Giancarlo Ruiz

Workers (2013)

Lidia is a responsible and dedicated maid for a hugely wealthy, elderly Tijuana matron who loves only her pet whippet. Rafael is a quiet and dignified janitor who buys a new pair of shoes to celebrate his imminent retirement from the large corporate facility where ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  José Luis Valle
CAST:  Jesús Padilla  •  Susana Salazar  •  Barbara Perrin Rivemar  •  Sergio Limon

Lidia is a responsible and dedicated maid for a hugely wealthy, elderly Tijuana matron who loves only her pet whippet. Rafael is a quiet and dignified janitor who buys a new pair of shoes to celebrate his imminent retirement from the large corporate facility where ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  José Luis Valle
CAST:  Jesús Padilla  •  Susana Salazar  •  Barbara Perrin Rivemar  •  Sergio Limon

Here Comes the Devil (2012)

A married couple loses their children while on a family trip near some caves in Tijuana. The kids eventually reappear without explanation, but it becomes clear that they are not who they used to be, that something terrifying has changed them.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Adrián García Bogliano
CAST:  Francisco Barreiro  •  Giancarlo Ruiz  •  Laura Caro  •  Alan Martinez

A married couple loses their children while on a family trip near some caves in Tijuana. The kids eventually reappear without explanation, but it becomes clear that they are not who they used to be, that something terrifying has changed them.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Adrián García Bogliano
CAST:  Francisco Barreiro  •  Giancarlo Ruiz  •  Laura Caro  •  Alan Martinez

Milk (2017)

A couple struggles to pass time together because both work for the same company but in different shifts.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gilberto González Penilla
CAST:  Terezina Vital  •  Giancarlo Ruiz

A couple struggles to pass time together because both work for the same company but in different shifts.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gilberto González Penilla
CAST:  Terezina Vital  •  Giancarlo Ruiz

The Other Side (2017)

Felipe and Claudio have a unique relationship. Somehow destiny pulls them apart and sets Felipe on a journey where he will risk everything in his pursuit of happiness.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rodrigo Álvarez Flores
CAST:  Edward Coward  •  Eduardo Gómez  •  Juan Pablo Muro  •  Giancarlo Ruiz

Felipe and Claudio have a unique relationship. Somehow destiny pulls them apart and sets Felipe on a journey where he will risk everything in his pursuit of happiness.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rodrigo Álvarez Flores
CAST:  Edward Coward  •  Eduardo Gómez  •  Juan Pablo Muro  •  Giancarlo Ruiz

The Neighbor (2017)

Improvised film about an ex-kidnapper trying to fit back into 'normal' society but he finds himself repeating the same patterns from his past of observation and monitoring with his next door neighbors.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giancarlo Ruiz
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Improvised film about an ex-kidnapper trying to fit back into 'normal' society but he finds himself repeating the same patterns from his past of observation and monitoring with his next door neighbors.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giancarlo Ruiz
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México Bárbaro II (2017)

9 Mexican directors come together to narrate traditions and more brutal, ruthless and bizarre legends of our country. Mexico Barbaro shows the world stories that are part of our popular culture, from sweet stories told by our grandmothers, the tooth fairy, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Diego Cohen  •  Fernando Urdapilleta  •  Michelle Garza Cervera  •  Lex Ortega  •  Abraham Sánchez  •  Carlos Meléndez  •  Christian Cueva  •  Ricardo Farias  •  Sergio Tello
CAST:  Francisco Barreiro  •  Laura de Ita  •  Dana Karvelas  •  Fermín Martínez

9 Mexican directors come together to narrate traditions and more brutal, ruthless and bizarre legends of our country. Mexico Barbaro shows the world stories that are part of our popular culture, from sweet stories told by our grandmothers, the tooth fairy, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Diego Cohen  •  Fernando Urdapilleta  •  Michelle Garza Cervera  •  Lex Ortega  •  Abraham Sánchez  •  Carlos Meléndez  •  Christian Cueva  •  Ricardo Farias  •  Sergio Tello
CAST:  Francisco Barreiro  •  Laura de Ita  •  Dana Karvelas  •  Fermín Martínez

Black Is Beltza (2018)

New York City, October 10, 1965. A group of wooden giant figures from Pamplona, representing Basque culture and traditions, parade down the street; but the local authorities have not allowed the appearance of all of them: due to the racial prejudices that persist ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fermin Muguruza
CAST:  Maria de Medeiros  •  Isaach De Bankolé  •  Emma Suárez  •  Sergi López

