour organiser torn between his duties as a husband and father and his commitment to securing a living wage for farm workers. Passionate but soft-spoken, Chavez embraced non-violence as he battled greed and prejudice in his struggle to bring dignity to working people.
El Infierno
Act like El Sardo
event2010 star_border 7.9
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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.
Traición
event2018 star_border 5.3
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Felix (56) a criminal boss in the south of Mexico, has always wanted to go to San Francisco so see how drawbridges rise for ships to go through. Misela (23), whose romantic partners die if they make her cry, seeks comfort in her mother and wants to know where she is buried. They are father and daughter, and one must betray the other in order to go on living.
En el ombligo del cielo
event2012 star_border 5.4
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Andrea, a young executive is trapped through the weekend on the rooftop of her office alongside Gualberto, the janitor. Truly lost in an asphalt and glass sea, both characters think over their lives and values.
The Doldrums or How to Cure Sadness
event2012 star_border 5.5
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The tiricia is an illness of the soul when the heart is saddened. A story of three generations afflicted with being tiricientas: Ita, Justa and Alicia – grandmother, mother and daughter – who have at different times suffered, tolerated and allowed abuse, dragging on the disease. Alicia decides to break the cycle, eradicating it for future generations.
Becloud
Act like Indalecio
event2010 star_border 5
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Alejandro Gerber Bicecci's "Vaho" (Becloud) tells the story of three childhood friends, Andres, Felipe, and Jose, and their lives in a dusty, run down corner of Mexico City. The boys were inseparable until they witnessed a tragedy that haunts them to the present day. The tragedy shaped each boy differently, and had a profound effect on their lives.
Mexican Gangster
Act like Leo
event2014 star_border 6.5
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Tells the story of the most prominent bank robber in the history of Mexico, his crimes, his different personalities, his career as a charro with a mariachi band, his getaways and the strange relationship he had with the one who finally came to stop him. Based on the true story of Alfredo Ríos Galeana.
Perpetual Sadness
Act like Canelita
event2014 star_border 7
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Cheba and Ángeles became pregnant by the same man, Silvestre. Silvestre was Cheba's lover while Cheba's husband was working abroad. He is also Ángeles' stepfather. Now Cheba's husband has returned and, on the other hand, Ángeles' mother does not want her to raise the child that Silvestre has fathered. The two women have to decide what to do with the children and face their own desires and needs.
Sexennial Plan
Act like Officer José Reynoso Gavilán
event2014 star_border 5.1
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Mercedes’ fantasy turns into a nightmare. Juan’s greatest fear takes the shape of a strange man entering his house. The city has fallen into chaos and anarchy, so it's going to be difficult to get some ice for the drinks; but tonight, Mercedes is an object of desire to men, so nothing else matters.
Love on a Weekend
Act like Roberto
event2010 star_border 4.4
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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.
600 Miles
Act like Martín
event2015 star_border 5.9
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Arnulfo Rubio smuggles weapons from Arizona to Mexico for a drug cartel, but he is being investigated by agent Harris. When agent Harris blows his covers, he and Arnulfo end up in a journey where he will be the hostage of this young criminal.
Gofer
Act like Alan
event2012 star_border 5.6
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Alan’s daily life as a driver and assistant to a federal deputy entails enduring the anger and arrogance of his superior; sufering the contempt of the deputy’s bodyguards and, above all, cleaning up all traces of his boss’ misbehaviour. Today, however, Alan has decided that things will be different.
We Are the Flesh
Act like Mariano
event2016 star_border 5.2
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After wandering a ruined city for years in search of food and shelter, two siblings find their way into one of the last remaining buildings. Inside, they find a man who will make them a dangerous offer to survive the outside world.
