Movies by Carmen Salinas

The Valet

The Valet

World famous movie star Olivia faces a PR disaster when a paparazzi snaps a photo of her with her married lover, Vincent. The hard-working valet Antonio accidentally appears in the same photo and is enlisted to pose as Olivia’s new boyfriend as a cover-up. This ruse with Olivia thrusts Antonio into the spotlight and unexpected chaos.

Under the Same Moon

Under the Same Moon

Tells the parallel stories of nine-year-old Carlitos and his mother, Rosario. In the hopes of providing a better life for her son, Rosario works illegally in the U.S. while her mother cares for Carlitos back in Mexico.

Masacre en el río Tula

Masacre en el río Tula

Based on a real event, twelve dead bodies are found in the Tula River, we see the events that lead up to the massacre in a tale of crime, vice, corruption and sleaze.

Danzón

Danzón

A telephone operator from Mexico City tries to support a family and her passion for popular dance.

The Place Without Limits

The Place Without Limits

Family honor, greed, machismo, homophobia, and dreams collide in a small Mexican town.

The Scent of Death

The Scent of Death

The Chemos and the Pachecos are two gangs whose adventures are witnessed by the doctor, the assistant and the social worker of a clinic where they know of the young men's problems.

Prax

Prax

Appointment with Death

Appointment with Death

Four different director contribute a segment to this horror anthology.

Me muero de la risa

Me muero de la risa

A film full of comedy skits of all kinds.

El rincón de las vírgenes

El rincón de las vírgenes

"Faith-healer" develops a cult-like following in 1920s Jalisco.

Mi Verdad

Mi Verdad

Film about the scandal of TV producer Juan Osorio with Cuban dancer Niurka Marcos.

Doña Macabra

Doña Macabra

The story of Armida (named ¨Doña Macabra¨ by her neighbors) and Demetria, two old women who live in an old house with Octavio, a kind of mad scientist. Their lives take an unexpected turn when the nephew of Armida, Lucila, recently married with Othón, arrive to the house looking for and old treasure, believed to be buried in the house. They will find a lot of dark and unexpected secrets.

Esta noche cena Pancho

Esta noche cena Pancho

Four friends gather to organize a wild and sleazy bachelor party.

No hay quinto malo

No hay quinto malo

Bellas de noche (Las ficheras)

Bellas de noche (Las ficheras)

The Boxer Germán Bronco Torres loses his license, and works as bouncer at the cabaret El Pirulí, where he falls for the fichera Carmen, and befriends of the pimp Margarito Fuensanta El Vaselinas, who lost a bet and has to pay to a gangsters. For 500 pesos for El Vaselinas, Bronco prepares a trap in the cabaret to the taxi driver Raul, to seduce his girlfriend, not knowing that the victim is his own sister Lupita.

Muñecas de medianoche

Muñecas de medianoche

Two young men go into hiding to escape from a contract killer; they put on women's clothing and hang around in bars.

Tivoli

Tivoli

While trying to save the famous Tivoli burlesque theater, the participants uncover a web of commercial corruption.

Las mil y una aventuras del metro

Las mil y una aventuras del metro

La pulquería 3: Entre ficheras anda el diablo

La pulquería 3: Entre ficheras anda el diablo

After regaining his manliness, he escapes from hell Satan for embezzling Secretary of infernal hacienda, being chased by a couple of poor devils good for nothing, and took refuge in the cabaret ends up working as a transvestite.