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Blanca Guerra

Blanca Guerra Islas (born January 10, 1953) is a Mexican actress. In 1983 she was a member of the jury at the 13th Moscow International Film Festival. Initially she was a dentistry student, but she abandoned her studies to study at the UNAM University Theater Center, which allowed her to debut as a theater actress. Later, she ventured into the ... more

Blanca Guerra Islas (born January 10, 1953) is a Mexican actress. In 1983 she was a member of the jury at the 13th Moscow International Film Festival.

Initially she was a dentistry student, but she abandoned her studies to study at the UNAM University Theater Center, which allowed her to debut as a theater actress. Later, she ventured into the cinema acting in the film La loca de los milagros, which marks her artistic debut and the beginning of her extensive film career. She has to his credit more than sixty films.

In 2018 the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences invited her to be a special part of its new members.

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Santa Sangre
(1989)
Drama, Horror, Mystery
A young man is confined in a mental hospital. Through a flashback we see that he was traumatized as a child, when he and his family were circus performers. Back in the present, he escapes and rejoins his surviving and armless mother.
Runtime:
123 min
Director:
Alejandro Jodorowsky
Cast:
Axel Jodorowsky, Blanca Guerra, Guy Stockwell, Thelma Tixou, Sabrina Dennison
7.6
86%
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The Zone
(2007)
Drama, Thriller
Residents of an enclosed neighborhood in the middle of Mexico DF are shocked by a violent crime, and for one resident in particular, young Alejandro, the drama is ratcheted up when he encounters the lone kid who escaped the event and is hiding out within the neighborhood's borders.
Runtime:
97 min
Director:
Rodrigo Plá
Cast:
Daniel Giménez Cacho, Maribel Verdú, Alan Chávez, Carlos Bardem, Marina de Tavira
7.0
80%
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Bad Girls
(2007)
Comedy
A rebellious teen butts heads with the teachers at an all-girl charm school in Mexico City.
Runtime:
100 min
Director:
Bobby Horan
Cast:
Martha Higareda, Blanca Guerra, Camila Sodi, María Aura, Alejandra Adame
5.4
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Cosas insignificantes
(2008)
Drama, Family
Esmeralda is a teenager with an unusual obsession: she collects lost, forgotten or discarded objects from people she doesn't know and keeps them in a box beneath her bed. This is the tale of three objects in the box and the people behind them, all in some way incapable of relating to the person they love most. It is also a tale of the ...
Runtime:
98 min
Director:
Andrea Martínez
Cast:
Paulina Gaitán, Carmelo Gómez, Blanca Guerra, Lucía Jiménez, Fernando Luján
6.7
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The Realm of Fortune
(1986)
Drama
A very poor and handicapped man lives in a small town in Mexico with his mother. He works announcing things along the town ("The priest lost his cow, if someone sees it ..."). He is very interested in the cock fighting. One day a man gives him a loser cock, thinking to give him something to eat, but instead he takes care of the animal ...
Runtime:
130 min
7.2
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Un Embrujo
(1999)
Drama, Romance
In the Yucatan coast of the thirties , Elisha, a boy of 13, is initiated into the art of love by Felipa , his schoolteacher. After discovering the relationship, Felipa runs away from the village , leaving Elisha mired in nostalgia. Forced to marry another woman and lead a routine life , recalling the years passed Eliseo romance with Fe...
Runtime:
130 min
Director:
Carlos Carrera
Cast:
Blanca Guerra, Mario Zaragoza, Daniel Acuña, Luis Fernando Peña, Vanessa Bauche
7.2
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Mystery of the Maya
(1995)
Documentary, History
Filmed in IMAX, a young Mayan boy who lives close to the ruins becomes acquainted with an archaeologist (Guerra) and asks her to tell him about his ancestors. The crew travelled to over 15 locations in Mexico and Guatemala, including Tulum and Chichén Itzá.
