
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…

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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...

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...