Leticia Huijara

Acting

Leticia Huijara

Born

1967-12-12 (58)

Place of birth

Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico

Known for

Acting

Credits

40 titles

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 8 titles

¡Que viva México! poster
7.4

After his grandfather's death, a man travels with his wife and kids to his hometown, where chaos ensues with his relatives over the inheritance.

¡Que viva México!

2023

Christmas Is Cancelled poster
7.3

Newlyweds Lidia and Manuel face their biggest challenge yet when they bring their wildly different families together for Christmas. As clashing personalities spark both hilarity and tension, their relationship hangs in the balance amidst the holiday chaos.

Christmas Is Cancelled

2024

The Day of the Dead Is Cancelled poster
7.3

A sudden death reunites the Garcias and San Roman. Lidia and Manuel fight for their romance, but Francisco moves into the house. Lydia's promotion means settling in Monterey. Rosa manages her husband's memory while trying to bring Jaime into her life. The two families deal with death differently and prepare for a new life.

The Day of the Dead Is Cancelled

2023

Mírame poster
6.8

Lalo is a teenager tormented by the recent death of his dad, and being forced to move to an old house with his grandmother Elena. After taking his dad's old wristwatch, the ghost of a young girl begins to haunt him. Now, Lalo's life is in danger as he tries to unfold the mysterious ghost who keeps frightening him, hoping to stop her from dragging him for good.

Mírame

2021

Mother's Day Is Cancelled poster
7.3

Lidia and Manuel are a newlywed couple whose families have only met once. Now, they get together again to celebrate Mother’s Day. But there is a secret in the family that as soon as it explodes, will change it all. Esmeralda and Rosa must lean on each other to get through the day that seems to have something against them.

Mother's Day Is Cancelled

2023

La peste del insomnio poster
NR

30 actresses and actors from Latin America, seek to evoke hope in the midst of the health and economic crisis unleashed by Covid-19, through the reading of fragments from the work of Gabriel García Márquez alluding to the plague of oblivion.

La peste del insomnio

2020

Black Moon poster
NR

The story of three brothers arises between dreams, ideals and frustrations in the context of a community rebellion to defend their river from a construction company.

Black Moon

2023

Days of Winter poster
5.0

Nestor wants to go live with his sister in the US, nevertheless, he is the only one who lives with his mother and he can't leave her alone.

Days of Winter

2020

2010s · 7 titles

It Hurts poster
6.0

The relationship between a psychologist and her patient takes a painful turn when they cross each other's intimate boundaries.

It Hurts

2017

El viaje de Keta poster
3.4

Keta is a professional makeup artist with a big butt and large thighs, but she also has big dreams. The truth is that Keta with her overweight, her addiction to marijuana and her pink hair can not get a job anywhere, so she ends up as a drug dealer handing out goods to her neighbor - who is addicted to all kinds of painkillers-, to an actress of soap operas as schizophrenic as a cocaine addict; also going through a swinger couple, a prude housewife, a not so prude nun and a host of characters that will surely make more than one viewer is reflected.

El viaje de Keta

2018

One for the Road poster
7.4

Three octogenarians set out on a trip in order to fulfill the dying wish of a lifelong friend, in spite of the disapproval of their families and the limitations of their advanced age. Along the way, they find themselves embroiled in a series of comedic misadventures and meet a cast of colorful characters. Their journey fundamentally alters each characters' sense of self and their place in the world. There is, indeed, life after 80.

One for the Road

2015

The Cousin poster
5.8

A married woman, who's husband leaves her alone way too many times, is seduced by a junior spoiled young man, leading her into the fullfillment of her unsatisfied needs.

The Cousin

2018

She's Ramona poster
5.1

Ramona is fat woman with too much weight and barely any luck. She recalls a childhood filled with moral abuse by her mother, sister and friends, calling her silly offensive names referencing her overweight. When she became an adult, things didn’t really get any better. She’s fired for being fat, she wants a liposuction but the doctor informs her she’s not a candidate due to her overweight, and all her universe seems to be collapsing after a series of unfortunate events. But everything will soon get better thanks to some magical beetles she finds in a Tarot café.

She's Ramona

2015

The Zebra poster
5.2

During the Mexican Revolution, Leandro and Odón, two war vultures, find a zebra. They mistakenly believe this to be an American horse and thus begin a journey in search of General Obregón, who they assume, will appoint them as colonels given their peculiar beast of burden. They partake in several adventures during their journey.

The Zebra

2011

Gringo poster
5.0

Omar and Esperanza return to Monterrey after a doctoral stay in Quebec, while making economic and emotional efforts to stay in Mexico, a job offer comes up in San Antonio, Texas. Standing before unsecure and terror conditions that rein upon the highways in the north of Mexico, Omar will have to drive through the frontier paths and face his rough past, his violent present and the helpless future of his family and country.

Gringo

2015

2000s · 5 titles

Sex, Love And Other Perversions II poster
2.8

The private, the forbidden and the obscene. Eight short stories to be moved, surprised and have fun. Three different views about relationships, love, sex; three directors will take you from comedy to drama and backford, from the story of an old lady with cancer having a love affair to the love between two teenagers who try to make love for the first time or to the burning desire of a cop who is bewitched by cupid.

