Benny Emmanuel

Acting

Benny Emmanuel

Born 1996-12-17 · Veracruz, Mexico

Benny Emmanuel Mendoza Yirene, known as Benny Emmanuel, was born on December 17, 1996, in Veracruz, by decision of his parents, although they brought him to live in Mexico City when he was almost one year old. Although neither of his parents is professionally engaged in acting, they were always fans of the art: his mother sings and his father acted in some school plays. Benny instead decided to make a career out of this art. Benny tends to work with characters who are real, who have real problems, who are complex, multifaceted human beings. One of Benny's wishes is to participate in a film that will last in the history of Mexican cinema no matter how many generations and new proposals pass over it.

Acting credits

Sin Nombre poster
7.6

Sayra, a Native Honduran teenager, hungers for a better life. Her chance for one comes when she is reunited with her long-estranged father, who intends to emigrate to Mexico and then enter the United States. Sayra's life collides with a pair of Indigenous Mexican and Mestizo-Mexican gangmembers who have boarded the same USA-bound train.

Sin Nombre

2009

Impossible Things poster
8.4

After the death of her abusive husband, Matilde finds her new best friend in Miguel, her young, insecure, and disoriented neighbor.

Impossible Things

2021

Tigers Are Not Afraid poster
6.8

When her mother suddenly disappears with no one to care for her, young Estrella ends up on the street and joins a gang of children, triggering a dangerous and tragic chain of events.

Tigers Are Not Afraid

2017

La Leyenda de los Chaneques poster
8.3

Five years after giving up his powers and separating from his friends, Leo San Juan has started a new life trying to focus on his family and their bakery, staying away from danger and adventures. However, Leo knows that his plans are rarely fulfilled and this time is no exception: while traveling with Nando to Veracruz, things start to get weird, and from the depths of the Tuxtlas jungle, an ancient curse has returned and only Leo can face it.

La Leyenda de los Chaneques

2023

The Obscure Spring poster
6.9

Igor is a plumber; Pina serves coffee. It is winter and they both deeply desire each other, but they are not free. In trying to figure out how to realize their love, she decides to make a lion costume for her little son and he decides to buy a photocopying machine for his wife. Spring will come at last and with it the consummation of love, filling their lives with hope and sex.

The Obscure Spring

2014

The Legend of the Guanajuato Mummies poster
8.1

Three friends confront a horde of mummies, who have inexplicably awakened, and try to rescue their pal, not realizing they have fallen into a trap.

The Legend of the Guanajuato Mummies

2014

The Legend of the Chupacabras poster
7.5

Leo San Juan and his team of "ghostbusters" continue with their adventures, this time fighting against the mexican monster himself: "El Chupacabras".

The Legend of the Chupacabras

2016

The Legend of the Black Charro poster
8.2

After releasing the Chupacabras, Leo San Juan decides that it is time to return together with his brother Nando to his grandmother's house. Halfway down the road, Charro Negro manages to confuse Leo and because of him, an innocent girl is dragged into the underworld. Leo is forced to repair the damage. His friends will come to try to help him and get out of there as soon as possible. But it is no coincidence that the Charro has chosen to involve Leo, his intentions go beyond getting a new soul.

The Legend of the Black Charro

2018

Chicuarotes poster
7.8

Cagalera and Moloteco are two teenagers from San Gregorio Atlapulco who are desperate to get out and move up and away from oppressive circumstances. When they hear of an opportunity to buy a spot in the electrician’s union, which could transform their lives, they quickly devolve into the criminal, adult underworld of Mexico City in a bid to buy their freedom.

Chicuarotes

2019

Mexican Gangster poster
6.5

Tells the story of the most prominent bank robber in the history of Mexico, his crimes, his different personalities, his career as a charro with a mariachi band, his getaways and the strange relationship he had with the one who finally came to stop him. Based on the true story of Alfredo Ríos Galeana.

Mexican Gangster

2014

Ashes poster
NR

Lucila leaves Mexico with her younger brother to reunite with their mother in Madrid, who had left a few years earlier to chase a better future. When they finally arrive, the bitter, suffocating reality that awaits them proves far harsher than Lucila had imagined. Still, she is determined to make the most of this fragile new life.