Runtime:
38 min
Director:
Barrie Howells, Roberto Rochín
Cast:
Susan Glover, Nicolas Alonso, Juan Carlos Colombo, Blanca Guerra, Juan Antonio Llanes
6.5
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Perro callejero
(1980)
Crime, Drama
An abandoned child steals to survive and has problems when he decides to steal from the priest who helps him.
Runtime:
120 min
Director:
Gilberto Gazcón
Cast:
Valentín Trujillo, Ana Luisa Peluffo, Eric del Castillo, Blanca Guerra
7.1
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Perro callejero 2
(1981)
Crime, Drama
Director:
Gilberto Gazcón
Cast:
Valentín Trujillo, Blanca Guerra, Patricia Rivera, Narciso Busquets, Eric del Castillo
7.2
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Estas ruinas que ves
(1979)
In this sexy romantic comedy from Mexico, the life of a college professor is turned upside down when he falls for a former student, who is already pledged to marry another man.
Runtime:
107 min
Director:
Julián Pastor
Cast:
Pedro Armendáriz Jr., Fernando Luján, Guillermo Orea, Roberto Cobo, Blanca Guerra
6.8
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As You See?
(1986)
Drama
Award-Winning filmmaker Paul Leduc (Frida, Naturaleza Viva, Reed: Insurgent Mexico, Barroco) directed this gritty musical drama about life in the ghettos of Mexico City during the 1980s. With a soundtrack of Mexican rock music, the camera takes the viewer through the streets, to rock concerts, and to the bars and clubs, where he expose...
Runtime:
75 min
7.4
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Nocaut
(1984)
Director José Luis García Agraz, an independent filmmaker, opens this fast-paced drama with a murder and in flashbacks tells the story of how the assassin, Rodrigo Saracho (Gonzalo Vega) was caught in circumstances slightly beyond his control and left with no way out except to descend further and further down the moral scale. The man r...
Runtime:
109 min
7.2
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Falcon's Gold
(1982)
Adventure, TV Movie
An archaeologist travels to Mexico to investigate rumors of the discovery of the ancient statue of a fertility goddess.
Director:
Bob Schulz
Cast:
John Marley, Simon MacCorkindale, Stevie Vallance, Blanca Guerra, George Touliatos
5.4
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En la trampa
(1979)
Drama
Oscar Cardenas is a free young man who dreams of being a racer. One day he is trapped by Isabel Salas, a young secretary, who while finds a husband, she is sleeping with her boss. Oscar and Isabel end at the altar. From that moment Oscar, is falling into the traps that the 'society' puts over him...
Runtime:
103 min
Director:
Raúl Araiza
Cast:
José Alonso, Blanca Guerra, Carmen Montejo, Gloria Marín
7.0
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Mojado Power
(1981)
Comedy
Mexico's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1981
Runtime:
108 min
Director:
Alfonso Aráu
Cast:
Alfonso Aráu, Blanca Guerra, Pedro Damián, Priscilla Garcia, Nono Arsu
6.9
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Como México no hay dos
(1981)
Drama
Rags-to-riches story about the rise of a fictional ranchera-music superstar.
Runtime:
107 min
6.9
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Motel
(1984)
Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Runtime:
90 min
Director:
Luis Mandoki
Cast:
José Alonso, Blanca Guerra, Salvador Sánchez, Ignacio Retes
6.6
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El Coyote y la Bronca
(1980)
Cast:
Vicente Fernández, Blanca Guerra
6.4
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La cripta
(1981)
Crime, Drama
A patient is released from a mental hospital to help the police find a student who disappeared a few days ago.
Runtime:
110 min
6.3
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El sinvergüenza
(1984)
Married man hires a surrogate to pose as the father of the four children he has had with his mistress.
Runtime:
84 min
Director:
Rafael Villaseñor Kuri
Cast:
Vicente Fernández, Blanca Guerra, Guillermo Murray, Tito Junco
6.7
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El complot mongol
