Acting

Mario Casillas

Born June 10, 1938 · San Miguel el Alto, Jalisco, Mexico (age 88)

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Known For

Magdalena’s True VocationMagdalena’s True Vocation · 1972
Magdalena’s True Vocation
7.01972
MovieComedy
Sex and middle class are the main topics in "La verdadera vocación de Magdalena". Hermosillo shows marriage as a matter of interests (economical and social) in the modern society. emphasizing the education, lose of tradition and customs in the gap generation of sixties youth and its parents. Angelica María, plays the best character in his career, being a kind and vulnerable girl raised in a hard moral education
Broken FlagBroken Flag · 1979
Broken 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.
Tú, yo, nosotrosTú, yo, nosotros · 1972
Tú, yo, nosotros
6.31972
MovieDrama
Three interwoven stories where the characters experience deception, passion, love and rejection.
Meridiano 100Meridiano 100 · 1976
Meridiano 100
5.81976
MovieDramaThriller
The task of some guerrillas is to try to foment the conscience among peasants of a town, but their attempts will be tragically restricted.
Memoriales perdidosMemoriales perdidos · 1985
Memoriales perdidos
5.71985
Movie
In the 16th century, an envoy from the pope and the king of Spain arrives in New Spain to deal with the case of Augustinian Alonso, in a state of autism by ingesting herbs given to him by the native Tlacuilo Camistli, who has been accused of sorcery. The envoy speaks with him and asks for the grass and ingesting it can communicate with Alonso, who contemplates in an internal vision a shining light that reflects the divine goodness. The envoy gets a dagger to Camistli and he takes his life. The envoy destroys the memorials he would send to Europe and decides to stay.
RattlesnakeRattlesnake · 1977
Rattlesnake
6.21977
MovieDrama
A filmmaker is commissioned to film a documentary on the social reality of the Lacandon people in the state of Chiapas. As he enters the harsh living conditions of this indigenous community, his social conscience forces him to confront his superiors, who threaten to destroy his material.
Emiliano ZapataEmiliano Zapata · 1970
Emiliano Zapata
6.41970
MovieWarAction
This is the story of a man, Emiliano Zapata, and of a revolution, the Mexican Revolution.
They Call Him MarcadoThey Call Him Marcado · 1971
They Call Him Marcado
4.41971
MovieCrimeDrama
The Kid is a vicious psychopath given to laughing a lot, an actor manqué who leads a gang of looters and rapists, and is incestuous with his father to boot. The town’s resident Mater Dolorosa, madam of the brothel, hires her lover Marcado to kill the Kid, who is of course her son.

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Una luz en el caminoUna luz en el camino · 1998
Una luz en el camino
7.01998
SeriesFamilyDrama
Una luz en el camino is a Mexican children's telenovela produced by Mapat L. de Zatarain for Televisa and originally broadcast on Canal de las Estrellas from March 30 to July 31, 1998. It is an adaptation of the Argentine children's telenovela El árbol azul (1991–1992), created by Mario L. Mortheo and adapted for Mexican television by Alejandro Orive and Carlos Daniel González. The story follows Luciana, a young girl who loses her mother at an early age and longs to have a loving family again. After meeting child psychologist Marcela, she becomes determined to bring her and her widowed father, Rodrigo, together. Along the way, they must overcome grief, misunderstandings, and the schemes of the ambitious Astrid, who seeks to marry Rodrigo for his fortune.

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