Colosio
Act like Rigo
event2012 star_border 7
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It's 1994 in Mexico, the nation was witnessing a turbulent year since its beginnings. An indigenous rebellion shakes the country. Three months later, the ruling party's presidential candidate is brutally murdered during a rally in Tijuana. The country is concerned. Nobody knows who's behind this event, it all points to a conspiracy. Andrés Vázquez, an intelligence expert, is commissioned to lead a secret investigation parallel to the official government issued one. But another expert agent, el Seco, has received orders to wipe out all witnesses and get rid of the evidence surrounding the candidate's murder. As Andrés begins putting the pieces of this intricate puzzle together and comes closer to the truth, he realizes he's also putting his life and that of his loved ones in peril.
Dead Man's Switch
Act like Carlos López
event2024
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Dalia (42), discovers that her husband has vanished without a trace. As her life and her job as a subway driver begin to collapse; the violent indifference of her environment engulfs her in a dark tunnel that seems to lead nowhere.
In Still Waters
Act like Hombre 2
event2011 star_border 4.5
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Ana is running away from her hometown while Mar, an old acquaintance of hers, is coming back after a long absence. They find each other in the middle of the road and through the night, they make a journey amongst their fears to find out that still waters run deep.
Spiritum
Act like Padrino
event2024
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Ramiro, a young addict runs away from his problems until he discovers the true meaning of freedom in a rehab center
The Night Guard
Act like Oficial Vaca
event2016 star_border 6.6
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Humberto works as a night watchman at a remote and desolate construction site. One night he becomes, unwittingly, the sole witness to a cover up. Afraid of being retaliated against lest he come forth, he decides to keep quiet. Gradually and without him being aware of it, Humberto ends up inflicting on his family the same violence from which he´s running away.
We Are What We Are
Act like Taxista
event2010 star_border 6
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After the death of a patriarch, a family must try to continue on with a disturbing, ritualistic tradition.
The Perfect Dictatorship
Act like Jefe de seguridad
event2014 star_border 7.3
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TV MX, the most powerful Mexican Television Corporation, discloses a scandalous story involving Governor Carmelo Vargas in serious crimes and illicit business. Governor Vargas worried about his political future, decides to clean his image and negotiates a billionaire secret agreement with the owners of the TV Corporation. Carlos Rojo, an ambitious young news producer, and Ricardo Diaz, TV network star reporter, are responsible for making a dirty campaign to change the image the public has of the corrupt Governor and make him, at any cost, a political star and a great presidential candidate. Mexican Television believes that democracy is a farce and has already placed one President... Will they do it again?
My Demons Never Prayed For Solitude
event2017 star_border 5
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A violent and alcoholic gold prospector lives with his wife near the border. She is convinced that a demon is stalking them, and he thinks his wife is cheating on him. Blinded by jealousy, he decides to seek both his wife’s lover and the demon to strike them down.
Opus Zero
Act like Priest
event2018 star_border 5.9
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Paul, an American composer, arrives in the desert town of Real de Catorce where his father recently died. For the past ten years, Paul has been consumed with the task of composing an ending for the masterpiece of an early twentieth century musician. Being isolated from the world, he sees an opportunity to finish the symphony. However, Paul is caught up in a new mystery, the disappearance thirty years ago of a woman named Marianne.
Knife+Heart
Act like José
event2018 star_border 5.8
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In the summer of 1979, gay porn producer Anne sets out to film her most ambitious film yet, but her actors are picked off, one by one, by a mysterious killer.
Eight Out of Ten
event2018 star_border 5.6
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Aurelio and Citlali meet each other in a small hotel of Mexico City during the darkest days of theirs lives. He just buried his son, murdered in broad daylight. She had to abandon her daughter with her violent father. Aurelio wants the police to do their job and capture his son’s murderers. Citlali needs a legal document to fight for her daughter’s custody.
Tiempo de lluvia
event2018 star_border 5
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Soledad, a traditional healer, lives with her grandson Jose in an Indigenous Village. Soledad's daughter, Adela, moved to Mexico City many years ago and now wants Jose to join her, but Soledad believes the boy is better off in the village.
Bel Canto
Act like Comandante Alfredo
event2018 star_border 5.4
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A famous opera singer is held hostage in South America by a guerrilla rebel group after performing at a Japanese businessman's lavish birthday party. Unexpected bonds are forged in the standoff that ensues.
