Leonor Varela
19 titles
Filmography
19 results
Sleep Dealer
(2008)SLEEP DEALER is a Sundance award-winning sci-fi thriller packed with stunning visuals, strong social and political themes, and is being hailed by audiences and critics alike as "impressive, eye-opening…a timely message, deftly delivered… like Blade Runner and other big-brained sci-fi flicks, it’s about ideas..." (Wired) Memo Cruz (Luis Fernando Peña) is a young man in near-future Mexico. When his family is victim of a misguided drone attack he finds himself with no option but to head north, towards the U.S./Mexico border. But migrant workers cannot cross this new world border – it's been sealed off. Instead, Memo ends up in a strange digital factory in Mexico where he connects his body to a robot in America. Memo's search for a better future leads him to love, loss, and a confrontation with a mysterious figure from his past.

The Cow Who Sang a Song into the Future
(2023)Singing cows, fish, and bees introduce a world of magical realism in this stunning Sundance hit. Long-dead Magdalena (Mia Maestro) surfaces in a polluted river, bringing with her a wave of family secrets that send her widowed husband and daughter (Leonor Varela) into turmoil. This lyrical film offers an ambitious proposal for healing, suggesting that the dead return when they are most needed.

Hindsight
(2008)Unexpectedly pregnant with no means to raise a child, Dina and Ronnie decide to sell their unborn baby over the Internet. Their plan begins to unravel when the couple they've chosen, Paul and Maria, turn out to have an agenda of their own.

Where God Left His Shoes
(2007)A failed boxer (John Leguizamo) struggles to find a job and an apartment for his family on Christmas Eve.

Murder in Mexico
(2015)Starring Colin Egglesfield and Leonor Varela. A TV producer takes his family on vacation to salvage his marriage, only to find himself the primary suspect in his wife's murder. Based on a true story.

Little Lies
(2022)Is it worth lying for love? Bárbara never has any luck with men and Eva and MatÃas, a marriage in crisis, they introduce Julián. The first meeting is a success, but the couple discovers that Julián is a fraud. Together they must investigate and unmask Julián's true life. During their detective adventures, the couple finds love again but at the same time they discover their own lies.

Innocent Voices
(2005)La guerra civil, que destrozó El Salvador, se ve a través de los ojos de un niño. Su padre abandona la familia, mientras su madre y su hermana tratan de mantener una vida normal, en medio de combates entre rebeldes y tropas gubernamentales.

Blind Alley
(2011)A young woman spends a night trapped inside a laundromat with a serial killer.

Monsterwolf
(2010)An oil company's new drilling location yields more than expected when it accidentally unleashes a wolf-like creature.

Jeremiah
(1998)The prophet, compelled by faith, abandons the woman he loves and suffers persecution to warn of Jerusalem’s imminent destruction by the Babylonians.

The Tailor of Panama
(2001)Spy thriller starring Pierce Brosnan & Jamie Lee Curtis. British intelligence hires a tailor living in Panama for espionage activities, but he soon finds himself in hot water. 2001

Goal II: Living the Dream
(2007)When Newcastle United soccer star Santiago Muñez (Kuno Becker) is offered a spot with Real Madrid, he accepts, but the move - accompanied by big money and fame - tests his ties and loyalties to family, friends, and business acquaintances.

Saving Flora
(2019)All that stands between a teen girl and a circus elephant escaping euthanasia is 200km of woods, a raging river, hunters and fear of not making it.

Captive
(2015)Based on a miraculous true story about the power of faith, Captive is an amazing, inspiring drama about the spiritual collision of two lost souls.

A Fine Step
(2014)When an expert horseman suffers a traumatic accident with his top horse, he overcomes his injury with the help of a young girl.

Hell Ride
(2008)An homage to classic biker films, centering on the leader of the Victors, a biker gang that rallies to avenge the death of a gang member.

All Inclusive
(2008)Una familia de vacaciones se ve obligada a esconderse en su habitación de hotel cuando un huracán arrasa el centro turÃstico, donde pronto empiezan a revelarse verdades que han permanecido ocultas durante mucho tiempo.

Wrong Turn at Tahoe
(2009)Joshua, a hard-nosed collector for a ruthless mob boss lives in a world filled with brutal violence and soon finds himself in the middle of a power struggle with a notorious drug lord.

Ride
(2014)Uptight, workaholic and strong-willed, Jackie (Academy Award winner Helen Hunt) is the ultimate New York professional. An editor of The New Yorker magazine, she is appalled to hear that her son (Brenton Thwaites) has dropped out of college and taken off to Los Angeles to pursue his twin passions: writing and surfing. Unable to relinquish control, Jackie follows him to LA, where she befriends a limo driver (David Zayas), begins a relationship with a sexy young surf instructor (Luke Wilson) and starts to finally understand and connect with her son.