Direction: Michel Franco
The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Michel Franco. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.
Titles found: 11
After Lucia
2012 · Movie · 102 min. · Mexico
Direction Michel Franco
Cast Tessa Ia · Hernán Mendoza · Gonzalo Vega Sisto · Paloma Cervantez
Synopsis After the death of her mother Lucía, teenage Alejandra (Tessa Ia) and her dad Roberto (Hernan Mendoza) have just moved from Puerto Vallarta to Mexico D.F. She is new at school, he has a new job. Starting over is sometimes...
6.6
2K votes
6.6
2K votes
Direction Michel Franco
Cast Jessica Chastain · Peter Sarsgaard · Merritt Wever · Brooke Timber
Synopsis Sylvia is a social worker who leads a simple, structured life: her daughter, her job, her Alcoholics Anonymous meetings. All of this is thrown into turmoil when Saul follows her home from her high school reunion. Their surprise encounter will...
6.5
1K votes
6.5
1K votes
Direction Michel Franco
Cast Naian González Norvind · Diego Boneta · Mónica del Carmen · Darío Yazbek Bernal
Synopsis In this riveting, suspenseful dystopian drama, a lavish upper-class wedding goes awry in an unexpected uprising of class warfare that gives way to a violent coup d’etat. As seen through the eyes of the sympathetic young bride and the servants...
6.3
3K votes
6.3
3K votes
Direction Michel Franco
Cast Tim Roth · Charlotte Gainsbourg · Iazua Larios · Henry Goodman
Synopsis Alice and Neil Bennett are the core of a wealthy British family on vacation in Acapulco with younger members Colin and Alexa until a distant emergency cuts their trip short. When one relative disrupts the family’s tight-knit order, surprising tensions...
6.3
294 votes
6.3
294 votes
Direction Michel Franco
Cast Tim Roth · Bitsie Tulloch · Michael Cristofer · David Dastmalchian
Synopsis A home care (Tim Roth) nurse works with terminally ill patients.
5.9
418 votes
5.9
418 votes
April's Daughters
2017 · Movie · 103 min. · Mexico
Direction Michel Franco
Cast Emma Suárez · Ana Valeria Becerril · Enrique Arrizon · Joanna Larequi
Synopsis Valeria is a young 17 year-old girl who is seven months pregnant. She doesn't want Abril, her absent mother, to know anything about her pregnancy. One day Abril decides to help her, and we soon realize why she didn't want...
5.8
742 votes
5.8
742 votes
Daniel & Ana
2009 · Movie · 89 min. · Mexico
Direction Michel Franco
Cast Darío Yazbek Bernal · Marimar Vega · José María Torre · Luis Miguel Lombana
Synopsis Daniel and Ana, brother and sister, best friends. Both are at pivotal, defining moments in their contented lives. Ana is about to be married, Daniel is a gregarious teenager discovering his personal and sexual identity. Yet their harmony is instantly...
5.8
317 votes
5.8
317 votes
Cuando sea grande (S)
2001 · Movie · 7 min. · Mexico
Direction Michel Franco
Cast Ximena Sánchez · Michel Franco · Nelly Güereña
4.7
39 votes
4.7
39 votes
A Way Out (S)
2003 · Movie · 11 min. · Mexico
Direction Michel Franco
Cast Lumi Cavazos · Fabián Corres · María Sandoval · Alexis Guerrero
4.6
43 votes
4.6
43 votes
Direction Michel Franco
Cast Jessica Chastain · Isaac Hernández · Rupert Friend · Marshall Bell
Synopsis Romance blossoms between a wealthy socialite and a Mexican ballet dancer, intertwining their contrasting lives and cultures.
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Trough the Eyes
2013 · Movie · 96 min. · Mexico
Direction Michel Franco · Victoria Franco
Cast Mónica del Carmen · Omar Moreno · Benjamín Espinoza · Jacobo Najman
Synopsis This docu-fiction hybrid is about a mother (Monica del Carmen) who works as a social worker in aiding, integrating and rehabilitating children suffering from homelessness in Mexico City, while her 11-year-old son, Omar, struggles with life-long problems with his eyesight.
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