Tijuana Bible
Act like Topo
event2020 star_border 5.3
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Holed up in Tijuana on a path to self-destruction, an Iraq veteran seeks deliverance by helping a young Mexican woman navigate the underworld in a quest for her long-lost brother.
Sin Nombre
Act like Resistol
event2009 star_border 7.6
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Sayra, a Honduran teen, hungers for a better life. Her chance for one comes when she is reunited with her long-estranged father, who intends to emigrate to Mexico and then enter the United States. Sayra's life collides with a pair of Mexican gangmembers who have boarded the same American-bound train.
Arcángel
Act like Arcángel
event2018 star_border 4
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Archangel is a fifty year old peasant facing accelerating vision loss. Before total darkness overtakes him, he needs to find a nursing home for Patrocinia, an elderly woman from his community that is totally dependant on him.
Stardust
event2018 star_border 5.3
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Adan lives day-to-day helping his father, Hilario, to collect garbage. An unexpected visit to the school will reconfigure Adan's whole universe.
De sperme et d'eau fraîche
Act like Jose
event2019
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Mock porn trailer directed by Yann Gonzalez for Knife+Heart (2019).
Bad Weed
event2019 star_border 7
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Pedro's mom has just died, reason that makes him go to Luvina in search of Tanilo, who recites the dead people's messages in verse. "Hierba mala", wild to the death, wants his powerful partner and murderer to be avenged, risking the child's life, who, between whispers and bullets, only wishes to accomplish his mother's last will.
Badge Of Steel
event2019 star_border 7.9
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An honest cop teams with a corrupt one in order to stop a criminal band.
Nudo Mixteco
Act like Esteban
event2021 star_border 7
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The imprint of the past is made present by the return of three migrants to a community in the upper Mixteca region of Oaxaca, where the three stories intersect.
About Family
Act like Padre
event2017
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A family gathers and sells waste. One day, the mother finds a cylinder in an abandoned hospital and takes it home. The family situation becomes worse when, without them realizing it, the cylinder begins to change them from within.
Story Of A Dawn And Two Sunsets
event2019 star_border 5
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Oaxaca, October 29th, 2006. The Federal Police advances to take the city that has been in the hands of the popular insurgency for four months. Kresta and Anaclara, young supporters of the revolt, have been asked to pick up a radio transmitter that will supply the flimsy radio station of the movement.
A Song for Mary
event2019 star_border 6
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María is a lonely independent girl who lives with Saúl, her single father, who is always hung-up by the lack of money. Both live in a small Mexican town threatened by organized crime. On a common afternoon, a stroke of luck will take them to embark a road trip in search of the American dream.
A Monster with a Thousand Heads
Act like Doorman
event2016 star_border 6.1
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When Sonia receives the news that her husband’s cancer has progressed to a critical stage, she races to secure the insurance company’s approval for the care that can help him.
Soundreals
event2012
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Two brothers wasting the night away break into an empty house.
Hysteria
event2017 star_border 5.3
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A shy and feeble architect is victim of a violent and abusing surrounding. The pressure builds up until he is pushed to the limit of his own humanity.
7:19
event2016 star_border 6.5
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At 7:19 a.m., on September 19th of 1985, the most destructive earthquake hit Mexico City. Inside what's left of a building, a group of survivors fight for their lives waiting for rescue.
Kokoloko
Act like Mundo
event2020 star_border 4.9
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Marisol (Alejandra Herrera) is caught between her possessive and aggressive cousin, Mauro (Eduardo Mendizábal), and passionate but inert lover, Mundo (Noé Hernández). Violence is a constant presence in their rural Mexican town, with gangs and guerilla fighters a steady presence. When Mundo has to flee, their connection turns from physical to digital even when Marisol is held captive by her cousin. Their communication via text, voicemail, and video is sporadic and frustrating, but is nevertheless a source of comfort, and their longing remains intense despite the distance. When Mundo returns, the stakes for Marisol are even higher, and it's no longer a question of whether things will come to a head, but how and when. Might their desire and desperation ultimately play to her advantage?
