Ofelia Medina

Ofelia Medina (born April 4, 1950) is a Mexican actress, singer and screenwriter of Mexican films. She made her film debut in Mexico in 1968 with the film La paz and in Hollywood with The Big Fix ten years later. In 1977 she played a hunchback in the telenovela Rina. She portrayed Frida Kahlo in Paul Leduc's film about the artist in 1984. In Canada, Medina was nominated for the Genie Award for her work in Diplomatic Immunity in 1991. Ofelia Madine has also played in various theatres worldwide. Since 2000 Ofelia played Frida Kahlo in the play Cada quien su Frida. In 2007 she came to Denmark, playing in Århus, Copenhagen and Odense at the gallery of Jens Galschiøt.

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Innocent Voices (2005)

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A young boy, in an effort to have a normal childhood in 1980s El Salvador, is caught up in a dramatic fight for his life as he desperately tries to avoid the war which is raging all around him  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luis Mandoki
CAST:  Carlos Padilla  •  Xuna Primus  •  Leonor Varela  •  José María Yázpik

A young boy, in an effort to have a normal childhood in 1980s El Salvador, is caught up in a dramatic fight for his life as he desperately tries to avoid the war which is raging all around him  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luis Mandoki
CAST:  Carlos Padilla  •  Xuna Primus  •  Leonor Varela  •  José María Yázpik

The Big Fix (1978)

Private detective Moses Wine is hired by his former college girlfriend to investigate a political smear campaign and he sets out to find out who is responsible, with deadly results.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jeremy Kagan
CAST:  Richard Dreyfuss  •  Susan Anspach  •  Bonnie Bedelia  •  John Lithgow

Private detective Moses Wine is hired by his former college girlfriend to investigate a political smear campaign and he sets out to find out who is responsible, with deadly results.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jeremy Kagan
CAST:  Richard Dreyfuss  •  Susan Anspach  •  Bonnie Bedelia  •  John Lithgow

Frida Still Life (1986)

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Leduc
CAST:  Ofelia Medina  •  Juan José Gurrola  •  Max Kerlow  •  Claudio Brook

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Leduc
CAST:  Ofelia Medina  •  Juan José Gurrola  •  Max Kerlow  •  Claudio Brook

Paradise (1970)

Problems arise between the divers Román and Lauro when the former falls in love with a prostitute on the beaches of Acapulco.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luis Alcoriza
CAST:  Jorge Rivero  •  Ofelia Medina  •  Andrés García  •  Héctor Suárez

Problems arise between the divers Román and Lauro when the former falls in love with a prostitute on the beaches of Acapulco.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luis Alcoriza
CAST:  Jorge Rivero  •  Ofelia Medina  •  Andrés García  •  Héctor Suárez

Camino largo a Tijuana (1991)

Juan (Armendariz) lives in a trash depository in Mexico City. He knows Lila (Pereyra), a drug addict rich girl who reminds him of his long lost daughter. Lila is kidnapped by drug dealers and Juan feels responsible for her. He takes the long way to Tijuana to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luis Estrada
CAST:  Pedro Armendáriz Jr.  •  Patricia Pereyra  •  Alfonso Arau  •  Ofelia Medina

Juan (Armendariz) lives in a trash depository in Mexico City. He knows Lila (Pereyra), a drug addict rich girl who reminds him of his long lost daughter. Lila is kidnapped by drug dealers and Juan feels responsible for her. He takes the long way to Tijuana to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luis Estrada
CAST:  Pedro Armendáriz Jr.  •  Patricia Pereyra  •  Alfonso Arau  •  Ofelia Medina

Gertrudis Bocanegra (1992)

Biopic about a woman who played a courageous role in the resistance against French occupation of Mexico in the early 1800s.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ernesto Medina
CAST:  Ofelia Medina  •  Jorge Russek  •  Angélica Aragón  •  Fernando Balzaretti

Biopic about a woman who played a courageous role in the resistance against French occupation of Mexico in the early 1800s.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ernesto Medina
CAST:  Ofelia Medina  •  Jorge Russek  •  Angélica Aragón  •  Fernando Balzaretti

La palomilla al rescate (1976)

