Melania Urbina Movies
- 2007
Three female mercenaries team up to take out the notorious Mexican drug lord who made their lives a living hell in this south of the border action thriller. They fight under the name "La Gran Sangre," and their mission is to collect the head of "La Rocha," and ruthless drug lord who has recently relocated his operation to the jungle. "La Rocha" can run, but he can't hide from the three vengeful beauties who will sacrifice their own lives in order to protect the innocent and see him suffer for his heinous crimes. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Carlos Alcantara, Aldo Miyashiro, (more)
Three friends who have maintained their complex relationships through thick and thin are forced to make a series of life-changing decisions when a figure from their past emerges to issue a troubling ultimatum. Four years ago, Manuel, Efrain, and El Gordo experienced a night of debauchery that would have driven most folks apart. Today all three are living together and attending college, their friendship stronger than ever before. When the trio decides to throw the ultimate end of summer party, however, an escort from Manuel's past emerges to stir things up. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Melania Urbina, Bruno Ascenzo, (more)
As four sex-obsessed middle class couples attempt to go about their day as planned, fate intervenes to show just how strange things can get when you least expect it. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Melania Urbina, Bruno Ascenzo, (more)
Her boyfriend slain while sleeping as Alberto Fujimori's "civil dictatorship" falters on its last legs, a privileged schoolteacher and a world-weary tabloid journalist attempt to avenge the politically motivated murder in director Francisco José Lombardi's searing political thriller. Guido Pazos (Dario Abad) was an honest judge, so when Gabriela (Melania Urbina) learns that reporter Angelina (Magdyel Ugaz) has buckled to demands that she spin the death as the result of a gay romance gone wrong the grieving girlfriend confronts the cynical writer. Now, as Gabriela and Angelina delve ever deeper into the mystery, Gabriela hatches a detailed plan to murder shadowy criminal Montesinos - the man she holds directly responsible for Guido's death. After acquiring some particularly sensitive false documents and entering into a torrid romance with the one person who could grant her a private audience with the powerful Montesinos, the vengeful Gabriela begins working at a hotel catering exclusively to military and government officials while biding her time and waiting to make the big kill. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Melania Urbina, Magdyel Ugaz, (more)
- 2003
Directed by Francisco J. Lombardi, Ojo que no ven (What the Eye Doesn't See) follows several fictional story lines set against a backdrop of the real-life collapse of Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori's regime. There's Colonel Revoredo (Gianfranco Brero), who knows he'll be lucky to escape the country with his life, let alone military status; lawyer Penaflor del Aguila (Gustavo Bueno), whose knack for bribing corrupt officials is now useless; and Mercedes (Melania Urbina), a teenage girl desperately trying to settle the legal and medical situations of her older family members, to name a few. Meanwhile, Helena (Patricia Pereyra), a forensic anthropologist, is raped inside of a mass gravesite, while her husband, unbeknownst to her, is assassinated. Less serious affairs reside inside of a hospital, where two elderly patients quarrel over the current state of affairs, and within a television station, where an overworked makeup artist gets a rude awakening of sorts. Though the characters' situations are vastly different, a common thread -- the fall of the government as they knew it -- unites them, and leads to a consequence none were prepared for. The film also features Paul Vega, Tatiana Astengo, Martin Chauca, Don Lucho, Rodolfo Lopez, and Jorge Rodriguez Paz. ~ Tracie Cooper, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Gianfranco Brero, Gustavo Bueno, (more)
A seemingly idyllic childhood is shattered in a nation torn apart by civil war in this powerful drama from Peru. Juan was an 11-year-old boy living in a small rural community when the town's corrupt mayor was killed. Local authorities believe that the murderers are part of the "Sendero Lumino" (meaning "Shining Path"), an underground revolutionary army dedicated to bringing down the government, and Juan's father, Fermin (Aristoteles Picho), is arrested for suspected involvement with the group. As Juan tries to adjust to life without his father, he's abducted by Wilmer (Sergio Galliani), a Sendero Lumino organizer who is grooming children of the movement into a guerilla army, though Juan has no inherent desire to fight. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Antonio Callirgos, Eduardo Cesti, (more)
