Acting

Mariana Villegas

Acting credits

Tótem poster
6.8

In a bustling Mexican household, seven-year-old Sol is swept up in a whirlwind of preparations for the birthday party for her father, Tona, led by her mother, aunts, and other relatives. As the day goes on, building to an event both anticipated and dreaded, Sol begins to understand the gravity of the celebration this year and watches as her family does the same.

Tótem

2023

Murió el Amor poster
5.0

No synopsis available yet.

Murió el Amor

2014

Heartbeat poster
7.0

The newly separated Leonor comes from the monied class, while sixteen year old aspiring ballerina Emilia does not. They begin a tense pas de deux waiting out Emilia’s pregnancy in a remote country home, isolated from the world and each other.

Heartbeat

2023

Rubble poster
NR

Memories as photographs: no date, no place, no names.

Rubble

2019

Noise poster
7.2

Julia is a mother, or rather, one of many mothers, sisters, daughters, colleagues, who have had their lives torn apart by the widespread violence in a country waging a war against its women. Julia is searching for Ger, her daughter. And in her search, she will weave through the stories and struggles of the different women she will meet.

Noise

2022

Sweatshop Girl poster
2.0

Inés works as a seamstress in a sweatshop where pregnancy tests are periodically administered. When she becomes pregnant, she is sure that her condition will get her fired. She does everything she can to keep it a secret.

Sweatshop Girl

2023

Northern Skies Over Empty Space poster
7.4

Don Reynaldo is a renowned hunter in decline. When the threat of losing his heritage and his father's legacy appears, the dynamics with his family, his workers and the land will be dangerously disrupted.

Northern Skies Over Empty Space

2022

Making It Up poster
7.2

Ana and Rita are flat broke. So when unpredictable Alex offers them a job, they kind of have to say yes -- to the gig and to a big ol' mess.

Making It Up

2023

Copper poster
NR

On the outskirts of an isolated mining town, Lázaro discovers a dead body. He thinks he has a respiratory illness and doesn’t want to go back to the mine. Rumours, suspicion and desire surround him.

Copper

2025

Fauna poster
5.5

Luisa and Gabino visit their parents in a mining town in the north of Mexico. Their father’s only interest in them is sparked by Luisa’s actor boyfriend when he acts out the role of a narco kingpin. To cope with family tensions, Gabino imagines a parallel reality of detectives and organized crime.

Fauna

2021

The Cascade poster
4.0

A man discovers he has been crying for two months without even realising it. His face has an impenetrable and serious expression. Strangely, his tears have decided to work in a reverse way, transforming the inside of his body into a waterfall. The water has started pooling at his feet.

The Cascade

2024

La cadenita poster
5.0

Estela and Pilar become friends when they enter an acting school. They live together and dedicate themselves to their learning process under the premise: "Acting in life is called play." Estela does not pay much attention to Pilar's envy towards her classmate Dora. But when the school principal assigns Dora the lead role in a play, Estela joins her friend's cause.

La cadenita

2007

No artwork available
NR

A group of elderly people gather at night to play bingo. Mario loses every time and has become obsessed with the game. Fortune accompanies him outside the room to show him that luck rules his life and that of the elderly group; but Mario will not accept losing this time.

Bingo

2015