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Acting
Juan Ángel Martínez
Born July 19, 1939 · Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Died May 10, 1984 · aged 44
Born in Mexico City in 1939, died there in 1984. He married journalist Marta de la Lama in 1976. He was nominated for the Ariel Award for Best Actor in 1982 (Noche de Carnaval), 1985 (Luna de Sangre)
Known For
Under the Volcano · 1984Under the Volcano
★ 6.61984
MovieDrama
Against a background of war breaking out in Europe and the Mexican fiesta Day of Death, we are taken through one day in the life of Geoffrey Firmin, a British consul living in alcoholic disrepair and obscurity in a small southern Mexican town in 1939. The consul's self-destructive behaviour, perhaps a metaphor for a menaced civilization, is a source of perplexity and sadness to his nomadic, idealistic half-brother, Hugh, and his ex-wife, Yvonne, who has returned with hopes of healing Geoffrey and their broken marriage.
Broken Flag · 1979Broken Flag
★ 6.91979
MovieDramaThriller
When a group of young filmmakers witness and film a crime of passion, the most outrageous blackmail of the century begins. By means of a fantastic plan, the filmmakers send to the murderer, a financial and industrial big shot, a copy of the movie that incriminates him and they demand him an improvement of the standard of living for the working class.
Espejismo de la ciudad · 1976Espejismo de la ciudad
★ 6.31976
MovieDramaCrime
Family from a farming community move to the capital and lose their moral compass.
Apuntes · 1976Apuntes
★ 6.71976
MovieDrama
Recounts the union struggle of taxi drivers supported by the Communist Party.
Canoa: A Shameful Memory · 1975Canoa: A Shameful Memory
★ 7.91975
MovieHistoryCrime
A group of students arrives in a small town during a hiking expedition. Once there, the local priest accuses them of being communist agitators on the run from an army crack-down against student demonstrations in nearby Mexico City and rallies the townsfolk to lynch them. Based on a true story.
New World · 1978New World
★ 5.71978
MovieHistoryDrama
Towards the end of the 16th century, the Spanish conquerors living in the New World faced a serious problem: the evangelization of the indigenous people, who did not understand or accept Christianity due to their unshakable faith in their own religion. The court of the Inquisition cracks down on heretics and the natives prepare for a general uprising ...
Juan Armenta El Repatriado · 1976Juan Armenta El Repatriado
★ 7.41976
MovieWesternDrama
Juan returns home to Mexico after working in the USA for awhile, and gets caught up in cowboy problems among his townsfolk.
Frida Still Life · 1986Frida Still Life
★ 5.51986
MovieDramaHistory
This film is a chronicle of painter Frida Kahlo, and her encounter with the personalities of her time. Despite being confied to a wheelchair as a result of polio, operations and amputations, she faces and traces some of the most colorful and controversial aspects of Mexican history, during the dominant time of Mexican muralism.















