Magda Vizcaíno
Nacimiento : 1928-01-14, Ciudad Guzman, Jalisco, Mexico
Historia
Daughter of José de Jesús Vizcaíno, one of the most prolific writers of the golden age of radio in Mexico. Since the beginning of her career, her voice has accompanied the history of Radio UNAM, Radio Educación, IMER, XEW and XEQ.
Graduated from INBA and CUT, she was part of the National Theater Company of UNAM, which with the plays Divinas Palabras (dir. Juan Ibáñez) and Olímpica (dir. Héctor Azar) toured various cities in Europe during 1964 and 1965, winning multiple awards. For the play La Ronda de las Arpías (dir. Mercedes de la Cruz, Pablo Leder) she was recognized as Best Supporting Actress in 1991. Throughout her life she has participated in dozens of plays.
On television, her first role was as a storyteller on a program that was broadcast every Sunday on Channel Five. Later she participated in teletheaters, soap operas and educational programs, among which Santa (Miguel Sabido) and Fonda Susilla stand out.
In cinema, she started with films such as Para servir a usted, Maten al león and Los indolentes by José Estrada and Divinas Palabras and A Fuego Lento by Juan Ibáñez. Her voice was immortalized as the narrator of the classic El grito, México 1968, by Leobardo López Arretche. With her performance in Martha, by Marcelino Islas, which debuted at the Venice Critics' Week, she conquered audiences around the world and was recognized in Mexico with the Ariel for Best Actress. In 2019, she starred in Encuentro, by Ivan Löwenberg, becoming one of the eldest actresses ever to portray an LGBT+ character.
Maestra (voz)
Bego, a housewife in a mid-life crisis, lives bored and afraid of being inconsequential, however, her life evolves into a mysterious game once she enters into a cult that preaches three days of darkness...
Araceli
Arcelia takes care of her lifetime partner Lulu. Julian, a teenager exploring his identity, lives under the watch of his conservative mother. A sudden event will draw an unexpected path between the old couple and Julian.
Teacher Magda
Vero tiene 60 años y tiene cáncer. Su vida transcurre entre la negación a iniciar un tratamiento, la monotonía de su trabajo como maestra y su seco matrimonio. La rutinaria vida de Vero cambia cuando conoce a Eva, una estudiante de nuevo ingreso.
Inés
Ines is an old atheist woman who is intrigued by the funeral services provided by Giovanna, who takes her on a tour through the graveyard to show her all the special attentions they offer to their clients
Señora Flores
Angélica and José Luis have been married for thirty years and they have always lived at the same house; first with their son, Daniel, and now, by themselves. Their daily routine is threatened when José Luis loses a leg in a car accident. When they try to restructure their life, they realize their relation was already fractured and opt for silence. However, they begin a passionate search for all they have lost. José Luis takes refuge in a sexual fantasy about his young nurse, while Angélica tries to remain just as contained as she always has for so many years.
Dolores
Tres octogenarios emprenden un viaje para cumplir el último deseo de un amigo en común. Durante el trayecto tendrán que salvar los escollos de la ancianidad y la incomprensión de sus familias, pero también vivirán una suerte de situaciones pintorescas y entablarán relación con una serie de personajes que cambiarán sustancialmente su concepción del lugar que ocupan en el mundo: hay vida después de los 80.
Abuela
A woman defines her life on how she interacts with people online, disregarding the people in front of her.
A woman defines her life on how she interacts with people online, disregarding the people in front of her.
Chayito
Es la historia del despertar sexual de Mingo, un joven con cierto retraso mental, carismático y poeta fantasioso que pone atención a los detalles más insignificantes de la vida cotidiana. Su nueva condición de amante le traerá popularidad y también problemas: pondrá al descubierto los prejuicios y la falsa moral de un pueblo enceguecido que, para lavar sus culpas, cobrará venganza.
