Ángeles Cruz

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Ángeles Cruz
At the 4th Women's Film Festival [es] in 2021
Born1969 (age 54–55)
Villa Guadalupe Victoria, San Miguel el Grande [es], Oaxaca, Mexico
EducationInstituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura
Occupation(s)Actress, director, screenwriter
AwardsAriel Award (2013, 2019, 2022)

Ángeles Cruz (born 1969) is a Mexican actress, film director, and screenwriter. As a filmmaker, she has focused on themes of ostracization, female sexuality, and gender violence. As she explained in a 2022 interview, "I have three imbalances: I come from an indigenous community, I am a woman, and I am a lesbian – things that have been stereotyped and placed in an emerging situation of survival."[1]

Her work has been recognized with three Ariel Awards.

Biography[edit]

Ángeles Cruz is originally from Villa Guadalupe Victoria in San Miguel el Grande [es], a mostly indigenous community high in the mountains of Oaxaca.[2][3] She grew up primarily speaking Spanish, but learned some Mixtec from her father.[4] In her community there was no electricity, no water, and no cinema. She saw only one film in her first sixteen years, El joven Juárez [es], which her father had in 16 mm.[1] "When I saw the film for the first time in a cinema, it changed me, transformed me; it totally pulled out the rug," she recalled.[5]

She wanted to be an agronomist and dedicate herself to farming, but her family had to relocate, first to Tlaxiaco, and later to Oaxaca. There, she switched to studying theater, a decision she credits to her high school teacher Sergio Santamaría.[6]

Cruz studied at the Miguel Cabrera Center of Artistic Education in Oaxaca, and later completed a licentiate in acting at the INBA Theater Art School in Mexico City.[7]

In the play El árbol (2016)

In 1994, she began getting roles in cinema. Her first film as an actress was the Swedish-Danish drama La hija del puma about massacres that occurred in Guatemala against the indigenous people.[1] Her performance was nominated for the Guldbagge Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role.[7]

In 2011, Cruz started writing her own stories, and directed a short film made from one such script, La tiricia o cómo curar la tristeza. It was produced by the Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía, and won the Ariel Award for Best Short Film in 2013.[8]

She continued with the shorts La carta and Arcángel, followed by her first feature, Nudo Mixteco, starring Sonia Couoh [es] and Noé Hernández, which tells three stories of women living in indigenous communities in Oaxaca. Regarding the film's explicit love scenes between women, Cruz said,

Homosexuality has been crossed out in the world due to ignorance and due to this impasse that exists. For me it was important to name it and show it forcefully, not leave it to the imagination, not self-censor and let it remain in the line of imagination for the viewer to complete. I feel that it is a beautiful manifestation of love, and I feel that lesbian women in the communities have also remained in the dark, marginalized. Male homosexuality is named, everything from the male gaze. It seemed important to me to name it.[9]

Filmography[edit]

Films as director[edit]

  • La tiricia o cómo curar la tristeza - short; 2012
  • La carta - short; 2014
  • Arcángel - short; 2018
  • Nudo Mixteco - 2021
  • Valentina or the Serenity (Valentina o la serenidad) - 2023

Films as actress[edit]

Year Title Role Director
1994 La hija del puma Aschlop Åsa Faringer and Ulf Hultberg
1998 The Other Conquest Doncella Salvador Carrasco
2000 Rito terminal Celia Óscar Urrutia Lazo
2002 Aro Tolbukhin: In the Mind of a Killer Agustí Villaronga
2005 The Violin Jefa Guerrilera 1 Francisco Vargas
2008 Espiral [es] Araceli 2 Jorge Pérez Solano [es]
2010 Marcelino, pan y vino [es] Petra José Luis Gutiérrez Arias
2011 Cenizas Eternas [es] Matiri Margarita Cadenas
2012 The Girl Rosa's mother David Riker
2016 Tamara y la catarina Tamara Lucía Carreras [es]
2018 Dos Fridas Adelita Ishtar Yasin Gutierrez
Tiempo de lluvia Soledad Itandehui Jansen
Traición Ignacio Ortiz
2019 La ira o el seol Juan Mora Catlett

TV series as actress[edit]

Year Title Role Channel
2001–2005 Lo que callamos las mujeres Rosa, Tomasa Azteca Uno
2008 Capadocia Fernanda Castrejón HBO
2017 El Chapo Evelina Univision
2018 Malinche Macti Canal Once
2018–2020 Here on Earth Jacobina Fox Premium

Awards and nominations[edit]

Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
2000 Ariel Award Best Supporting Actress Rito terminal Nominated [10]
2013 Ariel Award Best Fiction Short La tiricia o cómo curar la tristeza Won [8]
2014 Guldbagge Award Best Actress in a Leading Role La hija del puma Nominated [7]
2015 Ariel Award Best Fiction Short La carta Nominated [11]
2017 Silver Columbus from the Huelva Ibero-American Film Festival Best Actress Tamara y la catarina Won [12]
2019 Ariel Award Best Fiction Short Arcángel Won [13]
Jury Film Award from the
Cinequest Film & Creativity Festival		 Best Narrative Short Film: Drama Won [14]
Coral Prize from the
Havana Film Festival		 Best Fiction Short Won [15]
2022 Ariel Award Best First Work Nudo Mixteco Won [16]
Ariel Award Best Picture Nominated [17]
Canvas Award from the
MOOOV Filmfestival [nl; fr]		 Best Picture Won [18]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Gochi, Víctor (17 October 2022). "'Soy mujer, indígena y lesbiana': Ángeles Cruz" [I am a Woman, Indigenous and Lesbian: Ángeles Cruz]. Homosensual (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  2. ^ Hinojoza, Isela (7 March 2019). "Sexualidad de mujeres indígenas oaxaqueñas llegará al cine" [Sexuality of Indigenous Oaxacan Women Will Reach the Cinema]. El Universal (in Spanish). Mexico City. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  3. ^ Ángeles Cruz estrena en Francia su película 'Nudo Mixteco' [Ángeles Cruz Premieres Her Film "Nudo Mixteco" in France] (in Spanish). RFI Español. 11 October 2021. Event occurs at 17:58. Retrieved 11 August 2023 – via YouTube. Mi comunidad Villa Guadalupe Victoria se rige por usos y costumbres. [My community Villa Guadalupe Victoria is governed by habits and customs.]
  4. ^ Ángeles Cruz estrena en Francia su película 'Nudo Mixteco' [Ángeles Cruz Premieres Her Film "Nudo Mixteco" in France] (in Spanish). RFI Español. 11 October 2021. Event occurs at 5:35. Retrieved 11 August 2023 – via YouTube. Mi madre habla español y mi padre hablaba el mixteco y entonces sé algunas cosas de mixteco. Lo entiendo, lo hablo poco, pero si el mixteco digamos que es mi lengua paterna. [My mother speaks Spanish and my father spoke Mixtec, and so I know a few things in Mixtec. I understand it, I speak a little, but let's say Mixtec is my father tongue.]
  5. ^ Ángeles Cruz estrena en Francia su película 'Nudo Mixteco' [Ángeles Cruz Premieres Her Film "Nudo Mixteco" in France] (in Spanish). RFI Español. 11 October 2021. Event occurs at 8:39. Retrieved 11 August 2023 – via YouTube. Cuando vi por primera vez la película en un cine, cambió, me transformó, me movió todo el tapete.
  6. ^ Ángeles Cruz estrena en Francia su película 'Nudo Mixteco' [Ángeles Cruz Premieres Her Film "Nudo Mixteco" in France] (in Spanish). RFI Español. 11 October 2021. Event occurs at 2:46. Retrieved 11 August 2023 – via YouTube. Tuve la fortuna de llegar a la preparatoria en Mexico, primero a la ciudad de Oaxaca, y ahí un maestro que determinó digamos, que yo está aquí. Que es el maestro Sergio Santamaría, y qué decidió que tenía algo que hacer en el teatro. [I was fortunate to arrive at high school in Mexico, first in the city of Oaxaca, and there a teacher who determined, let's say, that I am here. That is the teacher Sergio Santamaría, and who decided that I had something to do in the theater.]
  7. ^ a b c Padilla, Greta (27 February 2019). "No sólo es Yalitza: Conoce a Ángeles Cruz, la talentosa directora y actriz de Tlaxiaco, Oaxaca" [It's not just Yalitza: Meet Ángeles Cruz, the talented director and actress from Tlaxiaco, Oaxaca]. Sopitas.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  8. ^ a b "La cinta 'El Premio' de Paula Markovitch, la gran ganadora de la 55ª entrega de los premios Ariel" [The Film "El Premio" by Paula Markovitch, the Big Winner of the 55th Ariel Awards]. ¡Hola! (in Spanish). 29 May 2013. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  9. ^ Ángeles Cruz estrena en Francia su película 'Nudo Mixteco' [Ángeles Cruz Premieres Her Film "Nudo Mixteco" in France] (in Spanish). RFI Español. 11 October 2021. Event occurs at 23:25. Retrieved 11 August 2023 – via YouTube. La homosexualidad ha estado tachada en el mundo por ignorancia y por esta cerrazón que existe y para mi era importante nombrarlo y mostrarlo de manera contundente, no dejarlo a la imaginación, no autocensurarme y dejarlo que quede en la línea de la imaginación y que el espectador la complete. Siento que es una manifestación bellísima el amor y siento que también las mujeres lesbianas en las comunidades han permanecido en la oscuridad, marginadas. Se nombra la homosexualidad masculina, todo desde la mirada masculina, a mi me parecía importante nombrarlo.
  10. ^ Mateos, Mónica (9 June 2000). "Cintas de Rulfo, Estrada y Urrutia, nominadas al Ariel" [Films by Rulfo, Estrada, and Urrutia Nominated for the Ariel]. La Jornada (in Spanish). Mexico City. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  11. ^ "Lista de ganadores del Ariel 2015". Milenio (in Spanish). Mexico. 27 May 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  12. ^ Written at Huelva. "El Iberoamericano rinde homenaje a la directora de producción Manuela Ocón en su clausura" [The Ibero-American Pays Tribute to Production Director Manuela Ocón at its Closing Ceremony]. El Mundo (in Spanish). Spain. Europa Press. 19 November 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  13. ^ Magaña Arce, Arturo (1 July 2019). "Exclusiva: Ganadores del Ariel 2019". Cine Premiere (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  14. ^ Festival Wrap (PDF). Cinequest Film & Creativity Festival. 19 March 2019. p. 2. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  15. ^ "Premios Coral edición 40" (in Spanish). Havana Film Festival. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  16. ^ "Prayers for the Stolen and A Cop Movie Top Mexico's Ariel Awards". Cinema Tropical. 12 October 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  17. ^ "Prayers for the Stolen Sweeps Mexico's Ariel Awards Nominations". Cinema Tropical. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  18. ^ "Mexicaanse film 'Nudo Mixteco' wint MOOOV Filmfestival" [Mexican film "Nudo Mixteco" wins MOOOV Film Festival] (in Dutch). VRT. 24 April 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2023.

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