Marcela Mar

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Birthday
Mar 16, 1979 (46 years old)

Marcela Mar

Known For

Estimados Señores
1h 38m
Movie 2024

Estimados Señores

Estimados Señores sheds light on the little-known suffragette movement in Colombia. Set in 1954, the film follows Esmeralda Arboleda, a fiercely intelligent leader, who ignites a revolution in a society rooted in patriarchal traditions, culminating in a fierce and decisive debate. A group of women embark on a historic struggle to bring women's voting rights to the National Constituent Assembly. With bold marches, radio appearances and a brilliant media strategy that places them on the front page, they achieve their goal, but the real challenge begins in the debate, where they face fierce opposition. Esmeralda Arboleda must endure personal attacks from the assembly members, and just as she is about to speak, she receives a heartbreaking call: her son has suffered a serious accident. She is torn between her duty as a mother and her commitment to the cause, with an unfavorable outcome.

UNO
1h 29m
Movie 2024

UNO

Esmeralda (Marcela Mar), a woman determined to uncover the truth behind the tragedy that destroyed her family, embarks on a desperate quest that leads her to unearth the darkest secrets of La Alameda, a small mining community in Colombia. With the help of Joaquín (Juan Pablo Urrego), a farmer who knows the land and its dangers well, she follows the last traces of her late husband, a high executive at a multinational mining company. Together, they slowly peel back the layers of something much more sinister and discover an ambitious society fighting for gold and territory. Esmeralda becomes trapped in a dangerous game of betrayal and power, where every step she takes brings her closer to the truth... but also to death.

Mi bestia
1h 16m
Movie 2024

Mi bestia

Set in Bogotá in 1996. In the darkness caused by power outages, the townspeople are terrified of the arrival of the antichrist. Thirteen-year-old Ana is deeply tormented by this rumor that secretly invades her daily life, by the existential crises of her school’s priest or by the animistic superstitions of the maiden.

Not My Fault: Colombia
0h 45m
TV Show 2022

Not My Fault: Colombia

The story is woven by Ángela Iregui, a fearless lawyer who finds herself involved in the disturbing cases that touch women – irrespective of age, social status, or place of birth. Each episode reaches a powerful conclusion that countless victims know all too well: the very worst that life has to offer can happen to you just for being a woman.

Between You and Milagros
0h 20m
Movie 2020

Between You and Milagros

At fifteen, Milagros' world still revolves around her mother's affection. This summer an unexpected encounter with death will make her question their relationship, her privilege and her own existence.

La peste del insomnio
0h 15m
Movie 2020

La peste del insomnio

30 actresses and actors from Latin America, seek to evoke hope in the midst of the health and economic crisis unleashed by Covid-19, through the reading of fragments from the work of Gabriel García Márquez alluding to the plague of oblivion.

Pickpockets
1h 40m
Movie 2018

Pickpockets

An aspiring teen thieves learn what it takes to be successful pickpockets on the streets of Bogotá

ExPatriot
1h 37m
Movie 2017

ExPatriot

CIA analyst Riley Quinn lost everything when she blew the whistle on the US government. Hunted into exile, she escaped to Colombia. Two years later, Riley is living a loner lifestyle when suddenly CIA Agent Bill Donovan shows up with an offer. Her name will be cleared if she helps an international task force confiscate millions. Riley accepts the job, but she realizes too late that it's a lie. Pursued by corrupt agents, Riley must battle the demons of her past and find a way back home.

Besieged
0h 58m
TV Show 2015

Besieged

For three years, 500 Spaniards brutally attacked the indigenous peoples native in the south of Chile. This story is told from the perspective of the colonizing army as they are almost completely eliminated in their attempt to conquer a foreign land.

Demente Criminal
0h 50m
TV Show 2015

Demente Criminal

This riveting series, based on true events, tells the chilling story of how a distinguished psychiatrist is exposed as an abusive monster and cold-blooded murderer. Highly respected by his peers, Dr. Raimundo Acosta has built a thriving practice and gained a solid reputation in his community as an accomplished medical professional and academic. However, for over two decades he has managed to conceal all the sordid events that regularly take place in his office.