José Luis Valle

José Luis Valle is a director, producer and screenwriter born in El Salvador, who has become a Mexican citizen, where he studied literature and film. In 2006, he directed the short film "Quimera" which won the competition of the Kodak Film School and received an Honorable Mention at the International Festival of the Cina in Guadalajara. In 2009, his documentary "The Miracle of the Pope" was screened at the Locarno Film Festival. After receiving support from the World Film Fund, his first fiction feature film, "Trabajadores" was released in 2013 in the Panorama section of the Berlinale, and won the 'Abrazo D'Or' for Best Latin American Film at the Festival de Biarritz (France), the 'Colón de Oro' for the best Ibero-American film at the Ibero-American Festival of Huelva (Spain), and the Best First Film Award, both at the Guadalajara and Morelia festivals. Search "also garnered awards for Best Mexican Feature Film at festivals in the Riviera Maya and Monterrey.

Las Búsquedas (2013)

Revenge, redemption and chance are the topics that underpin José Luis Valle’s new film. A man runs his errands: cleans the house, picks up the dry cleaning, pays his debts and buys groceries. Then, inexplicably commits suicide. His death smites his wife, Elvira, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  José Luis Valle
CAST:  Gustavo Sánchez Parra  •  Arcelia Ramírez  •  Gabino Rodríguez  •  David Calderón

Revenge, redemption and chance are the topics that underpin José Luis Valle’s new film. A man runs his errands: cleans the house, picks up the dry cleaning, pays his debts and buys groceries. Then, inexplicably commits suicide. His death smites his wife, Elvira, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  José Luis Valle
CAST:  Gustavo Sánchez Parra  •  Arcelia Ramírez  •  Gabino Rodríguez  •  David Calderón

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

El milagro del Papa (2009)

A supposed miracle benefits everyone around a Zacatecan boy, except the boy himself: the living proof of the infinite power of God on Earth has grown up and wants to migrate to the US.  (more)

DIRECTION:  José Luis Valle
CAST:  Herón Badillo Mirelles

A supposed miracle benefits everyone around a Zacatecan boy, except the boy himself: the living proof of the infinite power of God on Earth has grown up and wants to migrate to the US.  (more)

DIRECTION:  José Luis Valle
CAST:  Herón Badillo Mirelles

I Need Love (2019)

Arcelia is a single mother. She's feed up of being alone and feels a deep need to be loved. Starts relationships, explores knowing people online, and looks for partners of the past. Nothing works. Relationships are ephemereal, men leave. A question arises inside ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  José Luis Valle
CAST:  Diana Sedano  •  Cecilia Ramírez Romo  •  David Ponce

Arcelia is a single mother. She's feed up of being alone and feels a deep need to be loved. Starts relationships, explores knowing people online, and looks for partners of the past. Nothing works. Relationships are ephemereal, men leave. A question arises inside ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  José Luis Valle
CAST:  Diana Sedano  •  Cecilia Ramírez Romo  •  David Ponce

Uzi (2020)

Uzi is the name of a firearm, but also is the diminutive of Uziel, who used to be a hitman in his youth. Now he lives crushed by guilt. His crisis deepens when he helps in a childbirth: the force of life fascinates him, and he does not understand how he was able to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  José Luis Valle
CAST:  Manuel Sorto  •  Mauricio Pimentel  •  Regina Flores Ribot  •  Adolfo Madera

Uzi is the name of a firearm, but also is the diminutive of Uziel, who used to be a hitman in his youth. Now he lives crushed by guilt. His crisis deepens when he helps in a childbirth: the force of life fascinates him, and he does not understand how he was able to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  José Luis Valle
CAST:  Manuel Sorto  •  Mauricio Pimentel  •  Regina Flores Ribot  •  Adolfo Madera