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Backyard (film)
''Backyard'' ( es, El traspatio) is a 2009 Mexican crime film directed by Carlos Carrera. Plot Officer Blanca Bravo (Ana de la Reguera) arrives in Juarez, Mexico to investigate a sequence of killings targeting female migrant workers. But with no help from the locals, bringing the responsible parties to justice becomes a frustrating exercise. As Bravo rails against indifference and local corruption, she finds herself on a collision course with Mickey Santos (Jimmy Smits), a Mexican mogul with a taste for young prostitutes. Cast * Ana de la Reguera as Blanca * Marco Pérez as Fierro * Asur Zagada as Juana Sanchez * Ivan Cortes as Cutberto * Joaquín Cosío as Peralta * Alejandro Calva as Comandante * Jimmy Smits as Mickey Santos * Carolina Politi as Sara * Amorita Rasgado as Márgara * Enoc Leaño as Gobernador * Adriana Paz as Hilda * Lisa Owen as Silvia * Sayed Badreya as El Sultán * Juan Carlos Barreto Juan Carlos Barreto (born March 11, 1957, Monterrey Nuevo León, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Carrera
Carlos Carrera (born 18 August 1962) is a Mexican film director and screenwriter. He directed ''El crimen del Padre Amaro'' (2002), which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. In 2009, he directed ''Backyard'' about the female homicides in Ciudad Juárez, which won a silver plaque at the 2009 Chicago International Film Festival. In 2008, Carrera was sponsor for ''Un aliado en el tiempo'', a Sundance Film Festival The Sundance Film Festival (formerly Utah/US Film Festival, then US Film and Video Festival) is an annual film festival organized by the Sundance Institute. It is the largest independent film festival in the United States, with more than 46,66 ... official selection shortfilm. Filmography Film Short films References External links * 1962 births Living people Mexican screenwriters Mexican people of Basque descent Film directors from Mexico City Best Director Ariel Award winners Best Adapted Screenplay Ariel Award w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ana De La Reguera
Anabell Gardoqui de la Reguera (; born 8 April 1977) is a Mexican actress. She has starred in telenovelas, films, the HBO television series ''Eastbound & Down'' and '' Capadocia'', the Amazon television series ''Goliath'', and the 2006 comedy ''Nacho Libre. Early life Reguera was born in Veracruz, Mexico. Her mother, Nena de la Reguera, was a Miss Veracruz who became a journalist and television personality. Reguera began taking classes in classic ballet and later began performance arts studies at Instituto Veracruzano de la Cultura. She left Veracruz to study at Televisa's CEA, and later studied with Juan Carlos Corazza in Spain and then in Los Angeles with Aaron Spicer, Lisa Robertson, and Joan Scheckel. Later, she became a well known actress in the entertainment industry around the world. Acting career Telenovelas Reguera's acting career began with her role in the telenovela ''Azul'' (1996) followed by '' Pueblo chico, infierno grande'' (1997), with Verónica Castro, for whic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marco Pérez (actor)
Marco Pérez (born March 17, 1977) is a Mexican actor and writer. He began his artistic career working in experimental theater in Jalisco. After moving to Mexico City he was cast as Ramiro in the film ''Amores perros'' directed by Mexican filmmaker Alejandro González Iñárritu in 2000. Pérez has worked extensively on TV series, including '' Capadocia'' (2010), ''El 8° Mandamiento'' (2011), ''El Señor de los Cielos'' (2013), ''Señora Acero'' (2014), ''Caminos de Guanajuato'' (2015), and the ''El Señor de los Cielos'' spin-off ''El Chema'' (2016). Pérez is also featured in several films including ''Trade'' (2007), ''Backyard: El Traspatio'' (2009), ''Días de Gracia'' (2011), '' Mariachi Gringo'' (2012), '' Colosio: El Asesinato'' (2012), ''La vida precoz y breve de Sabina Rivas'' (2012), and '' Desierto'' (2015). For his performance of Comandante in the film '' Mexican Gangster: La Leyenda del Charro Misterioso'' he received a Diosa de Plata nomination for Best Supporting A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Variety (magazine)
''Variety'' is an American media company owned by Penske Media Corporation. The company was founded by Sime Silverman in New York City in 1905 as a weekly newspaper reporting on theater and vaudeville. In 1933 it added ''Daily Variety'', based in Los Angeles, to cover the motion-picture industry. ''Variety.com'' features entertainment news, reviews, box office results, cover stories, videos, photo galleries and features, plus a credits database, production charts and calendar, with archive content dating back to 1905. History Foundation ''Variety'' has been published since December 16, 1905, when it was launched by Sime Silverman as a weekly periodical covering theater and vaudeville with its headquarters in New York City. Silverman had been fired by ''The Morning Telegraph'' in 1905 for panning an act which had taken out an advert for $50. As a result, he decided to start his own publication "that ouldnot be influenced by advertising." With a loan of $1,500 from his fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joaquín Cosío
Joaquín Cosío Osuna (born 6 October 1962) is a Mexican actor and poet. He is best known for roles such as Rubén "Mascarita" in ''Matando Cabos'' (2004), General Medrano in ''Quantum of Solace'' (2008), Ernesto Fonseca Carrillo in '' Narcos: Mexico'' (2018–2021) and Major General Mateo Suárez in '' The Suicide Squad'' (2021), among others. Life and career Cosío began his theatrical career in the early 1980s. He made his film debut in 2001 in the film ''The Blue Room'' and he has participated in over 30 feature films and several shorts. Cosío played a character named Hector, a multi-episode role in the HBO comedy ''Eastbound & Down''. He played General Medrano, one of the main villains in the James Bond film ''Quantum of Solace'', and acted alongside Benicio del Toro in Oliver Stone's gritty thriller, ''Savages''. Cosío appeared in Robert Duvall's ''A Night in Old Mexico'', and in Disney's 2013 film ''The Lone Ranger''. He played Don Neto in '' Narcos: Mexico'' in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alejandro Calva