Son of Monarchs
Act like Simon
event2021 star_border 5.4
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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.
Finlandia
Act like Delirio
event2021 star_border 5.8
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A devastating earthquake hits Oaxaca and causes hundreds to fall victims to its effects. The drastic physical effects are felt in Mexico while across the globe its emotional effects are felt in Finland. This seismic movement has caused an emotional tremor in the lives of the Muxes.
Fuego Fatuo
Act like Noé
event2022
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Noé receives a call announcing that they have found a woman who is most likely his daughter who disappeared 15 years ago.
Ambush
event2020
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Frank rents rooms in Nadine’s building to commit crimes. During the latest one, things take a turn for the worse when a guy he killed a couple of days before, disappears.
Tenants
Act like Marcelino
event2018 star_border 7
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A couple arrives to an apartment complex where santeria and witchcraft are common practice.
A Fishermen's Tale
event2024
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A horror story that intertwines four tales on a fishing island in Lake Pátzcuaro, Michoacán, where an evil lake spirit haunts the inhabitants, casting a dark shadow over their lives.
Casi divas
Act like Guardia Televisora
event2008 star_border 6.6
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Four ambitious and beautiful young women. From four very different corners of Mexico. Just like hundreds of others, they are caught up in the frenzy that sweeps the nation when Alejandro Mateos, one of the country's most powerful producers, dreams up a nationwide talent search to cast the lead in his next big movie. But all this is news to Alejandro's on-again, off-again lover, Eva Gallardo, a diva of epic proportions, who expected to get the part. While Eva schemes to nail down the role, our four leads begin their own journey on the road to fame.
Spiral
Act like Macario 2
event2009 star_border 7.6
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Their men went to the North in search of their destiny, while they stayed.
El baile de San Juan
Act like Juvenal
event2010 star_border 5
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It is the final decade of the 18th century in New Spain. We are in Mexico City, inhabited by local adventurers, native inhabitants and Europeans of every kind. In these surroundings, our characters, Jerónimo Marani, court choreographer, Giovanni, his mestizo son, and Victoria, the daughter of the most prominent family in the city, who is in love with Giovanni, live a life of love and aversion, court intrigue and popular grievances, Viceregal dogmas and dreams of freedom. Mexico´s war of independence is only a few years in the future.
I've Never Had A Hilda
event2014 star_border 4.7
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Hilda, the new housemaid, brings about an awakening in the life of wealthy Mrs. Le Marchand, who recalls her revolutionary past, questions her frivolous present and experiences an identity crisis.
Counterstrike
new_releases Release: February 28, 2025
When a hostage rescue mission creates a new enemy, Capt. Guerrero and his elite soldiers must face an ambush by a ruthless drug cartel.
Mudanza
new_releases Release: March 11, 2025
A renowned journalist faces a crisis when he fails to protect his new home from a potential intruder, shattering his sense of masculinity. Struggling with shame and desperate to reclaim his manhood, his efforts to rectify the situation threaten to undermine the happiness of his recent move with his girlfriend and strain his relationship with his son.
Pastorela
Act like Agente Antojería 3
event2011 star_border 6.9
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Agent Jesus Juarez (aka Chucho) has always played the Devil in his town's Nativity Play. This Christmas, when the new pastor of the church recasts the role, the two men engage in a battle between good and evil.
Narcos: Mexico
Act like Rafael Aguilar (1 ep.)
event2018 star_border 7.9
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See the rise of the Guadalajara Cartel as an American DEA agent learns the danger of targeting narcos in 1980s Mexico.
Prison Cell 211
Act like Calancho (6 ep.)
event2025 star_border 6.8
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Caught in a prison riot, a human rights lawyer poses as an inmate to survive. As he blends in, chaos and personal loss unveil the darkness within him.
ZeroZeroZero
Act like Varas (2 ep.)
event2020 star_border 7.7
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Based on the book of the same name by bestselling author Roberto Saviano, ZeroZeroZero is an unforgettable exploration of the inner workings of the global cocaine trade.
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