Cute elementary-school kids get mixed up with black-marketeers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Héctor Ortega
CAST:  Héctor Suárez  •  Evita Muñoz 'Chachita'  •  Ofelia Medina  •  Nathanael León

Cute elementary-school kids get mixed up with black-marketeers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Héctor Ortega
CAST:  Héctor Suárez  •  Evita Muñoz 'Chachita'  •  Ofelia Medina  •  Nathanael León

El Cambio (1971)

Two young people leave city life for the simplicity of life in the province. Unfortunately, the beach they are going to live next to is being polluted by a local factory.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfredo Joskowicz
CAST:  Héctor Bonilla  •  Sergio Jiménez  •  Ofelia Medina  •  Sofia Joskowicz

Two young people leave city life for the simplicity of life in the province. Unfortunately, the beach they are going to live next to is being polluted by a local factory.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfredo Joskowicz
CAST:  Héctor Bonilla  •  Sergio Jiménez  •  Ofelia Medina  •  Sofia Joskowicz

Queen Doll (1972)

A man becomes more and more infatuated with his childhood sweetheart leading to a haunting encounter with horror.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sergio Olhovich
CAST:  Enrique Rocha  •  Ofelia Medina  •  Helena Rojo  •  Rocío Brambila

A man becomes more and more infatuated with his childhood sweetheart leading to a haunting encounter with horror.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sergio Olhovich
CAST:  Enrique Rocha  •  Ofelia Medina  •  Helena Rojo  •  Rocío Brambila

The Gates of Paradise (1971)

Due to betting problems, Andrés and his lover, Blanca, flee the city and travel through several states of the country; During their journey they get involved with a couple of hippies with whom they live for a time until the tragedy is complete.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Salomón Laiter
CAST:  Jacqueline Andere  •  Jorge Luke  •  Milton Rodríguez  •  Barbara Angely

Due to betting problems, Andrés and his lover, Blanca, flee the city and travel through several states of the country; During their journey they get involved with a couple of hippies with whom they live for a time until the tragedy is complete.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Salomón Laiter
CAST:  Jacqueline Andere  •  Jorge Luke  •  Milton Rodríguez  •  Barbara Angely

El águila descalza (1971)

Shmuck makes a superhero costume, rides his bike to crime scenes. He gets involved with something big involving US capitalists taking over local Mexican businesses.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfonso Arau
CAST:  Alfonso Arau  •  Ofelia Medina  •  José Gálvez  •  Virma Gonzalez

Shmuck makes a superhero costume, rides his bike to crime scenes. He gets involved with something big involving US capitalists taking over local Mexican businesses.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfonso Arau
CAST:  Alfonso Arau  •  Ofelia Medina  •  José Gálvez  •  Virma Gonzalez

The Legend of the Nahuala (2007)

Leo San Juan, an insecure child of nine years old, lives eternally frightened by horror stories that Nando tells his older brother. Within these stories it is 'The Legend of Nahuala', according to which, an old abandoned Casona is possessed by the spirit of an evil ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ricardo Arnaiz
CAST:  Andrés Bustamante  •  Jesús Ochoa  •  Rafael Inclán  •  Martha Higareda

Leo San Juan, an insecure child of nine years old, lives eternally frightened by horror stories that Nando tells his older brother. Within these stories it is 'The Legend of Nahuala', according to which, an old abandoned Casona is possessed by the spirit of an evil ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ricardo Arnaiz
CAST:  Andrés Bustamante  •  Jesús Ochoa  •  Rafael Inclán  •  Martha Higareda

Colombiana (2011)

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After witnessing her parents’ murder as a child in Bogota, Cataleya Restrepo grows up to be a stone-cold assassin. She works for her uncle as a hitman by day, but her personal time is spent engaging in vigilante murders that she hopes will lead her to her ultimate ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Olivier Megaton
CAST:  Zoe Saldaña  •  Cliff Curtis  •  Callum Blue  •  Michael Vartan

After witnessing her parents’ murder as a child in Bogota, Cataleya Restrepo grows up to be a stone-cold assassin. She works for her uncle as a hitman by day, but her personal time is spent engaging in vigilante murders that she hopes will lead her to her ultimate ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Olivier Megaton
CAST:  Zoe Saldaña  •  Cliff Curtis  •  Callum Blue  •  Michael Vartan

