Hugo Márquez

Orinoco, New World (1984)

The Orinoko: main character in the film. The first part is set during the pre-conquest and is represented as an earthly paradise. A shaman has precognitive visions: go to Columbus and the Catholic missionary in 1498.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Diego Rísquez
CAST:  Kosinegue  •  Rolando Peña  •  Hugo Márquez  •  Carlos Castillo

The Orinoko: main character in the film. The first part is set during the pre-conquest and is represented as an earthly paradise. A shaman has precognitive visions: go to Columbus and the Catholic missionary in 1498.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Diego Rísquez
CAST:  Kosinegue  •  Rolando Peña  •  Hugo Márquez  •  Carlos Castillo

Bolívar, a Tropical Symphony (1983)

This is the first of Diego Risquez’ trilogy of avant-garde cinematic treatments of historical subjects. Using a painterly style, it features portraits, still lifes, and scenes shot as tableaux vivants, the film provides an experimental interpretation of the arrival ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Diego Rísquez
CAST:  Temístocles López  •  Antonio Eduardo Dagnino  •  Carlos Castillo  •  Hugo Márquez

This is the first of Diego Risquez’ trilogy of avant-garde cinematic treatments of historical subjects. Using a painterly style, it features portraits, still lifes, and scenes shot as tableaux vivants, the film provides an experimental interpretation of the arrival ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Diego Rísquez
CAST:  Temístocles López  •  Antonio Eduardo Dagnino  •  Carlos Castillo  •  Hugo Márquez

Miss Bala (2011)

The story of a young woman clinging on to her dream to become a beauty contest queen in a Mexico dominated by organized crime.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gerardo Naranjo
CAST:  Stephanie Sigman  •  Noé Hernández  •  Irene Azuela  •  Jose Yenque

The story of a young woman clinging on to her dream to become a beauty contest queen in a Mexico dominated by organized crime.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gerardo Naranjo
CAST:  Stephanie Sigman  •  Noé Hernández  •  Irene Azuela  •  Jose Yenque

Sicario (1994)

Jairo is a teenager living in a marginal world, in a neighborhood full of drugs and assaults. Tired of poverty and his family hell, he is forced to resort to violence. He thinks his only way out of misery through the world of crime, so he decides to participate in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  José Ramón Novoa
CAST:  Laureano Olivares  •  Gledys Ibarra  •  Pedro Lander  •  Hermán Gil

Jairo is a teenager living in a marginal world, in a neighborhood full of drugs and assaults. Tired of poverty and his family hell, he is forced to resort to violence. He thinks his only way out of misery through the world of crime, so he decides to participate in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  José Ramón Novoa
CAST:  Laureano Olivares  •  Gledys Ibarra  •  Pedro Lander  •  Hermán Gil

Amerika, Terra Incognita (1988)

This low-budget avant garde feature uses no dialogue in telling the story of the reaction of the Spanish court after the initial exploration of America. A botanist revels in his collection of new plants. A native is baptized in a church ceremony, and nuns and court ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Diego Rísquez
CAST:  María Luisa Mosquera  •  Hugo Márquez  •  Luis M. Trujillo  •  John Phelps

This low-budget avant garde feature uses no dialogue in telling the story of the reaction of the Spanish court after the initial exploration of America. A botanist revels in his collection of new plants. A native is baptized in a church ceremony, and nuns and court ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Diego Rísquez
CAST:  María Luisa Mosquera  •  Hugo Márquez  •  Luis M. Trujillo  •  John Phelps

Móvil pasional (1994)

Gyula Kodar is a commissioner who investigates the murder of an American executive. Keep track of Macabí, an ex and former lover of Mary Laya, widow of the victim. With the help of Kelly, a prostitute who is his sometime lover, Gyula able to find Macabí ; then he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mauricio Walerstein
CAST:  Orlando Urdaneta  •  Elvira Valdés  •  María Rojo  •  Hugo Márquez

Gyula Kodar is a commissioner who investigates the murder of an American executive. Keep track of Macabí, an ex and former lover of Mary Laya, widow of the victim. With the help of Kelly, a prostitute who is his sometime lover, Gyula able to find Macabí ; then he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mauricio Walerstein
CAST:  Orlando Urdaneta  •  Elvira Valdés  •  María Rojo  •  Hugo Márquez

Roraima (1994)

A woman sets out on a spiritual journey to find her brother in the far away land of Roraima.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlos Oteyza
CAST:  Isabel Russinova  •  Daniel López  •  Stephen Ellery  •  Lupe Barrado

A woman sets out on a spiritual journey to find her brother in the far away land of Roraima.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlos Oteyza
CAST:  Isabel Russinova  •  Daniel López  •  Stephen Ellery  •  Lupe Barrado