Daniel Giménez Cacho

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.

Dir. Luis Estrada · With Damián Alcázar, Joaquín Cosío, Ernesto Gómez Cruz

A young boy, attempting to have a normal childhood in 1980s El Salvador, is caught up in a dramatic fight for his life when he desperately tries to avoid the war that is raging all around him.

Dir. Luis Mandoki · With Carlos Padilla, Xuna Primus, Leonor Varela

A young girl recounts her girlhood and eventual marriage to a general of the Mexican revolution. by one of the most outstanding writers of the new feminist Mexican literature, it is at once a haunting novel of one woman's life and a powerful account of post-revolutionary Mexico from a female perspective.

Dir. Roberto Sneider · With Ana Claudia Talancón, Daniel Giménez Cacho, José María de Tavira

Cagalera and Moloteco are two teenagers from San Gregorio Atlapulco who are desperate to get out and move up and away from oppressive circumstances. When they hear of an opportunity to buy a spot in the electrician’s union, which could transform their lives, they quickly devolve into the criminal, adult underworld of Mexico City in a bid to buy their freedom.

Dir. Gael García Bernal · With Benny Emmanuel, Gabriel Carbajal, Leidi Gutiérrez

In Mexico, two teenage boys and an attractive older woman embark on a road trip and learn a thing or two about life, friendship, sex, and each other.

Dir. Alfonso Cuarón · With Maribel Verdú, Gael García Bernal, Diego Luna

When an old friend brings filmmaker Enrique Goded a semi-autobiographical script chronicling their adolescence, Enrique is forced to relive his youth spent at a Catholic boarding school. Weaving through past and present, the script follows a transvestite performer who reconnects with a grade school sweetheart. Spurred on by this chance encounter, the character reflects on her childhood sexual victimization and the trauma of closeting her sexual orientation.

Dir. Pedro Almodóvar · With Gael García Bernal, Fele Martínez, Daniel Giménez Cacho

A black and white silent movie, based on the Snow White fairy tale, that is set in a romantic version of 1920s Seville and centered on a female bullfighter.

Dir. Pablo Berger · With Maribel Verdú, Macarena García, Daniel Giménez Cacho

A career criminal nabbed by Mexican authorities is placed in a tough prison where he learns to survive with the help of a 9-year-old boy.

Dir. Adrian Grünberg · With Mel Gibson, Kevin Hernandez, Daniel Giménez Cacho

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.

Dir. Alejandro G. Iñárritu · With Daniel Giménez Cacho, Griselda Siciliani, Íker Sánchez Solano

Set during the last days of the Ottoman Empire, a love triangle develops between Mikael, a brilliant medical student, the beautiful and sophisticated artist Ana, and Chris, a renowned American journalist based in Paris.

Dir. Terry George · With Oscar Isaac, Charlotte Le Bon, Christian Bale

Residents of an enclosed neighborhood in the middle of Mexico DF are shocked by a violent crime, and for one resident in particular, young Alejandro, the drama is ratcheted up when he encounters the lone kid who escaped the event and is hiding out within the neighborhood's borders.

Dir. Rodrigo Plá · With Daniel Giménez Cacho, Daniel Tovar, Alan Chávez

In Vera Cruz in the 1940s, Nacho, an Indian, waits tables at Don Lázaro's café at Hotel Ofélia. He falls for Lola, an opium-addicted, alcoholic whore who's hopelessly in love with Gardenia Wilson, a masked wrestler who slept with her once but knows she's unbalanced. Don Lázaro warns Nacho about Lola, and Nacho knows his love will be unrequited, but he'll do anything, regardless of how degrading, to be near her. Lola, for her part, can be sadistic. Republican exiles who are regulars at the café encourage Lola's desire to assassinate Franco. Nacho in turn mixes this political mirage with his fascination with the plot of "The Mikado." Where do fantasies and obsessions lead?

Dir. Arturo Ripstein · With Juan Diego, Ariadna Gil, Luis Felipe Tovar

Faced with his own mortality, an ingenious alchemist tried to perfect an invention that would provide him with the key to eternal life. It was called the Cronos device. When he died more than 400 years later, he took the secrets of this remarkable device to the grave with him. Now, an elderly antiques dealer has found the hellish machine hidden in a statue and learns about its incredible powers. The more he uses the device, the younger he becomes...but nothing comes without a price. Life after death is just the beginning as this nerve-shattering thriller unfolds and the fountain of youth turns bloody.

Dir. Guillermo del Toro · With Federico Luppi, Ron Perlman, Claudio Brook

In a remote South American colony in the late 18th century, officer Zama of the Spanish crown waits in vain for a transfer to a more prestigious location. He suffers small humiliations and petty politicking as he increasingly succumbs to lust and paranoia.

Dir. Lucrecia Martel · With Daniel Giménez Cacho, Lola Dueñas, Matheus Nachtergaele

Mexico City. Every day, Beatriz is insulted and humiliated by her jealous husband, but she does not flee his side because they have created a codependency and, at least for her, she would not conceive of her life any other way: by dint of feeling humiliated, she feels desired and desirable.

Dir. Arturo Ripstein · With Sylvia Pasquel, Alejandro Suárez, Patricia Reyes Spíndola

A couple take a vacation to a remote island - their last holiday together before they become parents. Soon after their arrival, they notice that no adults seem to be present - an observation that quickly presents a nightmarish reality.

Dir. Makinov · With Vinessa Shaw, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Daniel Giménez Cacho

At a summit for Latin American presidents in Chile where the region's geopolitical strategies and alliances are in discussion, Argentine president Hernán Blanco endures political and family drama that will force him to face his own demons.

Dir. Santiago Mitre · With Ricardo Darín, Érica Rivas, Gerardo Romano

After hearing a loud ‘bang’ at daybreak, a Scottish woman begins experiencing a mysterious sensory syndrome while traversing the jungles of Colombia.

Dir. Apichatpong Weerasethakul · With Tilda Swinton, Agnes Brekke, Daniel Giménez Cacho