
Acting
Helena Rojo
Born 1944-08-18 · Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Helena Rojo (Mexico City; August 18, 1944 - February 4, 2024), was a renowned Mexican film, television and theater actress. She enjoyed a successful career spanning several decades in Mexican cinema, television, and theater. Rojo gained recognition for her versatile and compelling performances in films like "Las Pirañas aman en Cuaresma" (1969) and TV series such as "Cuna de Lobos" (1986). She continues to be celebrated as one of Mexico's most distinguished actresses.
Acting credits
7.4A few decades after the destruction of the Inca Empire, a Spanish expedition led by the infamous Aguirre leaves the mountains of Peru and goes down the Amazon River in search of the lost city of El Dorado. When great difficulties arise, Aguirre’s men start to wonder whether their quest will lead them to prosperity or certain death.
Aguirre, the Wrath of God
1972
7.0A young man inherits a broken down estate at the edge of the Peruvian desert, with no explanation about the former owners or what had become of the once thriving house.
Mirage
1972
5.7Eccentric millionaire Olivia sends her half sister Agatha, and a group of old acquaintances, a mysterious invitation for a weekend on her yacht, where they will discover the true motive behind this invitation: the celebration of… a murder?
A Deadly Invitation
2023
6.3Mexican feature film
Crónica íntima
1979
7.0Work colleagues Hanna and Amanda are unexpectedly laid off. Since Amanda is leaving town, Hanna deposits both of their severance checks into her account. Unfortunately, Hanna screwed up and the money went somewhere it wasn’t intended – which puts her on a direct collision course with some eligible and not so eligible bachelors. Now, between her search for a new job and her hilarious forays into babysitting Amanda’s son, Hanna has to find and retrieve the loot in this hilarious misadventure that proves romance happens where and when you least expect it.
Amor letra por letra
2008
5.4Traveling salesman's amoral/sometimes criminal behavior catches up with him after he settles in at his brother's vinyard.
El Cínico
1970
NRThe Sanchez clan have seen the worst of times, but they have survived by sticking together. When Sanchez's oldest daughter Consuelo plans to build a life of her own, the family and Sanchez face an enormous challenge.
Los hijos de Sanchez
1978
5.1Mexican horror film about an American painter named Mary who is living in Mexico where she sells her works and also kills people for their blood. It turns out Mary is a vampire but not the traditional one with fangs. Since she has no fangs she must stab or slash the throats of her victims but soon she has a new man in her life as well as a mysterious man in black who appears to be doing the same type of murders.
Mary, Mary, Bloody Mary
1975
8.0Retired international police agent, now suburban housewife, is asked by her former partner to help him catch a serial killer.
Lovers, Partners & Spies
1988
6.5Hall Bartlett directs the rural drama The Children of Sanchez, based on the tome The Children of Sanchez: Autobiography of a Mexican Family written by Oscar Lewis in the '60s. Anthony Quinn stars as the widowed Jesus Sanchez, a poor farmer struggling to provide for his family in Mexico City. Also starring Lupita Ferrer as Consuelo and Stathis Giallelis as Roberto. This is the last film in the 50-year career of international star Dolores del Rio, who plays the Grandma. Jazz-pop performer Chuck Mangione was nominated for a Golden Globe and won a Grammy award for his original musical score.
The Children of Sanchez
1978
5.8On his 17th birthday, a boy named Michael has a surprise party thrown by his friends, where a session with a Ouija board accidentally unleashes a demon named Virgil, who possesses one of them to go on a killing spree. Michael, now plagued by violent nightmares and premonitions, sets out to try and stop the killings.
Don't Panic
1989
6.9When four women move into an old house left by one woman's aunt, strange things begin to happen. Bizarre voices, visions of ghosts, and mysterious noises lead them to discover the darkest powers of evil and a horror and agony beyond terror.
Blacker Than the Night
1975
5.4A vengeful widow hires a professional killer to train her son so that he can hunt down and kill the men who murdered her husband. The quest for revenge soon becomes an obsession.
Eye for an Eye
1971
5.0Sasha, a young woman from Mexico meets Damian, a man from Angola. They begin a relationship in Los Angeles, CA. She invites him to her hometown in northern Mexico for the weekend. This loveless romance quickly turns into a roaring silence when both try to tear down each other's walls.
Borderline
2009
5.2No synopsis available yet.
Guerrero Negro
1994
6.0Aging politicians who have faded from the public eye hold a cocktail party to celebrate one friend's appointment to the President's Cabinet. Illusions are indulged, illusions are shattered.
The Eve
1982
5.7On a whim, a retired gentleman decides to track down an old girlfriend from decades back.
Luces de la noche
1998
4.8A Romanian aristocrat retreats to a desert isle with his wife and servants on the eve of World War II.
Foxtrot
1976
4.5Sea creature who looks like a human girl takes the place of a couple's drowned daughter. She grows up into a beautiful woman who wears very little clothing, and she meets a young man and they fall in love. Then...
Más allá del deseo
1992
5.4A motorcycle gang goes to a mansion where a party is being held and joy turns into tragedy.
End of the Party
1972
5.5Series western, adaptation of a popular comic-book.
El Payo: Un Hombre Contra el Mundo
1972
5.2After having his genitals brutally mutilated during childhood, a man must face prejudice and himself.
The Cubs
1973
5.3Spur-of-the-moment nightclub hookup leaves a straying husband framed for a murder.
Noche de juerga
1981
6.0President Juárez fights against the conservatives, who have ordered an emperor to be brought from France to govern Mexico
Those Years
1974