Juan Carlos Barreto

Juan Carlos Barreto (Monterrey, Nuevo León; March 11, 1957) is a Mexican film, theater and television actor who has stood out for his performances in the soap opera "Para Volver a Amar" and the Film "Fausto" by José Julián Vázquez, which was awarded best film at one of the oldest festivals in the United States, the BFF.

Apocryphal (2012)

Bewildered, Carlos awakens from a nightmare stalked by Death. The dream has a foreboding message, which is not entirely clear to him. Carlos decides to challenge his destiny and face the consequences, but his evil doing ends up shaping his own fate and that of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ernesto Fundora Hernández
CAST:  Juan Carlos Barreto  •  María Inés Pintado  •  Alejandro Villeli  •  Julio Escalero

Bewildered, Carlos awakens from a nightmare stalked by Death. The dream has a foreboding message, which is not entirely clear to him. Carlos decides to challenge his destiny and face the consequences, but his evil doing ends up shaping his own fate and that of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ernesto Fundora Hernández
CAST:  Juan Carlos Barreto  •  María Inés Pintado  •  Alejandro Villeli  •  Julio Escalero

Love on a Weekend (2010)

One city. Three days, three social classes, three love songs, human beings who coexist without touching one another, joined by mirages and hopes. Their struggles to survive are individual and secret; there are no winners or losers. The seeming order is maintained ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Salvador Aguirre
CAST:  Adriana Barraza  •  Juan Carlos Barreto  •  Luis Ernesto Franco  •  Daniel Giménez Cacho

One city. Three days, three social classes, three love songs, human beings who coexist without touching one another, joined by mirages and hopes. Their struggles to survive are individual and secret; there are no winners or losers. The seeming order is maintained ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Salvador Aguirre
CAST:  Adriana Barraza  •  Juan Carlos Barreto  •  Luis Ernesto Franco  •  Daniel Giménez Cacho

Under the Salt (2008)

A series of murders leads Commander Trujillo to Santa Rosa de la Sal a town close to a salt mine, where he meets Victor Zepeda - a lonely teenager who works in his father's funeral home and spends his free time making crude animated horror films - who's strange ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mario Muñoz
CAST:  Humberto Zurita  •  Plutarco Haza  •  Irene Azuela  •  Emilio Guerrero

A series of murders leads Commander Trujillo to Santa Rosa de la Sal a town close to a salt mine, where he meets Victor Zepeda - a lonely teenager who works in his father's funeral home and spends his free time making crude animated horror films - who's strange ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mario Muñoz
CAST:  Humberto Zurita  •  Plutarco Haza  •  Irene Azuela  •  Emilio Guerrero

Backyard (2009)

An astonishing fictional account of the unending series of murders of young women in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, which began in 1996. Most of the victims are low-paid laborers who have been drawn to the town by the possibility of work at American-owned factories. In the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlos Carrera
CAST:  Ana de la Reguera  •  Asur Zagada  •  Marco Pérez  •  Iván Cortes

An astonishing fictional account of the unending series of murders of young women in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, which began in 1996. Most of the victims are low-paid laborers who have been drawn to the town by the possibility of work at American-owned factories. In the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlos Carrera
CAST:  Ana de la Reguera  •  Asur Zagada  •  Marco Pérez  •  Iván Cortes

Burn the Bridges (2007)

Eugenia is a former pop singer who is bedridden and dying of cancer. She is cared for by her daughter, Helena, who dreams of traveling the world and wishes she could be a glamorous pop star like her mother was. Helena’s younger brother Sebastian's dreams are simple ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Francisco Franco Alba
CAST:  Irene Azuela  •  Juan Carlos Barreto  •  Bernardo Benítez  •  Ricardo Blume

Eugenia is a former pop singer who is bedridden and dying of cancer. She is cared for by her daughter, Helena, who dreams of traveling the world and wishes she could be a glamorous pop star like her mother was. Helena’s younger brother Sebastian's dreams are simple ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Francisco Franco Alba
CAST:  Irene Azuela  •  Juan Carlos Barreto  •  Bernardo Benítez  •  Ricardo Blume

Redemption of a Broken Mind (2017)

Fausto is destined to live the suicide of his beloved wife. After this tragic event, he’s inexplicably given the opportunity to travel back in time and change the faith of the woman who he loves.  (more)

DIRECTION:  José Julián Vázquez
CAST:  Rosa María Bianchi  •  Juan Carlos Barreto  •  Antonio de la Vega  •  Juan Acosta

Fausto is destined to live the suicide of his beloved wife. After this tragic event, he’s inexplicably given the opportunity to travel back in time and change the faith of the woman who he loves.  (more)

DIRECTION:  José Julián Vázquez
CAST:  Rosa María Bianchi  •  Juan Carlos Barreto  •  Antonio de la Vega  •  Juan Acosta

Another Mexican (2010)

Antonio (Ricky Mergold) is a 16 year old boy from a village in the Mexican province, living the awakening of consciousness with the intensity of the contradictions that surround him: a dogmatic religion, mediocre educational institutions, corrupt politicians an a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  René Cardona III
CAST:  René Campero  •  Khristian Clausen  •  Alberto Estrella  •  Juan Carlos Barreto

Antonio (Ricky Mergold) is a 16 year old boy from a village in the Mexican province, living the awakening of consciousness with the intensity of the contradictions that surround him: a dogmatic religion, mediocre educational institutions, corrupt politicians an a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  René Cardona III
CAST:  René Campero  •  Khristian Clausen  •  Alberto Estrella  •  Juan Carlos Barreto

Veinteañera, Divorciada y Fantástica (2020)

Regina, our young protagonist, always dreamed of getting married. And she did it - but the dream lasted much less than she thought and now she has to face life in a very funny way as a divorcee.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Noé Santillán-López
CAST:  Paulina Goto  •  Jesús Zavala  •  Vadhir Derbez  •  Natalia Téllez

Regina, our young protagonist, always dreamed of getting married. And she did it - but the dream lasted much less than she thought and now she has to face life in a very funny way as a divorcee.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Noé Santillán-López
CAST:  Paulina Goto  •  Jesús Zavala  •  Vadhir Derbez  •  Natalia Téllez

La señorita (1994)

Violent death of a loan shark investigated by diligent policeman.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mario Hernández
CAST:  Jacqueline Andere  •  Héctor Gómez  •  Guillermo Gil  •  María Rojo

Violent death of a loan shark investigated by diligent policeman.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mario Hernández
CAST:  Jacqueline Andere  •  Héctor Gómez  •  Guillermo Gil  •  María Rojo

Los cómplices del infierno (1995)

Sandra and Deborah are two women trying to escape from a tragic recent event. They go for a vacation on a beach house but are then followed by an evil cult.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Juan Fernando Pérez Gavilán
CAST:  Edith González  •  Maribel Guardia  •  Alfredo Adame  •  Juan Peláez

Sandra and Deborah are two women trying to escape from a tragic recent event. They go for a vacation on a beach house but are then followed by an evil cult.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Juan Fernando Pérez Gavilán
CAST:  Edith González  •  Maribel Guardia  •  Alfredo Adame  •  Juan Peláez