Ángeles Cruz
Ángeles Cruz is a Mexican actress, screenwriter and filmmaker. Originally from La Mixteca area in Oaxaca, she has a degree in acting from the School of Theater Art of the National Institute of Fine Arts. She has participated as an actress in more than a dozen national and international feature films with directors such as Ignacio Ortiz, Jorge Pérez Solano and Francisco Vargas among others. Her work in "Tamara y la Catarina" of Lucía Carreras, earned her the "Colón de Plata" as Best Actress awarded by the "Festival de Cine Iberoamericano de Huelva" 2017 and was "Nominated for Ariel" for best female performance in 2018. It was "Nominated for the Golden Beetle" as Best Actress by the Swedish Film Academy for her work in the film "La hija del puma"(Ulf Hulberg, 1994) and in 2000 for Ariel as best female co-acting for the film "Rito Terminal" (Óscar Urrutia, 2000). Her work as a screenwriter and director has produced three award-winning short films: "La tiricia or como curar la tristeza", "La carta" and "Arcángel". Her first feature film "Nudo mixteco" will be released soon.
A career criminal nabbed by Mexican authorities is placed in a tough prison where he learns to...
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I Carry You with Me
as Rosa MariaAn epic love story spanning decades is sparked by a chance encounter between two men in...
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Familia
as TeresaAs a family discusses the future of their idyllic olive farm over a meal, the complexity of...
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The Girl
as Rosa's MotherA young Texan mother who loses her child to foster care begins smuggling Mexicans across the border.
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The Violin
as Jefa Guerrillera 1In an unnamed Latin American country that closely resembles Mexico, the government fights a...
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Tlatelolco, Summer of 68'
as ÁngelesAs Mexico prepares to host the 1968 Olympics, students and civilians are uniting on the streets...
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Eternal Ashes
as MatiriETERNAL ASHES tells the story of a mother, Ana and her daughter, Elena. Although they are...
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Spiral
as Araceli 2Their men went to the North in search of their destiny, while they stayed.
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The Daughter of the Puma
as Aschlop Pérez PérezA novel by Monica Zak, based on a true story, inspired this 1994 Danish-Guatemalan coproduction,...
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Ramona
as CarmelaRamona is 84, and she has announced that she is ready to die. While her family is making the...
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Anger, Also Known As Sheol
as uncreditedA woman who escapes an overwhelming reality into a world of nightmares, by eating the forbidden...
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Tamara and the Ladybug
as TamaraTamara, a woman with a mental disability, tries to return a borrowed baby to his parents, but...
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The Doldrums or How to Cure Sadness
as uncreditedThe tiricia is an illness of the soul when the heart is saddened. A story of three generations...
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Medusa
as NoraWhen teacher Nora comes home after being held the day before, the Medusa protocol app shows her...
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Traición
as uncreditedFelix (56) a criminal boss in the south of Mexico, has always wanted to go to San Francisco so...
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Finlandia
as SaraA devastating earthquake hits Oaxaca and causes hundreds to fall victims to its effects. The...
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The Garden of Eden
as Margarita LunaTijuana is a mystical city and the scene of different stories, where the characters search for...
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Dirt
as ConsueloConsuelo is the mother of a disappeared young woman, when she witnesses the clandestine burial...
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The Woman of Stars and Mountains
as Young RitaRita Patiño, an indigenous woman from Mexico, was found by a human rights organization inside a...
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Two Fridas
as La AdelitaThis is not another standard biopic about Frida Kahlo. “Two Fridas” is a poetic film, based on...
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Don't Pass Through San Bernardino
as LigiaAmidst her pain and mourning, a peasant woman tries to find answers to her sons's death.
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Number Eighty
as uncreditedChano is deported back to Mexico after living most of his life as an ilegal immigrant in the...
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Broken Borders
as GabrielaRenato, Abel & Gabriela are a family torn apart by their emotions. For them, the longing for...
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Para armar un helicóptero
as uncreditedOliverio lives in a building taken over by immigrants from the Mexican countryside who work...
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Subterránea
as uncreditedA lonely trans woman gains popularity in her town due to her clairvoyant powers. These gifts...
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Like Water for Chocolate
as NachaTita de la Garza and Pedro Muzquiz are two souls in love who cannot be together due to...
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