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Eligio Meléndez has 6 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 2000s through the 2020s. 3 rank in the Top 10%, led by Love Hurts.
2004
Drama · Romance
Family and friends try to sabotage the budding romance between a young upper class girl and a humble student.
Dir. Fernando Sariñana · With Luis Fernando Peña, Martha Higareda, Ximena Sariñana
An indigenous language is in peril, as its last two speakers had a quarrel in the past and haven't spoken to each other in over 50 years. Martín, a young linguist, will undertake the challenge of bringing the old friends back together and convincing them to speak once again so he can obtain a recorded registration of the language and study it.
Dir. Ernesto Contreras · With Eligio Meléndez, José Manuel Poncelis, Juan Pablo de Santiago
Yessica is a rebellious girl who forms an unlikely friendship with quiet schoolmate Miriam. Yessica's home life is ruled by her brutal stepfather and her amoral stepbrother, Jorge, while Miriam shares a calm, loving household with her mother. The girls' friendship is shattered after Jorge arranges to have one of his friends rape Yessica.
Dir. Maryse Sistach · With Ximena Ayala, Nancy Gutiérrez, Arcelia Ramírez
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
When a golden opportunity arises to boost the fortunes of a forgotten fishing town, its residents set out to trick their way to making it happen.
Dir. Celso R. García · With Memo Villegas, Pierre Louis, Yalitza Aparicio
In the near future, a popular uprising in Mexico City interrupts a wedding held at the home of a wealthy family. After the riots have been quashed, they discover the bride has gone missing and plea with the military to help locate her.
Dir. Michel Franco · With Naian González Norvind, Fernando Cuautle, Diego Boneta