Madame Ottado
Nathan es un joven científico mexicano muy dotado en su especialidad, la Biología Celular. Vive solo en una gran casa y divide su tiempo entre su laboratorio en la Universidad y su madre, a quien visita muy seguido en un Instituto especializado para personas discapacitadas. Es un hombre encerrado en sí mismo, bueno, solitario y servicial. Vive en secreto una pasión amorosa por Maya, una de sus colegas de trabajo muy cerrada a quien no es capaz de declarar su amor. Un encuentro vendrá pronto a sacudir su vida. Aparece un hombre simple y diferente, Jacques, un humanista con capacidades sobrenaturales.
Martha
Martha is a 75-year old woman who lives alone in a social interest house in the outskirts of Mexico City. Martha decides to end her life. Her thrilling journey towards death, will surprisingly lead her, for the first time, to life.
Doña Milita
Grandma feels good, but everyone tells her she is about to die
Abuela
Adaptación de la leyenda hispana "La Llorona." Tres generaciones de una misma familia, fueron maldecidas. Cuenta la leyenda que por esa maldición, todos los descendientes hombres de la familia están destinados a morir jóvenes y de forma trágica, dejando a las mujeres en pena por siempre. Los miembros de la familia que protagonizan la historia tratan de engañar al destino y librarse de su curso, pero un giro sorpresivo en sus vidas traerá consigo lo inesperado.
Clarita
Adapted by writer/director Fernando Sariñana from the stories by Juan Madrid, Ciudades Oscuras (Dark Cities) tells a story of interwoven lives in the seedy underbelly of Mexico City. The several different story lines concern hooker Lola (Dolores Heredia); her drug addict son Fede (Diego Luna); her friend Zeze (Zaide Silvia Gutierrez); Zeze's daughter Susana (Jimena Ayala); and junkie Vicente (Roberto Sosa). Also on the scene are two corrupt cops (Alejandro Tommasi and Jesus Ochoa) and one good cop (Odiseo Bichir), while Chicken (Hector Suarez) and Casimiro (Alonso Echanove) each tell their separate stories to the same bartender (Demian Bichir). ~ Andrea LeVasseur, Rovi
Doña Armida
En el Salón México, el más popular salón de baile de la capital en la década de los 30, un crimen se cometió y hay dos cadáveres, el de la bailarina Mercedes y el de su amante, el ladrón Paco. El inspector Castellón cierra el establecimiento e interroga a todos los involucrados en el caso: la otra amante de Paco, 'Almendrita'; la mejor amiga de Mercedes, ‘La Jaibita’; el policía Guadalupe Salazar, quien quiso casarse con Mercedes, y el compositor americano Aaron Copland, quien se encuentra en el lugar trabajando su pieza Suite Salón México.
Esmeralda
A series of events related to a 100 dollar bill.
Juana la Reina
Sumergido en un mundo de ladrones y prostitutas se desarrolla una vez mas el drama del adulterio. Mari Gaila es una ardiente mujer cuya belleza la atraen deseos y toda clase de pasiones. La chusma sorprende a Mari Gaila en pleno adulterio con un aventurero y una amiga, y después de hacerla bailar desnuda, la llevan así ante su marido.
Three episodes: 1) "A Christmas dinner" where the family members fantasize about being somewhere else. The fetishist father wants to put on feminine clothes. The son longs for another transvestite adventure. The daughter yearns to be a singer and destroy the saints of the church with her voice. The youngest son wants to stab everyone dead. 2) "Game of mirrors". Two young classmates kiss on a picnic, but the girl's brother accuses the couple of being immoral. Bizarre things develop. 3) "Tetrahedron". A very fat man faces his girlfriend's longing for love.
Mujer en quinceañera
Un tipo de la clase trabajadora , se presenta como un camarero que hace el servicio de banquetes y pierde su brújula moral a través de sus contactos con gente rica y decadente.
In the summer of revolt 1968, student Leobardo López Aretche captured the protests in Mexico City, and the state’s brutal response, up close – and like many of his subjects and fellow comrades, would pay a high price for his audacity. Fifty years later, his movie is no longer a secret.