A Wall of Silence (1993)

A woman would rather forget her husband's forced disappearance at the hands of the government.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lita Stantic
CAST:  Vanessa Redgrave  •  Ofelia Medina  •  Lorenzo Quinteros  •  Soledad Villamil

A woman would rather forget her husband's forced disappearance at the hands of the government.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lita Stantic
CAST:  Vanessa Redgrave  •  Ofelia Medina  •  Lorenzo Quinteros  •  Soledad Villamil

The Good Herbs (2010)

A young woman has to deal with her mother's degradation due to Alzheimer's disease.  (more)

DIRECTION:  María Novaro
CAST:  Úrsula Pruneda  •  Ofelia Medina  •  Ana Ofelia Murguía  •  Cosmo González Muñoz

A young woman has to deal with her mother's degradation due to Alzheimer's disease.  (more)

DIRECTION:  María Novaro
CAST:  Úrsula Pruneda  •  Ofelia Medina  •  Ana Ofelia Murguía  •  Cosmo González Muñoz

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DIRECTION:  Agustín Oso Tapia
CAST:  Rosita Quintana  •  Xavier López  •  Ofelia Medina  •  Lorenzo de Rodas

Apolinar (1972)

Tancredo, a poor man, is in love with a rich girl, who does not return his feelings. One day when she is bathing in a river, a flood sweeps her away and Tancredo is unable to save her. Mad with grief, he steals the sun. The gods call Apolinar to restore light to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Julio Castillo
CAST:  Macaria  •  Eduardo Garduño  •  Fernando Rosales  •  Aarón Hernán

Tancredo, a poor man, is in love with a rich girl, who does not return his feelings. One day when she is bathing in a river, a flood sweeps her away and Tancredo is unable to save her. Mad with grief, he steals the sun. The gods call Apolinar to restore light to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Julio Castillo
CAST:  Macaria  •  Eduardo Garduño  •  Fernando Rosales  •  Aarón Hernán

Piranhas Love in Lent (1969)

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Backwards fishing village is home to a widow and her teenaged daughter. Neighbors suspect the mother of having murdered her husband. A tourist in town gets it into his head to put the smooth big city moves on both women. And the-e-en...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Francisco del Villar
CAST:  Isela Vega  •  Julio Alemán  •  Ofelia Medina  •  José Chávez

Backwards fishing village is home to a widow and her teenaged daughter. Neighbors suspect the mother of having murdered her husband. A tourist in town gets it into his head to put the smooth big city moves on both women. And the-e-en...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Francisco del Villar
CAST:  Isela Vega  •  Julio Alemán  •  Ofelia Medina  •  José Chávez

Panorama (2013)

In recent years it has become the handiest character of Mexican cinema: the Chilango fleeing the capital to the province in search of something. But this case is different because the trip is used as an excuse to illustrate, through documentary techniques, the deep ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Juan Patricio Riveroll
CAST:  Ofelia Medina  •  Javier Solórzano de la Torre  •  Ezequiel Ayarza  •  Pedro López

In recent years it has become the handiest character of Mexican cinema: the Chilango fleeing the capital to the province in search of something. But this case is different because the trip is used as an excuse to illustrate, through documentary techniques, the deep ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Juan Patricio Riveroll
CAST:  Ofelia Medina  •  Javier Solórzano de la Torre  •  Ezequiel Ayarza  •  Pedro López

Patsy My Love (1969)

Written by future Nobel-prize winner Gabriel García Márquez, this is the story of Patsy, a wealthy debutante with an acute sense of living and boundless curiosity. She falls in love with an older man (Julio Alemán) whom is married and mediocre, and thus learns the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Manuel Michel
CAST:  Ofelia Medina  •  Julio Alemán  •  Joaquín Cordero  •  Héctor Bonilla

Written by future Nobel-prize winner Gabriel García Márquez, this is the story of Patsy, a wealthy debutante with an acute sense of living and boundless curiosity. She falls in love with an older man (Julio Alemán) whom is married and mediocre, and thus learns the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Manuel Michel
CAST:  Ofelia Medina  •  Julio Alemán  •  Joaquín Cordero  •  Héctor Bonilla
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