
Valentín Trujillo
Actor · 1951 – 2006 · Atotonilco, Jalisco, Mexico
Valentin Trujillo Gazcón (28 March 1951 – 4 May 2006) was a Mexican actor, writer and director. His career spanned 48 years, where he appeared in over 140 films and directed 20 films. Trujillo was born on March 28, 1951 in a show business family as his grandfather was film producer Valentín Gazcón and his uncle was actor Gilberto Gazcón. He made his film debut as a baby. Trujillo initially studied law at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). He never completed his studies, choosing instead to become an actor. Trujillo made his acting debut at the age of seven in the film El Gran Pillo (1958). As a teen he got into the Columbia Pictures release Rage (1966) alongside Glenn Ford and Stella Stevens. Beginning in the early 1970s, Trujillo was cast often as the male lead. The film Las figuras de arena (1970) directed by Roberto Gavaldón established him as a leading man. He worked steadily as the leading man in action films over the next decade, completing over 30 films between 1970 and 1979. In addition to action films, Trujillo expanded his range in a number of films that incorporated commentary about modern social issues and politics in Mexico. The film Perro Callejero (1980) won a Silver Goddess for Best Picture and Trujillo, who portrayed the lead drunken character, was awarded Best Actor by Premios ACE. Beginning in the 1980s, Trujillo stepped behind the camera as well and began writing and directing his films. He released several popular action films and was soon the top box office draw in Mexico. Trujillo was nominated for several Ariel Awards in the 1980s, including Best Supporting Actor for El Ansia de Matar (1987) and Best Story and Screenplay for Violación(1989). The latter also was the first film to co-star his son, Valentin Trujillo, Jr. Together they co-starred in close to 20 films together before Trujillo's untimely death. Trujillo died on May 4, 2006 in his sleep from a heart attack. He was 55 at the time of his death.
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Movie6.3The peasant and revolutionary Zapatista Simon Blanco still in arms but Zapata is dead. Simon with his lieutenant Andres visits his mother and his girlfriend in his hometown. The cacique Onesimo and his brother, the commissioner Martial put ambushes but he eludes them.
Movie5.5ThrillerDramaIn Mexico City, a woman is raped every 9 minutes. This film details some of the legal and social problems in the country and how it's often difficult for women to find justice. Awarded Best Film by Mexican Cinema Journalists and nominated for three Ariel Awards.
Violación
1989 · 13 votes
Movie7.0ThrillerEl Maldito
1996 · 2 votes
Movie5.6ThrillerDramaSmall-town doctor bitten by rabid dog, races the clock to get to the city and receive treatment.
Rage
1966 · 20 votes
Movie7.2ComedyCantinflas is a man who hangs around the studios and helps anyone who needs his advice while at the same time envisioning his own versions of how certain scenes should be shot. Both angles provide ample opportunities for very witty, subtle barbs at the foibles of the industry.
Movie4.7ActionHorseback drama set in Mexico just before the Revolution.
Carroña
1978 · 7 votes
Movie6.8WesternYoung man returns to his childhood home-town, planning to git the people that killed his father.
El ausente
1972 · 5 votes
Movie7.2ComedyActionMauro is your typical deep-heart Mexican man, a merrymaker always ready to sing a song and turn difficulties into a laugh. He's married, has a friend named Hilario, and a girlfriend named Rita, and a girlfriend named Carmen, and a girlfriend named Petra, and other unnamed girlfriends. His life was already troubled with jealous girlfriends fighting each other, when one of his lovers decides to kidnap his baby child from the cradle, to kill him. All turns to the good, in the end.
Mexicano Hasta Las Cachas
1979 · 5 votes
Movie8.0CrimeDramaAn abandoned child steals to survive and has problems when he decides to steal from the priest who helps him.
Perro callejero
1980 · 65 votes
Movie5.2HorrorComedyA family of three moves to a haunted house. The couple's 10-year-old son runs into the ghost of the house but isn't scared. He tells the ghost that since his father is a writer of horror novels he lost fear of horror stories. The ghost then confides in the boy that he is a lonely ghost on account of the modern world focused on so many material priorities. Child and ghost become best friends, playing together, telling stories and helping the ghost pay his rent by scaring people every month.
Mi fantasma y yo
1988 · 5 votes
Movie5.0FamilyDramaCuna de valientes
1972 · 5 votes
Movie4.0DramaRomanceThree short films about intimacy, infidelity and life as a couple (or almost)
Movie6.8ActionCrimeThe 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.
Movie5.7ActionCaceria de judiciales
1997 · 3 votes
Movie5.6ThrillerYoung man avenges the murder of his family by representatives of a US oil company.
Movie6.8Aging widow interferes in the lives of her adult children.
Hoy he soñado con Dios
1972 · 4 votes
Movie5.8AdventureComedyTwo construction workers discover a stash of gold coins hidden in the walls of a building they're demolishing.
Suerte Te De Dios
1961 · 6 votes
Movie4.7DramaAdventureA man is murdered. His father tracks the killer, hoping to get revenge before the police capture him. What happened to cause his son's death is gradually revealed.
Movie5.5Obscure Valentin Trujillo, Roebrto Ballesteros, Juan Valentin film.
Tequila y Mezcal
2000 · 4 votes
Movie5.3DramaFamilyAn elderly escape artist fails in his act and is fired from the theater. He and his grandchildren Magela and Pablo then perform magic acts in parks.
Movie6.0Cadets at Air Force academy.
Alas doradas
1976 · 3 votes
Movie6.5Obscure film with Valentin Trujillo and Eleazar Garcia Jr.
Masacre en Ensenada
1998 · 2 votes
Movie5.7ActionImposible de matar
1994 · 3 votes
Series2
TV9.0SoapDramaJuana Iris is a Mexican telenovela from 1985, starring Victoria Ruffo and Valentín Trujillo.
Juana Iris
1985 · 3 votes
TV7.0DramaThe title "Manana Sera Otro Dia" is the name of a Mexican telenovela. It began in 1976, with principal actors Jacqueline Andere and Eduardo Fajardo. The title in English means "Tomorrow will be another day", similar to Scarlett O'Hara's famous lines, optimistic of future victory, in the 1939 film Gone with the Wind. In the Spanish title, the accented word "será" is pronounced as "say-Rah" but often the word for day is not accented. The telenovela's runtime was 30 minutes, and it had 253 episodes. The TV series was produced in Mexico by Televisa S.A. de C.V. Viewers' reactions to the show have been highly favorable.
Mañana Será Otro Día
1976 · 1 votes