Lisa Owen

Acting

Lisa Owen

Born 1965-07-04 · Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

Acting credits

Original Sin poster
6.1

A young man is plunged into a life of subterfuge, deceit and mistaken identity in pursuit of a femme fatale whose heart is never quite within his grasp.

Original Sin

2001

Nacho Libre poster
6.5

Ignacio, a disrespected cook at a Mexican monastery, can barely afford to feed the orphans who live there. Inspired by a local wrestling hero, he decides to moonlight as the not-so-famous Luchador "Nacho Libre" to earn money for the monastery -- not to mention the admiration of beautiful nun Sister Encarnación.

Nacho Libre

2006

Vantage Point poster
6.4

During an historic counter-terrorism summit in Spain, the President of the United States is struck down by an assassin's bullet. Eight strangers have a perfect view of the kill, but what did they really see? As the minutes leading up to the fatal shot are replayed through the eyes of each eyewitness, the reality of the assassination takes shape.

Vantage Point

2008

The Air I Breathe poster
6.3

A gambler’s bet spiraling into chaos, a gangster's prophetic visions, a pop star’s dark entanglement, a doctor’s desperate race against time to rescue his beloved... Four interconnected stories reveal life unfolding through four emotional pillars — joy, passion, grief, and love.

The Air I Breathe

2007

New Order poster
6.4

In the near future, a popular uprising in Mexico City interrupts a wedding held at the home of a wealthy family. After the riots have been quashed, they discover the bride has gone missing and plea with the military to help locate her.

New Order

2020

Días de combate poster
5.3

A novice private detective is on the trail of a serial strangler in Mexico City.

Días de combate

1994

Eisenstein in Guanajuato poster
6.1

In 1931, following the success of the film Battleship Potemkin, Soviet filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein travels to the city of Guanajuato, Mexico, to shoot a new film. Freshly rejected by Hollywood, Eisenstein soon falls under Mexico’s spell. Chaperoned by his guide Palomino Cañedo, the director opens up to his suppressed fears as he embraces a new world of sensual pleasures and possibilities that will shape the future of his art.

Eisenstein in Guanajuato

2015

No artwork available
10.0

Michel, a young aristocrat, mourns over the recent suicide of a close friend through a journey into the empty and violent environment which surrounds him.

Paradisio

2013

No artwork available
NR

Helena, a woman in her early 40's, is obsessed with getting pregnant. After failing her last try, her neighbors get back from the hospital with their new born baby. Helena breaks in to their house when they´re gone, steals the baby monitor and starts listening to what happens next door.

Australia

2016

Backyard poster
6.4

Officer Blanca Bravo arrives in Juarez, Mexico — a grim nexus of corporate colonialism and sexual tourism — to investigate a rash of killings targeting female migrant workers. But with no help from the locals, bringing the responsible parties to justice becomes a frustrating exercise. As Bravo rails against indifference and local corruption, she finds herself on a collision course with Mickey Santos, a Mexican mogul with a taste for young prostitutes.

Backyard

2009

Museo poster
6.5

Mexico, 1985. Juan and Wilson, two perennial Veterinary students, perpetrate an audacious heist in the National Museum of Anthropology, running away with a loot of more than hundred invaluable pieces of Mayan art, unaware of the consequences of their outrageous act.

Museo

2018

Danyka poster
6.2

A middle-aged man calls into question his life choices and his own morals after a flirtation with a teenage girl at the beach.

Danyka

2020

The Mongolian Conspiracy poster
6.4

1963, the Soviet Union intercepts a rumour that China pretends to assassinate the president of the US in his visit to Mexico. Filiberto Garcia, a local policeman, has 72 hours to investigate the Mongolian Conspiracy.

The Mongolian Conspiracy

2019

Chicogrande poster
6.7

Butch Fenton, major of American army, comes for Villa's head and he's gonna get it. The "Punitive Expedition" proved to be the last major campaign of the U.S. Cavalry. Mexican revolution is the first social movement of the century.

Chicogrande

2010

Torn from Her Arms poster
7.5

A mother and daughter who fled violence in El Salvador must find their way back to each other after being separated at the U.S. border and detained in detention centers in different states.

Torn from Her Arms

2021

El repartidor de pensamientos poster
5.0

No synopsis available yet.

El repartidor de pensamientos

1996

Flattened poster
5.7

A woman with a flat tire waits on a lonely road. A suspicious man stops and offers to help her.

Flattened

1994

The Amazing Catfish poster
6.7

Young Claudia works in a supermarket where she promotes various types of products. One night, she ends up in the emergency room with severe appendicitis and meets Martha, a patient, laying in the bed next to hers.

The Amazing Catfish

2013

Una buena forma de morir poster
6.3

After his wife is murdered by gang members, a man must take revenge.

Una buena forma de morir

1994

A second Chance poster
7.4

Julia and Moises fell in love and got married when they were young, idealistic, and passionate; now in their 30s, their marriage has cooled and their lives have sunken into the mediocrity they had sought to avoid. This realization inspires a quest to regain the lost dreams of their youth, which is complicated when a handsome student begins to pursue Julia. She begins an affair with the fiery young activist that may just put the excitement back into her marriage. This is a funny and insightful exploration of the intricacies of relationships, love, and idealism, and Jesus Ochoa as Moises turns in a stellar performance.

A second Chance

2001

Algunas nubes poster
5.5

A Spanish movie directed by Carlos García Agraz.

Algunas nubes

1995

Deserted Seas poster
5.5

He drinks too much, his primary relationship just ended, and he can't finish his screenplay.

Deserted Seas

1995

Pilgrim poster
6.1

A beautiful artist helps an amnesiac piece together his identity and evade a gangster on his trail.

Pilgrim

2000

One for the Road poster
6.8

Friday night in Mexico City... guided by three different ways of understanding the world, 20-year-olds, Juan, Rodrigo and Christian live after-hour adventures of friendship, love, and respect in a city marked by social differences.

One for the Road

2010