New York City, October 10, 1965. A group of wooden giant figures from Pamplona, representing Basque culture and traditions, parade down the street; but the local authorities have not allowed the appearance of all of them: due to the racial prejudices that persist ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fermin Muguruza
CAST:  Maria de Medeiros  •  Isaach De Bankolé  •  Emma Suárez  •  Sergi López

Nona (2017)

A girl from Honduras meets Hecho, who promises to get her safely to America to reunite with her mother. Instead, Nona faces a perilous journey when he doesn't deliver on that promise.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Polish
CAST:  Kate Bosworth  •  Sulem Calderon  •  Jesy McKinney  •  Diana Cabuto

A girl from Honduras meets Hecho, who promises to get her safely to America to reunite with her mother. Instead, Nona faces a perilous journey when he doesn't deliver on that promise.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Polish
CAST:  Kate Bosworth  •  Sulem Calderon  •  Jesy McKinney  •  Diana Cabuto

Tijuana Bible (2020)

Holed up in Tijuana on a path to self-destruction, an Iraq veteran seeks deliverance by helping a young Mexican woman navigate the underworld in a quest for her long-lost brother.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Charles Hue
CAST:  Paul Anderson  •  Noé Hernández  •  Adriana Paz  •  Giancarlo Ruiz

Holed up in Tijuana on a path to self-destruction, an Iraq veteran seeks deliverance by helping a young Mexican woman navigate the underworld in a quest for her long-lost brother.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Charles Hue
CAST:  Paul Anderson  •  Noé Hernández  •  Adriana Paz  •  Giancarlo Ruiz

Good Night Day (2016)

The way in which every moment lives a security guard who works at night, discovers his steps.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michele Beltran
CAST:  Giancarlo Ruiz  •  Jesús Padilla

The way in which every moment lives a security guard who works at night, discovers his steps.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michele Beltran
CAST:  Giancarlo Ruiz  •  Jesús Padilla

The King Of The Party (2021)

A man going through a crisis chooses to live somebody else's life for a week, transforming his identity.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Salomón Askenazi
CAST:  Giancarlo Ruiz  •  Paulette Hernández  •  Daniela Bascopé  •  Juan Carlos Colombo

A man going through a crisis chooses to live somebody else's life for a week, transforming his identity.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Salomón Askenazi
CAST:  Giancarlo Ruiz  •  Paulette Hernández  •  Daniela Bascopé  •  Juan Carlos Colombo

Hypocrisis (2021)

An alcoholic priest receives confessions online throughout the eternal quarantine.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marlon Morales
CAST:  Giancarlo Ruiz  •  Adolfo Madera  •  Costanza Andrade  •  Minerva Velasco

An alcoholic priest receives confessions online throughout the eternal quarantine.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marlon Morales
CAST:  Giancarlo Ruiz  •  Adolfo Madera  •  Costanza Andrade  •  Minerva Velasco

El Fantasma (2021)

In the Fall of 1963, Lee Harvey Oswald travels to Mexico City in pursuit of a visa to the Soviet Union. At the Cuban Consulate, he meets a woman, Silvia Duran, who might be the key to getting what he wants. Based on real events.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arturo R. Jiménez
CAST:  Ellar Coltrane  •  Fernanda Rivera  •  Giancarlo Ruiz

In the Fall of 1963, Lee Harvey Oswald travels to Mexico City in pursuit of a visa to the Soviet Union. At the Cuban Consulate, he meets a woman, Silvia Duran, who might be the key to getting what he wants. Based on real events.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arturo R. Jiménez
CAST:  Ellar Coltrane  •  Fernanda Rivera  •  Giancarlo Ruiz

Guardado, Hermano (2022)

Brothers Leo and Argel face the latter's poverty and autism together. When a maniac starts to scare the small town they live in, Argel' drug problems intensify and Leo's reality changes, building a stylized and tormented tale of revenge, grief and brotherhood.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jorge Iván Sanders
CAST:  Jorge A. Jimenez  •  Leonardo A. Reyes  •  Giancarlo Ruiz  •  Hilda Sánchez

Brothers Leo and Argel face the latter's poverty and autism together. When a maniac starts to scare the small town they live in, Argel' drug problems intensify and Leo's reality changes, building a stylized and tormented tale of revenge, grief and brotherhood.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jorge Iván Sanders
CAST:  Jorge A. Jimenez  •  Leonardo A. Reyes  •  Giancarlo Ruiz  •  Hilda Sánchez