Alejandro Calva (born May 31, 1968 Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico), is a Mexican actor. Filmography Film roles Television roles References External links * 1968 births Mexican male film actors Mexican male telenovela actors Mexican male television actors 20th-century Mexican male actors 21st-century Mexican male actors Living people Male actors from Mexico City {{Mexico-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Smits
Jimmy L. Smits (born July 9, 1955) is an American actor. He is best known for playing attorney Victor Sifuentes on the 1980s-1990s legal drama '' L.A. Law'', NYPD Detective Bobby Simone on the 1990s-2000s police drama '' NYPD Blue'', Matt Santos on the political drama ''The West Wing'', and for appearing in ''Switch'' (1991), ''My Family'' (1995), '' The Jane Austen Book Club'' (2007), and '' In the Heights'' (2021). He also appeared as Bail Organa in the ''Star Wars'' franchise and as ADA Miguel Prado in '' Dexter''. From 2012 to 2014, he joined the main cast of ''Sons of Anarchy'' as Nero Padilla. Smits also portrayed Elijah Strait in the NBC drama series '' Bluff City Law''. Early life Smits was born in Brooklyn, New York. Smits's father, Cornelis Leendert Smits (1929–2015), was from Paramaribo, Suriname, and was of Dutch descent. Smits's mother, Emilina (née Pola; 1930–2015), was Puerto Rican, born in Peñuelas. He and his two sisters, Yvonne and Diana, grew up i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adriana Paz
Adriana Paz (born January 13, 1980) is a Mexican actress and dancer. She began her artistic career in Spain, shooting commercials and acting in a play. She was recognized for her role as Toña in the Mexican film ''Rudo y Cursi'' (2009) with a nomination for the Ariel Award for Best Supporting Actress. She garnered critical praise starring as Miranda in ''Las Horas Muertas'' (2013), for which she was awarded Best Actress at the Morelia International Film Festival. She subsequently starred in the TV series ''Sucedió en Un Día'' (2010), '' Capadocia'' (2010), ''El Encanto del Aguila'' (2011), ''Dios, Inc.'' (2016), and '' Vis a vis'' (2018-2019). Paz is also featured in other films, including ''Todos los Besos'' (2007), ''Backyard: El Traspatio'' (2009), '' Not Forgotten'' (2009), ''Un Mexicano Más'' (2009), ''El Mar Muerto'' (2010), ''4 Maras'' (2012), ''Morelos'' (2012), '' Elysium'' (2013), ''Spectre'', and ''Las Aparicio'' (2015). For her lead performance in the drama ''La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisa Owen
Lisa Dian Owen Wyckoff (born 8 July 1965), known professionally as Lisa Owen, is a Mexican actress and writer. She is best known for her role as "Doña Alba" in the hit Telemundo telenovela '' El Señor de los Cielos''. Filmography Films Television Awards and nominations References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Owen, Lisa Mexican telenovela actresses Living people Mexican film actresses Actresses from Mexico City 20th-century Mexican actresses 21st-century Mexican actresses 1965 births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sayed Badreya
El Sayed Badreya ( ar, سيد بدرية) is an Egyptian-American actor. He was born on February 4, 1957, in Port Said, Egypt. He has had many roles in movies and television. He appeared in ''AmericanEast'', ''Iron Man'', ''Cargo'', and '' The Dictator''. He also provided motion capture Motion capture (sometimes referred as mo-cap or mocap, for short) is the process of recording the movement of objects or people. It is used in military, entertainment, sports, medical applications, and for validation of computer vision and robo ... and voice work for the pirate Rameses in '' Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception''. Filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Badreya, Sayed 1957 births Living people Egyptian male film actors Egyptian male television actors Actors from Port Said ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Carlos Barreto
Juan Carlos Barreto (born March 11, 1957, Monterrey Nuevo León, Mexico) is a Mexican actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), l .... Filmography Selected film roles Television roles Awards and nominations References External links * 1957 births Living people Mexican male telenovela actors Mexican male television actors Mexican male film actors 20th-century Mexican male actors 21st-century Mexican male actors Male actors from Monterrey {{Mexico-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000s Crime Films
S, or s, is the nineteenth Letter (alphabet), letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the English alphabet, modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is English alphabet#Letter names, ''ess'' (pronounced ), plural ''esses''. History Origin Northwest Semitic abjad, Northwest Semitic Shin (letter), šîn represented a voiceless postalveolar fricative (as in 'ip'). It originated most likely as a pictogram of a tooth () and represented the phoneme via the acrophonic principle. Ancient Greek did not have a phoneme, so the derived Greek letter Sigma (letter), sigma () came to represent the voiceless alveolar sibilant . While the letter shape Σ continues Phoenician ''šîn'', its name ''sigma'' is taken from the letter ''samekh'', while the shape and position of ''samekh'' but name of ''šîn'' is continued in the ''Ξ, xi''. Within Greek, the name of ''sigma'' was influenced by its association with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
