Gael GarcĂa Bernal
29 titles
Filmography
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The Science of Sleep
(2006)The Science of Sleep, a playful romantic fantasy set inside thetopsy-turvy brain of Stephane Miroux, an eccentric young man whosedreams constantly invade his waking life.

No
(2012)When Chilean military dictator Pinochet, facing international pressure, calls for a referendum on his presidency in 1988, opposition leaders persuade a brash young advertising executive, René Saavedra, to spearhead their campaign. With scant resources and constant scrutiny by the despot's watchmen, René and his team devise an audacious plan to win the election and free the country from oppression.

Werewolf by Night
(2022)Monster hunters gather to pay respects to their deceased leader and are thrust into a deadly game.

Neruda
(2016)Chile, 1948: Senator Pablo Neruda, diplomat and future Nobel Prize-winning poet, accuses the government of betraying the Communist Party and is swiftly impeached. Pursued by the police, Neruda and his artist wife are forced into hiding and an intimate game of cat and mouse begins. In Europe, the legend of the poet hounded by the policeman grows – and artists led by Picasso call for his freedom. Neruda, meanwhile, inspired by his transformative new life as a fugitive, writes his epic collection of poems, Canto General, capturing the turmoil of a Latin America in crisis. Paying homage to a mercurial creator who is impossible to pin down in conventional biography, this playful, inventive feature by Oscar-nominated Pablo LarraĂn is the story of the escape, the investigation and the literary legend of a man once hailed as """"the greatest poet of the 20th century"""". Starring Luis Gnecco and Gael Garcia Bernal, the film plays out like a road movie, inviting us to soar alongside Neruda in his poetry, his memory, and his deeply held – sometimes paradoxical – political ideals."

The Crime of Padre Amaro
(2002)A newly-ordained Catholic priest arrives in a Mexican village, where corruption, temptation, and sexual passion threaten his calling and salvation.

Mammoth
(2009)Michelle Williams and Gael Garcia Bernal star as a beautiful power-couple who have it all until betrayal, lies and infidelity threaten to destroy their family.

Museo
(2018)Well into their 30s, Juan Nuñez (Gael GarcĂa Bernal) and BenjamĂn Wilson (Leonardo Ortizgris) still can’t seem to finish veterinary school or leave their parents’ homes. Instead, they wallow in comfortable limbo in the district of Satelite, Mexico City’s version of an American suburb. On a fateful Christmas Eve, however, they decide it’s finally time to distinguish themselves by executing the most infamous cultural artifacts heist in all of Mexican history, looting the country's iconic National Anthropology Museum.

Dot the I
(2003)A wavering bride, a stranger, an earnest groom: love triangle? Think again. The filmmaker adds many twists and turns to shape this romantic thriller.

Rosewater
(2014)As unrest erupts during an election in Iran, Tehran-born Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari is detained and tortured on suspicion of being a spy.

Cassandro
(2023)Saúl Armendáriz, a gay amateur wrestler from El Paso, rises to international stardom after he creates the character Cassandro, the “Liberace of Lucha Libre.” In the process, he upends not just the macho wrestling world but also his own life.

Desierto
(2015)A group of people trying to cross the border from Mexico into the United States encounter a racist man who has taken border patrol duties into his own hands.

Old
(2021)A thriller about a family on a tropical holiday who discover that the secluded beach where they are relaxing for a few hours is somehow causing them to age rapidly reducing their entire lives into a single day.

Another End
(2024)In a future where consciousness can be transferred, Sal (Gael GarcĂa Bernal) is urged by his sister to try a breakthrough technology that implants the memories and personality of the dead into the living. After the passing of his wife, Sal must decide how far he's willing to go to reconnect with the past.

Eva Doesn't Sleep
(2015)After a tour throughout Europe, the embalmed body of Eva Peron is abducted upon its return to Argentina.

The Ardor
(2014)Award-winning actors Gael GarcĂa Bernal and Alice Braga ignite the screen in this thrilling and sexy new take on the classic Western. When a gang of ruthless bandits set fire to a remote family farm and kidnap the farm- owner's daughter Vania, help arrives in the form of KaĂ a mysterious man who emerges from the rain forest. With the grace of a jaguar, KaĂ rescues Vania and plunges into a lethal game of cat-and-mouse with the gangsters. With the hornet's nest now stirred, KaĂ and Vania must decide how far they will go to preserve the farm and their vanishing way of life.

Coco
(2017)Miguel journeys to the magical land of his ancestors.

Amores Perros
(2000)Alejandro González Iñárritu's (Birdman, The Revenant) gripping debut feature is a savagely brilliant triptych around the theme of animalistic desires.

Even the Rain
(2011)Obsessive idealist Sebastián has sworn to direct a film about one of the world’s most iconic figures, Christopher Columbus. He is determined to overturn the myth of the arrival of Western Civilization in the Americas as a force for good. His film will show what Columbus set in motion: the obsession with gold, the taking of slaves, and the terrible violence visited on those Indians who fought back. The brilliant actor playing Columbus constantly challenges the director, accusing him of hypocrisy and cheap manipulation. Costa, Sebastián’s friend and producer, doesn’t give a damn. All that matters is that the film comes in on time and within budget. Costa decided they will shoot in Bolivia, the cheapest, most “Indian” of Latin American countries. While the shoot progresses in and around the city of Cochabamba, civil and political unrest simmer, as the entire water supply of the city is privatized and sold to a British/American multinational. Violence increases daily until the entire city explodes in the now infamous Bolivian Water War - a war which actually took place in April 2000. 500 years after Columbus, sticks and stones once again confront the high-tech weaponry of a modern army. David against Goliath. Only this time the fight is not over gold, but the simplest of life-giving elements - water.

Ema
(2019)A shocking incident that upends her family and marriage to a tempestuous choreographer sets a reggaeton dancer on an odyssey of personal liberation.

A Little Bit of Heaven
(2011)An irreverent young woman, who shields her heart with humor, has a life-altering visit with her doctor, who takes her on an eye-opening adventure.