Crónicas

May 16, 2004

1h 48m

★ 6.4

If It's On TV, It Must Be The Truth.

Overview

A suspense thriller about a reporter from Miami who travels to Ecuador in pursuit of a serial killer known as the "Monster of Babahoyo."

Genres

Crime

Drama

Thriller

Production Companies

Esperanto Filmoj

Tequila Gang

Cabezahueca Producciones

Producciones Anhelo

Ministère de la culture

CNC

Hubert Bals Fund

NHK Enterprises

Crónicas Trailers

Cast

Manolo Bonilla

John Leguizamo

Vinicio Cepeda

Damián Alcázar

Marisa Iturralde

Leonor Watling

Victor Hugo Puente

Alfred Molina

Iván Suárez

José María Yázpik

Capitán Bolivar Rojas

Camilo Luzuriaga

Don Lucho

Henry Layana

Two brothers living a hard life of manual labor in rural Mexico have a simple dream: saving enough money to build their mother her dream house. But fate has other plans. A friendly game of soccer leads to first Rudo, then to Cursi being taken on by the nation’s top talent scout. Suddenly, they find themselves living the high life of star athletes: fame, fortune, fast cars and beautiful women.

6.4

The Bricklayers

Dec 23, 1976

When a worker is found murdered on the construction side, the investigation swiftly turns from things criminal to the political circumstances surrounding the building itself. Widespread corruption and neglect by the builder himself are seen to have brought the situation about. Much of the movie is filmed using hand-held cameras, and the majority of the dialogue is in the difficult-to-understand and very slangy Spanish dialect of Mexico City's bricklayers.

8.0

The Wingwalker

Oct 10, 2024

A young widower is deported as his daughter is scheduled for a heart transplant, this will lead him to orchestrate the boldest border crossing plan in history.

6.2

Amok

Dec 22, 1944

After being caught embezzling from his clinic to impress his high society lover and support his gambling habit, a doctor flees to a remote Indian village to volunteer as a humanitarian aid worker. There he tries to mitigate the onslaught of a strange disease called "Amok," while his past continues to haunt him.

6.3

My Brother's Wife

Nov 4, 2005

After almost 10 years of marriage, attractive Zoe discovers that her marriage lacks passion and surprise, and is seduced by the possibility of finding those sensations already forgotten in her husband's brother. From this premise a series of events lead these three characters to a dangerous game of revenges, secrets and passions. Two brothers and one woman: the triangle is outlined in a disquieting way. It is a bomb that triggers family secrets, the contained rage of desire and the unmanageable power of love. An exciting story that subjugates the viewer from beginning to end. Even though Zoe/Sonia has been married to Ignacio/Ishan for about a decade, they are unable to have children. She wants to be intimate but he prefers to be ready for intimacy on Saturdays only, and she gets physically drawn to his artistic brother, Gonzalo/Rohan. Then things get complicated for her after she tests positive for motherhood and finds that her husband may be gay.

6.9

Tailored gentleman

Sep 1, 1954

Cantinflas works as a model of tuxedos in a prestigious store, your job is to use the smoking in the street along with an advertising sign on his back. The use of smoking gives you access to exclusive places and meet important people. During this time, Cantinflas was the manager of an amateur boxer, it is an attractive nurse assistant and occasionally attending a priest in the church and the orphanage. However, a Cantinflas day while wearing tuxedo, is a rich man, who mistakenly believe that Cantinflas is a millionaire too.

8.3

Counterattack

Feb 27, 2025

When a hostage rescue mission creates a new enemy, Capt. Guerrero and his elite soldiers must face an ambush by a criminal group.

7.8

The Black Sheep

Dec 24, 1949

The Trevino family tries to overcome the irresponsible behavior of Don Cruz, an erratic father with numerous defects that contrast with his son Silvano, a young kid man that is incapable of passing judgment on his own father.

7.9

No desearás la mujer de tu hijo

May 18, 1950

An elderly man falls in love with a beautiful young woman, without knowing that she is in love with his son.

6.3

Pepe El Toro

Aug 21, 1953

The simple life and the values of loyalty and solidarity of the poor people in the environment of professional boxing, is the plot of this film, where Pepe el Toro shows the effort and tragedies that are experienced in this profession.

8.2

Los Tres Huastecos

Aug 5, 1948

This is the story of three brothers - a priest, a soldier, and an outlaw - that are raised separately by their godfathers once their mother dies. They cross their paths again when the soldier and the priest move into two towns near the town the outlaw lives in. The drama will unfold once the three brothers meet each other.

5.9

Over the Waves

Sep 13, 1950

The life of the musician Juventino Rosas, who despite his talent lived an existence of misfortune and poverty.

7.5

You the Rich

Dec 31, 1948

Pepe el Toro is married to Celia la Chorreada and they have two children.

7.9

Killing Cabos

Jul 16, 2004

Two young men get involved with some criminals while trying to free the tycoon they kidnapped.

6.3

The Zone

Sep 1, 2007

Residents of an enclosed neighborhood in the middle of Mexico DF are shocked by a violent crime, and for one resident in particular, young Alejandro, the drama is ratcheted up when he encounters the lone kid who escaped the event and is hiding out within the neighborhood's borders.

8.0

We the Poor

Mar 25, 1948

Carpenter Pepe El Toro lives peacefully with his daughter Chachita in an impoverished Mexico City neighborhood. He pursues a romance with the pretty Celia, but tragedy comes knocking on his door when he is falsely accused of having perpetrated a felony.

7.0

Autumn Days

Oct 31, 1963

Luisa is a small-town girl who works in the bakery of the widower Don Albino. Luisa dreams of marrying and loves children. Just as Don Albino shows interest in her, Luisa announces that she will marry soon with Carlos, the driver of a rich house whom she met recently...

6.6

El diario de una prostituta

Jan 1, 2013

During a murder investigation, the police uncover a human trafficking network that involves a politician the media is protecting.

7.2

La presidenta municipal

Sep 11, 1975

La India Maria becomes the municipal president due to a ballot typo.

7.5

Las Islas Marias

Aug 10, 1951

Las Islas Marias stars Pedro Infante as a man who must face time in jail, even though he never committed the crime. While on the inside, he learns important life lessons that actually make him a better man.