Juan Manuel Bernal

A Circus Tale & A Love Song (2024)

Refugio, a romantic dreamer whose years long quest to find true love takes him from the circus life in Mexico to the nightlife of New Orleans, where he unexpectedly falls for a beautiful exotic dancer with a complicated past and a dangerous ex-lover who re ...

Confessions (2023)

When a young girl from a wealthy Mexico City family disappears, a man arrives to discuss the girl's return, asking for the confession of a family member that has committed a terrible act. One by one, confession by confession, the intruder exposes each memb ...

At Midnight (2023)

Alejandro's life is disrupted when actress Sophie Wilder stays at his hotel. To their surprise, the two fall for one another, meeting at midnight. ...

Life in Silence (2022)

A young musician and single parent battles every day to communicate with his autistic son through music, until one day the kid s mother, shows off after eight years of absence, only to reveal a truth that will change his life as he knew it. ...

Marionette (2020)

Ernesto, a Cuban actor who decides to audition in Mexico, is stranded in the gigantic city when he fails to achieve a leading role in an important play. Facing the dilemma of returning defeated to his home, he accidentally meets Belén in the subway, a spo ...

Sonora: The Devil’s Highway (2019)

1931, a year of nationalisms and excesses: The Chinese are expelled from Sonora; the US deports Mexicans and closes its borders. Twelve desperate people cross the Sonoran desert in a 1929 Chrysler, hoping to find peace in Baja California. As their sojourn ...

Marioneta (2019)

Belén is a street actress who lies to survive, Ernesto is a Cuban actor searching for an opportunity in Mexico, their encounter will change their lives forever. ...

If I Were You (2018)

Claudia and Antonio have been married for 15 years. After so many years of marriage they have lost track of each other. One night, after a strong argument, the unusual alignment of the planets Venus, Earth and Mars causes a magical transformation: Antonio' ...

The Big Promise (2018)

A desperate photographer kidnaps his own newborn daughter after his deceased fiance's ex-husband manipulates the law to gain custody of the child. ...

Traición (2018)

Felix (56) a criminal boss in the south of Mexico, has always wanted to go to San Francisco so see how drawbridges rise for ships to go through. Misela (23), whose romantic partners die if they make her cry, seeks comfort in her mother and wants to know wh ...

7 muertes (2017)

After the strange death of her boyfriend and beloved ones, one by one, Clara lives terrified and mistrustful, suspecting revenge from a famous writer she worked with ten years ago. A circle that will only close with the seventh victim. ...

You Live for Me (2017)

A tale about the fragile lives of four characters during a month of their lives. One of them, Ana, is waiting for a kidney donor. ...

Km 31-2 (2016)

A woman is searching for her son who got lost under mysterious circumstances. ...

El Jeremías (2016)

In Sonora, Mexico. Jeremías, an eight year old, who finds out he is a gifted child initiates a journey of self discovery. When an opportunistic physiologist makes contact with Jeremías, a new world of experiences open up to him but at the expense of bein ...

Perfect Obedience (2014)

The fictional Father Ángel de la Cruz is based on Legion of Christ founder Marcial Maciel, whose long history of child abuse was not addressed until 2006 and only publicly acknowledged in 2009. But director Luis Urquiza chooses to structure his film throu ...

4 Moons (2014)

Four interwoven stories about love and self-acceptance: An eleven year-old boy struggles to keep secret the attraction he feels towards his male cousin. Two former childhood friends reunite and start a relationship that gets complicated due to one of them' ...

Tlatelolco, Summer of 68' (2013)

As Mexico prepares to host the 1968 Olympics, students and civilians are uniting on the streets to protest the authoritarian government. Tensions are running high and the eyes of the world are on Mexico and President Gustavo Diaz Ordaz. Ana Maria, a studen ...

The Fantastic World of Juan Orol (2012)

Mexico's half-forgotten B-movie master, "involuntary surrealist" Juan Orol (1897–1988), receives a pitch-perfect tribute in this deft, irresistible love letter to a self-made man of showbiz whose career spanned half a century and nearly 60 films. Abetted ...

