''Misterio'' (''Mystery'') is a 1980 Mexican

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film, directed and written by Marcela Fernández Violante. The film stars

Juan Ferrara Juan Ferrara (born Juan Félix Gutiérrez Puerta; November 8, 1943) is a Mexican actor. Family Juan is a son of Ofelia Guilmáin and brother of Lucía Guilmáin y Esther Guilmáin. He was once married to the Mexican actress, Helena Rojo. He ...

, as a TV star who blurs reality with the plot of the soap opera he is shooting.

Helena Rojo María Elena Enríquez Ruiz (18 August 1944 – 3 February 2024), known as Helena Rojo, was a Mexican actress and model. Biography Born in Mexico City, Mexico, she began her career as a model in 1961. Toward the end of the decade, she studied ...

plays Sandra, his co-star, while

Víctor Junco Víctor Ciriaco Junco Tassinari (18 June 1917 – 6 July 1988), known professionally as Víctor Junco, was a Mexican actor. He was considered a star of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. During his career, Junco received two Ariel Award nominati ...

is the TV director and Beatríz Sheridan is the screenwriter. ''Misterio'' is adapted from a novel written by

Vicente Leñero Vicente Leñero Otero (June 9, 1933 – December 3, 2014) was a Mexican novelist, journalist, and playwright. He wrote numerous books, stories, and plays, including a theatrical adaptation of Oscar Lewis's ''The Children of Sanchez (film), The Chi ...

, who adapted it for the screen. The film received eight

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s in 1980, including Best Actor (Ferrara), Best Actress (Rojo), Best Supporting Actor (Junco), and Best Supporting Actress (Sheridan).

Plot

Cast

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Beatriz Sheridan Elizabeth Ann Sheridan Scarbrough, better known as Beatriz Sheridan (12 June 1923 – 30 April 2006), was a Mexican actress and director. A pioneer of the Mexican telenovelas and prominent figure of the Mexican theater of the 20th century, she w ...

as Gladys *

Ramón Menéndez Ramón Menéndez (born January 21, 1950) is a Cuban-American film director and screenwriter. He is best known for writing and directing the 1988 film '' Stand and Deliver''. His other film directing credits include '' Money for Nothing'' (1993) ...

as camera director * Jorge Fegán as executive producer *

Leticia Perdigón Leticia Perdigón (; born Guadalupe Leticia Perdigón Labrador on August 7, 1956, in Mexico City, Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and bor ...

as María Luisa

Awards

Ariel Awards

The

s are awarded annually by the Mexican Academy of Film Arts and Sciences in Mexico. ''Misterio'' received eight awards out of 12 nominations. , - , rowspan="13" scope="row",

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References

{{Reflist 1980 films 1980 thriller films Mexican thriller films 1980s Spanish-language films 1980 drama films 1980s Mexican films Spanish-language thriller films