Eligio Meléndez

Eligio Meléndez

June 20, 1950 · 76 years old

Eligio Meléndez is a Mexican film, theater and television director and actor, born on June 20, 1950, in Mexico City. He studied at the Andrés Soler Acting Institute, with the renowned Luis Gimeno, Carlos Ancira, Miguel Círcega and Soledad Ruíz as teachers. One of the most recognized personalities in…

Known For

15 titles
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New Order

New Order

2020 · 1h 26m · Movie

A lavish high-society wedding unexpectedly turns into a class struggle that leads to a violent coup.

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Amar te duele

Amar te duele

2002 · 1h 44m · Movie

Renata, a wealthy girl, and Ulises, a poor teenager, fall in love despite their different social backgrounds. Facing opposition from their families and society, their romance highlights class conflict and social inequality in Mexico.

6.8
3
I Dream in Another Language

I Dream in Another Language

2017 · 1h 43m · Movie

When a language dies, a unique vision of the world is lost forever.

7.4
4
Disappear Completely

Disappear Completely

2024 · 1h 40m · Movie

After visiting a crime scene, an ambitious and insensitive tabloid crime photographer, falls victim to a mysterious illness that makes him lose, one by one, his five senses.

6.2
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Violet Perfume: Nobody Hears You

Violet Perfume: Nobody Hears You

2001 · 1h 30m · Movie

The history of friendship of two females teenagers and how it's cracked up by misinformation about sexual education and violence against women.

7.1
6
The Great Seduction

The Great Seduction

2023 · 1h 34m · Movie

When a golden opportunity arises to boost the fortunes of a forgotten fishing town, its residents set out to trick their way to making it happen.

6.5
7
La civil

La civil

2021 · 2h 20m · Movie

Story of Cielo, a mother whose teenage daughter is kidnapped in Northern Mexico. When the authorities offer no support in the search, Cielo takes matters into her own hands and transforms from housewife into a vengeful militant.

7.0
8
Tragic Jungle

Tragic Jungle

2020 · 1h 36m · Movie

To escape an arranged marriage, a woman flees into the depths of the Mayan jungle, where untamed nature merges the human and the supernatural.

6.0
9
Aztec Batman: Clash of Empires

Aztec Batman: Clash of Empires

2025 · 1h 29m · Movie

A young Aztec boy experiences tragedy when his father is murdered by Spanish Conquistadors. Yohualli escapes to Tenochtitlan to warn King Moctezuma and his high priest, Yoka, of imminent danger.

5.3
10
La virgen de la lujuria

La virgen de la lujuria

2002 · 2h 31m · Movie

In Vera Cruz in the 1940s, Nacho, an Indian, waits tables at Don Lázaro's café at Hotel Ofélia. He falls for Lola, an opium-addicted, alcoholic whore who's hopelessly in love with Gardenia Wilson, a masked wrestler who slept with ...

5.8
11
Border Hunters

Border Hunters

2025 · 1h 28m · Movie

After his police officer brother is killed by a drug dealer who flees to the protection of his cartel-connected uncle in Mexico, an American man with a diverse law enforcement/military background goes south of the border to get re...

3.5
12
El día de la unión

El día de la unión

2018 · 1h 49m · Movie

A journalist tries to find his son in a collapsed building during Mexico's 1985 earthquake, which killed almost 45,000 people.

5.1
13
One for the Road

One for the Road

2010 · 1h 30m · Movie

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.

6.3
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The Reasons of the Heart

The Reasons of the Heart

2011 · 1h 59m · Movie

In a reinterpretation of Madame Bovary set on contemporary Mexico City, Emilia, a middle class housewife, tries to deal with the monotony of her life. One day, she loses the two things which makes everything beareable: her lover a...

6.7
15
#Rats

#Rats

2024 · 1h 24m · Movie

After authorities won't help, a musician hunts for thieves who robbed him by creating #Rats. Others join in, using social media to track down their own criminals and take justice into their own hands.

6.0