Juan Carlos Carrasco

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Juan Carlos Carrasco

Born October 25, 1970 · Mexico City, Mexico (age 55)

Juan Carlos Carrasco was born on October 25, 1970 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico. He is a cinematographer and director.

Known For

Santos PeregrinosSantos Peregrinos · 2004
Santos Peregrinos
★ 6.42004
MovieComedy
When greed comes calling, say goodbye to saintliness. An irresistible comedy about what happens when the residents of a Mexico City apartment building discover that three religious figurines passed down through the decades from Emiliano Zapata are full of solid gold. Tempers fly, libidos flare and no one emerges unscathed, including viewers overcome by a heavenly dose of hilarity in Santos Peregrinos.
I Am Happiness on EarthI Am Happiness on Earth · 2014
I Am Happiness on Earth
★ 4.72014
MovieDrama
Emiliano looks at his life with the eyes of a film director, mixing the objective reality with the processes of the artistic creation. The story he is filming flounders with his daily life, until his world is trapped in the lens of his camera. Confused, always alone and in front of a screen, now become a transfigured reality, but at the same time a measurable, controllable and manipulable one, he listens in loop to a song: one of those songs you sing or repeat as a prayer and forcing you to remember, believe and convince yourself.
Martin at DawnMartin at Dawn · 2013
Martin at Dawn
★ 5.02013
MovieDrama
When Martin's car breaks down in the middle of the desert, he has no choice but to head off across the empty landscape to look for help. Along the road he happens upon a mysterious brothel. He has no choice but to go there. But when he goes inside he unknowingly is drawn into a fateful game of chance. In this suspenseful film from Mexico, not everything is what it seems.
Scars of Revenge
Nov 12, 2026
Scars of Revenge · 2026
Scars of Revenge
2026
MovieDramaCrime
One has no memory, the other cannot forget.
Best Friends FelonsBest Friends Felons · 2025
Best Friends Felons
2025
MovieComedyCrime
Vale, Regina and Ana Sofi want to fulfill their most selfish dreams. One small issue: They don’t have any money. Robbing a restaurant sounds like a great idea!
Love is (Not) ForeverLove is (Not) Forever · 2025
Love is (Not) Forever
2025
MovieDramaComedy
After a year of marriage, Viri and Agustin reunite with Agustin's old high school friends for a dinner where a revelation will test the bonds they had formed over 30 years ago.
Love Can't WaitLove Can't Wait · 2019
Love Can't Wait
★ 5.32019
MovieRomance
Viri owns "Amores", one of the last video stores in Mexico City. She's sad because nobody remembered her birthday. Augustin comes to rent an old movie almost at closing time. While they look for the movie, an employee closes the Video Store thinking it's empty. Filmed in real time and in one single shot, both, Viri and Agustin, will realize that love always operates in unexpected ways, as in the movies.
DisruptedDisrupted · 2013
Disrupted
★ 6.82013
MovieDocumentary
The memory and testimony of two characters: Fernando García, known as Pinolito, who was a child actor in the seventies and Doña Lilia Ortega, his mother, an actress. Fernando came out as a transvestite, some years ago, and now calls himself Coral Bonelli. They live together in Garibaldi yearning for their past in the movies, while Coral bravely comes to terms with her gender identity. They both still perform.

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