Ángeles Cruz

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Female

Ángeles Cruz

Known For

Like Water for Chocolate
TV Show 2024

Like Water for Chocolate

Tita de la Garza and Pedro Muzquiz are two souls in love who cannot be together due to deep-rooted family customs, which will force Tita to navigate with magical tints and flavors between the destiny dictated by her family and the fight for her love, while we accompany her in her greatest refuge: the kitchen.

The Woman of Stars and Mountains
1h 40m
Movie 2024

The Woman of Stars and Mountains

Rita Patiño, an indigenous woman from Mexico, was found by a human rights organization inside a Kansas psychiatric hospital, where she had been involuntarily confined, for 12 years, despite the fact that the hospital authorities were never able to determine who was this woman, where did she come from, or what language she spoke. After the consequences of confinement and medical negligence, Rita returned to Mexico, where she lives with Juanita, her niece, and primary caregiver, in a context of precarious economic possibilities. A moving portrait of the lives of these two Tarahumara women, questioning the multiple forms of racism and discrimination that indigenous women in Mexico and the United States face.

Soy lo que nunca fui
2h 3m
Movie 2023

Soy lo que nunca fui

Renato, Abel & Gabriela are a family torn apart by their emotions. For them, the longing for happiness and breaking free from their harsh realities seems punishable. Their individual choices will take its toll on the lives of others, bringing forth the fragile ties that bind them.

Familia
1h 46m
Movie 2023

Familia

As a family discusses the future of their idyllic olive farm over a meal, the complexity of their relationships emerges through laughs and confessions.

Subterránea
0h 18m
Movie 2022

Subterránea

A lonely trans woman gains popularity in her town due to her clairvoyant powers. These gifts become relevant when their coastal city is besieged by disappearances and mass graves. She must decide in favor of whom to use these powers.

Medusa
0h 16m
Movie 2022

Medusa

When teacher Nora comes home after being held the day before, the Medusa protocol app shows her in three videos what happened in her absence between her beloved husband and who impersonated her.

Finlandia
1h 37m
Movie 2021

Finlandia

A devastating earthquake hits Oaxaca and causes hundreds to fall victims to its effects. The drastic physical effects are felt in Mexico while across the globe its emotional effects are felt in Finland. This seismic movement has caused an emotional tremor in the lives of the Muxes.

I Carry You with Me
1h 51m
Movie 2021

I Carry You with Me

An epic love story spanning decades is sparked by a chance encounter between two men in provincial Mexico. Based on a true story, ambition and societal pressure propel an aspiring chef to leave his soulmate and make the treacherous journey to New York, where life will never be the same.

El Eco del Caracol
0h 15m
Movie 2020

El Eco del Caracol

Enoc, a boy from an indigenous community fighting against the dispossession of his lands, is afraid to return home to explain everything to his mother without Nathil, his little sister. He suspects that the army killed her when they fired on the protest that the people of his town were holding. Frightened by the bells that call people to mass for the dead, he desperately searches for her among the rocks and waves of the sea.

Anger, Also Known As Sheol
2h 10m
Movie 2019

Anger, Also Known As Sheol

A woman who escapes an overwhelming reality into a world of nightmares, by eating the forbidden fruit of Paradise's Tree of Eternal Life; a very frustrated man, both in his professional and love life, whose serial killer dreams may become a reality; and an autobiographical documentary on the director's healing process of a terminal cancer. A film divided in three chapters: heaven, hell and the world.

Biography

Ángeles Cruz is a Mexican actress, screenwriter and filmmaker. Originally from La Mixteca area in Oaxaca, she has a degree in acting from the School of Theater Art of the National Institute of Fine Arts. She has participated as an actress in more than a dozen national and international feature films with directors such as Ignacio Ortiz, Jorge Pérez Solano and Francisco Vargas among others. Her work in "Tamara y la Catarina" of Lucía Carreras, earned her the "Colón de Plata" as Best Actress awarded by the "Festival de Cine Iberoamericano de Huelva" 2017 and was "Nominated for Ariel" for best female performance in 2018. It was "Nominated for the Golden Beetle" as Best Actress by the Swedish Film Academy for her work in the film "La hija del puma"(Ulf Hulberg, 1994) and in 2000 for Ariel as best female co-acting for the film "Rito Terminal" (Óscar Urrutia, 2000). Her work as a screenwriter and director has produced three award-winning short films: "La tiricia or como curar la tristeza", "La carta" and "Arcángel". Her first feature film "Nudo mixteco" will be released soon.