(1977)
Thriller
In the context of a visit by the President of the United States to Mexico, there is a threat that China will attack his life. Policeman Filiberto is commissioned to avoid it, at any cost. His searches in the Chinatown will lead him to endanger his life, while he will find love in the young Marta.
Runtime:
105 min
6.5
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Juan Charrasqueado y Gabino Barrera
(1982)
Revolution-era Mexico: two well-known bandits hook up, then join forces with an outlaw woman.
Runtime:
105 min
Director:
Rafael Villaseñor Kuri
Cast:
Vicente Fernández, Blanca Guerra, Humberto Elizondo, Miguel Ángel Rodríguez, Maribel Guardia
6.8
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Sinvergüenza pero honrado
(1985)
Man and woman get married, they adapt to living together and he adapts to living with her four children.
Runtime:
96 min
Director:
Rafael Villaseñor Kuri
Cast:
Vicente Fernández, Blanca Guerra, Cecilia Camacho
6.8
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The flying pony
(1982)
Family
Mythical and fantastic story on the wishes of a peasant boy, Diego, who become reality in the course of a day and a night. On the eve of his birthday, the child's godfather gives her a shot of cardboard. At night, the little dreams that is mounted on the horse and find a nymph that describes the exact location of much needed water does...
Runtime:
92 min
5.8
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El cafre
(1986)
Trucker accepts an assignment to haul an extremely dangerous load of explosives from Tijuana to Mexico City.
Runtime:
93 min
Director:
Gilberto Gazcón
Cast:
Joaquín Cordero, Blanca Guerra, Sergio Goyri, Valentín Trujillo, Andrés García
6.5
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N/A
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Una pura y dos con sal
(1983)
Comedy, Drama
Young woman engineers a reconciliation between her long-estranged parents.
Runtime:
88 min
Director:
Rafael Villaseñor Kuri
Cast:
Vicente Fernández, Blanca Guerra, Irma Porter, Eduardo de la Pena, Víctor Junco
5.7
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Kada kien su karma
(2008)
Comedy, Drama
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Runtime:
97 min
Cast:
Blanca Guerra, José Alonso, Natalia Traven
4.6
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Burdel
(1982)
Comedy, Drama
(AKA: Ratero 2 or Cada quien su madre.) Innocent man forced to hide from the police, ends up taking refuge in a brothel.
Runtime:
95 min
Director:
Ismael Rodríguez
Cast:
Rafael Inclán, Blanca Guerra, Luis Manuel Pelayo, Noé Murayama, Carmen Salinas
6.0
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Dos de abajo
(1983)
Two bozo construction workers discover a cache of 19th century gold coins while demolishing a building.
Runtime:
112 min
Director:
Gilberto Gazcón
Cast:
Valentín Trujillo, Andrés García, Blanca Guerra, Patricia Rivera, Hilda Aguirre
5.8
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El sexólogo (Memorias de un visitador medico)
(1980)
Comedy
A pharmaceutical salesman travels around the country and has sexual adventures in every place, but no woman really interests him. When returning from one of his travels, he is hit by a car and falls in love with the driver, but none of his tactics of conquest get results. Written by Anonymous
Runtime:
85 min
Director:
Luis María Delgado
Cast:
Andrés García, Amparo Muñoz, Angélica Chain, Anaís de Melo
4.7
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El billetero
(1984)
A poor family hits the lottery.
Runtime:
90 min
Director:
Roberto Rodríguez
Cast:
Rafael Inclán, Blanca Guerra, Cecilia Camacho, Pedro Armendáriz Jr.
4.7
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Pedro Páramo, el hombre de la Media Luna
(1978)
Drama, Fantasy
Juan Preciado, son of Pedro Páramo, goes to Comala to claim his inheritance; but when he arrives he finds an abandoned and sinister town, inhabited by mysterious voices and whispers…
Runtime:
178 min
Director:
José Bolaños
Cast:
Manuel Ojeda, Venetia Vianello, Narciso Busquets, Blanca Guerra, Abelardo San Miguel
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