Asalto al cine (2011)

The story of four teenagers: Negus, Chale, Sapo and Chata. Childhood friends living in public housing in a rundown area of Mexico City, search to trump idleness. They toy with the idea of robbing a movie theatre. Afflicted by their past and present stance, ...

Chicogrande (2010)

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. ...

Más allá del muro (2009)

A house is to be demolished to make a parking lot. In the process, the children of an orphanage and the old people of an asylum, both neighbors of the house, invade it secretly searching for a new place to stay. In spite of their differences in age and per ...

Viva High School Musical: Mexico (2008)

Football captain Cristóbal discovers that his neighbor and classmate, Mariana, has changed a lot over the summer. Meanwhile, Luli is still as vain as ever and overshadows her poor brother, Fernando. As a new year begins at High School Mexico (HSM, initial ...

Tired of Kissing Frogs (2006)

A romantic comedy about a young interior decorator who, as a result of a romantic disappointment, becomes the female counterpart of Don Juan. The misadventures of the manizer make her rediscover the value of love. ...

Infierno Grande (2006)

Based on a real event, where the municipal president, in order to clean the image of his people before a politician's visit, "throws" a group of mentally ill people into the desert. ...

Cuatro labios (2006)

Shot during a three year period, this true story views the separation process of the pop music group OV7 (previously Onda Vaselina), whose seven members worked and shared each other's lives for 15 years, from the age of nine until they turned 24. ...

Esperanza (2005)

Two Tragedies (2004)

There are two tragedies in life: one is not to achieve what the heart wants... the other is to achieve it. ...

Medalla al Empeño (2004)

A pawnbroker clerk meets a very peculiar old man, who brings an Olympic medal to the store to get some money and, at the same time, has a great and exciting story to tell. ...

Blueberry (2004)

U.S Marshal Mike Donovan has dark memories of the death of his first love. He keeps peace between the Americans and the natives who had temporarily adopted and taken care of him. The evil actions of a white sorcerer lead him to confront the villain in the ...

Without Rhyme or Reason (2003)

The lives and relationships of a colorful array of characters become irretrievably entwined: neurotic B-list TV director Orlando; his new-age wife Sonia; tempestuous couple Mauricio and Renée; and sweet, charming nurse-turned-serial killer Mamá Rosa - wh ...

To Love Too Much (2002)

Laura and Beatriz are two sisters in search of a dream in common: to run a guest house abroad and live off the rents. Laura travels to Spain to start off the project, and Beatriz remains alone in Mexico waiting for the right moment to catch up to her siste ...

The Blue Room (2002)

A couple meet each other often in a motel room. ...

No existen diferencias (1999)

A voluble hypochondriac and an HIV patient clash. On the phone, Tomás agrees to see his new girlfriend that evening, so he begs off study when Pablo arrives to work on their joint architecture thesis. Before Pablo leaves, Tomás discovers a vial of pills: ...

Alta Tensión (1997)

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

Recipes to Stay Together (1996)

"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. Afte ...

Midaq Alley (1995)

Heated tempers, frustrated desires and dashed hopes plague a diverse group of individuals whose lives cross paths in Mexico City. There is the bar-owner's son, Chava, who yearns to emigrate to America. A poor barber, Abel, is madly in love with the gorgeou ...

En cualquier lugar fuera de este mundo (1995)

Hasta Morir (1994)

A street kid's wish to run away to Tijuana is hampered by lies and betrayal ...

Tiempo cautivo (1994)

Mina (1992)

Character study of a stay-at-home daughter, 1930s through the 1950s. ...

Traición (2018)

Felix (56) a criminal boss in the south of Mexico, has always wanted to go to San Francisco so see how drawbridges rise for ships to go through. Misela (23), whose romantic partners die if they make her cry, seeks comfort in her mother and wants to know wh ...