Ashes

2026

Days of Grace poster
6.6

Mexico City. 2002, 2006, 2010. A cop. A hostage. A wife. Corruption, violence, vengeance. Three destinies, during 30 days, during three Soccer World Cups. Three ways to fight in order to survive.

Days of Grace

2012

Days of Grace poster
6.6

Mexico City. 2002, 2006, 2010. A cop. A hostage. A wife. Corruption, violence, vengeance. Three destinies, during 30 days, during three Soccer World Cups. Three ways to fight in order to survive.

Days of Grace

2012

A Few Days in the Sun poster
NR

A European couple's vacation abruptly ends when they're kidnapped in Mexico. A working-class Mexican family is compelled to imprison them, leading to an unexpected cultural clash.

A Few Days in the Sun

Hail Mary poster
10.0

A young Belizean girl, Maria, finds herself mysteriously pregnant and trying to cross the US/MEX border while outrunning a deadly virus, the Cartels, Border Patrol and the right-hand man of the Devil. This genre-bending retelling of the Mary and Joseph story begs the question – who are the real monsters?

Hail Mary

2023

La Venganza del Charro Negro poster
NR

The return of Leo San Juan and all the legends.

La Venganza del Charro Negro

2026

The (Almost) Legends poster
7.8

A colorful Mexican town. Two half brothers. Romeo and Preciado meet again to honor their dad's memory in a car rally full of adrenaline and banda music.

The (Almost) Legends

2023

Tremulous poster
6.7

Carlos sweeps and mops the floor of an old-time barbershop. The day before Independence Day, among the customers is Julio. Their eyes meet, and when the barbershop closes Julio comes back for Carlos. They spend the night together, eating, chatting and even dancing, knowing full well that this encounter will be brief and short-lived.

Tremulous

2015

Mambo Dreams poster
6.9

Dámaso Pérez Prado, known as "el rey del mambo", came back from the dead to look for the love of his life.

Mambo Dreams

2022

2033 poster
4.2

In 2033, Mexico City is a hot, mechanical and chaotic megacity ruled by the military and a tyrannical government. It is an oppressed society with its religious faith and liberty of expression stolen. Pablo, the main character, is a young finantial yuppie that gets shelter in drugs and alcohol. He leaves his privileged life in order to help the unprotected and destroy the system that controls the population.

2033

2009

Mexican Men poster
7.5

Who’s up for a sensual, seductive trip with some of the hottest Latin men that have ever graced the Silver Screen? ‘Mexican Men’ collects five of the most accomplished gay shorts from one of the homes of groundbreaking queer cinema. From short encounters, emerging love stories and deeply touching connections, these short films are sure to stir the heart... and body. Includes: Atmosphere [Atmósfera] (2010); To Live [Vivir] (2003); Tremulous [Trémulo] (2015); Wandering Clouds [Nubes flotantes] (2014); Young Man on the Bar Masturbating with Rage and Nerve [Muchacho en la barra se masturba con rabia y osadía] (2015).

Mexican Men

2016

Revolución poster
5.1

Made up of 10 short films, 'Revolucion' analyzes through the eyes of the directors what is the revolution today and what it means to the young minds of Mexico.

Revolución

2010

Amar no es Querer poster
6.5

Jakie es una joven que disfruta de ayudar a los más necesitados, pero su esposo Samuel no comparte este sentimiento. El mundo de Jakie giraba alrededor de la ayuda a niños con cáncer en una clínica, el mundo de él giraba alrededor de los negocios, no le interesaba el altruismo de su mujer. Un trágico accidente deja en coma a Samuel, después de meses de espera Jackie decide seguir su vida y volverse a enamorar.

Amar no es Querer

2011

The Miracle of Marcelino poster
7.8

Mexico at the beginning of the 20th century: one night the monks of the San Francisco Abbey find a baby in front of their gate. They call the boy Marcelino and take care of the little one with devotion...

The Miracle of Marcelino

2010