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Mónica Prado
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The Marked Hour
La Hora Marcada was a 1986 Mexican television anthology series famous for its horror and science fiction themes in the vein of the Twilight Zone. Although virtually unknown outside the country, it achieved a popular and critical success in Mexico. It had a series of rotating writers and directors, among them Emmanuel Lubezki, Guillermo del Toro and Alfonso Cuarón.
Lo que el cielo no perdona
El trinquetero
Card-shark risks getting caught cheating. Safe in his home town, he may turn over a new leaf... but his previous victims are still looking for him.
Brillo Mortal
Candido at day, Perez at night
Cuchillo
After the 14th Ammendment to the US Constitution, everyone has rights - except the Native Americans. Cavalry Army General Boyd applies that by breaking past treaties with the Apaches, and suppressing them in the territory under his command. A young Apache - named Cuchillo/Knife, after the massacre of his tribe - is taught that he is the gods' send to protect his people. Brought up to be a great warrior, he will attempt to reason with Boyd, and then fight an uneven battle against the Blue Demons.
El sátiro
Don Juan tired of using various disguises, is willing to revive its charm and maintain its reputation
El niño y el tiburón
Fermin, the son of a fisherman, befriends a shark he sees wounded on the beach who he nurses back to health.
The Ghost of the Lake
A ghost falls in love with the daughter of the owner of an old mansion, but her fiancé will fight to make sure the ghost leaves them alone.
Dios los cría
Buddy comedy: Bro A poses as Bro B's blind brother to help him collect an inheritance.
El futbolista fenómeno
A beer seller is kidnapped by martians, who give him special powers to become a super football player.
The Minister and Me
Mateo Melgarejo is a notary public and scribe for the illiterate people of Santo Domingo, a neighborhood north of Mexico City's Zócalo. A squatter friend asks for his help in negotiating with the land census bureau to regularize a land title. After a great deal of frustration with the government bureaucracy, he writes a letter to the cabinet minister, earning an audience with him. The minister hires Melgarejo to reform the bureau, and the appointee proceeds to lecture the officials on their duties in a democratic society. At the end, he gives up the post, returning to Santo Domingo to help its poor residents.
Las modelos de desnudos
Three interlocking anecdotes about boy/girl stuff. Two gigolos make a bet to see which can boff an heiress first, a young artist tries to persuade his upper-class parents that his artist's-model fiance is a good choice for marriage, and a guy on the run from the mafia hides from them by cross-dressing.
The House of the Pelican
An elementary school teacher tries to rebuild her life with her son, which is the result of a rape in a distant city.