Sex, Love And Other Perversions II

2006

A Wonderful World poster
7.6

A fairy tale about the political and socioeconomic realities of Mexico.

A Wonderful World

2006

Mónica y el Profesor poster
6.2

Monica is a rich swiss girl who is kidnapped with a university teacher. Together they discuss their future and their ideas about life.

Mónica y el Profesor

2004

Dark Cities poster
5.4

Adapted by writer/director Fernando Sariñana from the stories by Juan Madrid, Ciudades Oscuras (Dark Cities) tells a story of interwoven lives in the seedy underbelly of Mexico City. The several different story lines concern hooker Lola (Dolores Heredia); her drug addict son Fede (Diego Luna); her friend Zeze (Zaide Silvia Gutierrez); Zeze's daughter Susana (Jimena Ayala); and junkie Vicente (Roberto Sosa). Also on the scene are two corrupt cops (Alejandro Tommasi and Jesus Ochoa) and one good cop (Odiseo Bichir), while Chicken (Hector Suarez) and Casimiro (Alonso Echanove) each tell their separate stories to the same bartender (Demian Bichir). ~ Andrea LeVasseur, Rovi

Dark Cities

2002

Compassionate Sex poster
5.8

Dolores is a mature and kind woman whose husband abandons her because he can't stand her uncanny generosity. Desperate to get her husband back, she devotes her life to works of charity, which is to go to bed with the other men of the town. Dolores, now "Lolita", becomes so famous that all men seek out her help now. It is through her compassionate sex that she brings back the colour and the happiness to a town that was immersed in sadness. Written by HoMordomo.

Compassionate Sex

2000

1990s · 7 titles

Herod's Law poster
8.0

In the 1940s, a small Mexican town has seen its last three mayors assassinated in rapid succession. A naive janitor is recruited to become the new mayor, and he believes he will modernize the little town and usher in a reign of peace. But the system corrupts him very quickly, and he takes to abusing his power while associating with an unscrupulous assortment of opportunists, hypocrites and criminals.

Herod's Law

1999

Recipes to Stay Together poster
5.9

"Cilantro y perejil" is a comedy about couples from the same family, hit by the economic crisis in Mexico. The plot turns around the eternal question of whether it is worth it to live as a couple. The conclusions are fun, unpredictable and very human. After ending a ten-year marriage, Carlos and Susana try to fall in love with other people without success. As the days go by, Carlos realizes that without Susana he is unable to do many things, including distinguishing cilantro from parsley.

Recipes to Stay Together

1996

If I Never See You Again poster
6.6

Five elderly men form a music group and run away from the nursing home where they are interns with the hope of playing for an audience. They confront th city, the nursing home authorities, the police and all those who wish to destroy their dream which finally comes true when they are contracted to serve as musical background for strippers of a second class cabaret. In case i never see you again, is a movie about life, death, melancholy and the quest for happiness.

If I Never See You Again

1997

Luces de la noche poster
5.7

On a whim, a retired gentleman decides to track down an old girlfriend from decades back.

Luces de la noche

1998

Alta Tensión poster
6.0

A retired man that used to work for the National Electricity Company fight with his sons who want to get his money.

Alta Tensión

1997

Alta Tensión poster
6.0

A retired man that used to work for the National Electricity Company fight with his sons who want to get his money.

Alta Tensión

1997

Two Crimes poster
5.2

After being falsely accused of a murder, Marcos runs away to the small and quiet town of Cuevano. There he finds that the family matters are more complicated than his.

Two Crimes

1995

Series credits

Dark Desire poster
7.3

Married Alma spends a fateful weekend away from home that ignites passion, ends in tragedy and leads her to question the truth about those close to her.

Dark Desire

2020

Mujeres Asesinas poster
7.3

An anthology series featuring women from different walks of life who are driven to violence and murder because of circumstances varying from mental illness and domestic violence to humiliation and manipulation.

Mujeres Asesinas

2022

The Dead Girls poster
7.4

The story of the Baladro sisters, known as “Las Poquianchis”, who built a brothel empire and became merciless killers in 1960s Mexico.

The Dead Girls

2025

A Love To Remember poster
7.3

A rich and handsome architect is flying from Acapulco to Mexico City when his plane crashes. A beautiful, young girl finds him in the forest and decides to bring him home to look after him.

A Love To Remember

2014

El Octavo Mandamiento poster
2.0

No synopsis available yet.

El Octavo Mandamiento

2011

Playing with Fire poster
5.8

Three prosperous women -- including a mother and her daughter -- fall for a seductive man in Colombia's Coffee Triangle.

Playing with Fire

2019

La Bella y las Bestias poster
8.4

A woman thirsty for revenge returns to Mexico to find her parents' killers, who hide behind legal facades in high society.

La Bella y las Bestias

2018

Se llamaba Pedro Infante poster
6.8

A promise to his mother led him to become the best musical and movie star of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema; his songs and characters went around the world, and when he seemed to have everything, death tragically took him away.

Se llamaba Pedro Infante

2023

Los Sánchez poster
NR

Los Sánchez is a Mexican telenovela that started on September 20, 2004 and ended on January 13, 2006. It starred Luis Felipe Tovar, Martha Mariana Castro, Leticia Huijara, Libertad and Alejandro Bracho.

Los Sánchez

2004

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