Carlos Chávez
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Place of Birth: Mexico City, Mexico
Synopsis
Originally from the Tepito neighborhood in Mexico City, in the film Canoa, the actor played the role of Miguel Flores Cruz and was part of several films including "Las razones del corazón", "El carnaval de Sodoma", "La virgen de la lujuria", "Azul Celeste", among others. He said that "Canoa" was one of the strongest films in which he participated alongside actors he considered idols. He was part of the film "Chin Chin el Teporocho", based on the book by Armando Ramírez, and in which he connected with his origins in the "Barrio bravo" of Tepito. During an interview with the YouTube channel La Tranza de Tepito in 2015, the actor assured that he has sometimes left the area, but that he usually returns to it because he feels it is part of him and of his formation as an individual.
Acting
The Virgin of Lust
as Ezequiel
In Vera Cruz in the 1940s, Nacho, an Indian, waits tables at Don Lázaro's café at Hotel Ofélia. He falls for Lola, an opium-addicted, alcoholic whore who's hopelessly in love with Gardenia Wilson, a masked wrestler who slept with her once but knows she's unbalanced. Don Lázaro warns Nacho about Lola, and Nacho knows his love will be unrequited, but he'll do anything, regardless of how degrading, to be near her. Lola, for her part, can be sadistic. Republican exiles who are regulars at the café encourage Lola's desire to assassinate Franco. Nacho in turn mixes this political mirage with his fascination with the plot of "The Mikado." Where do fantasies and obsessions lead?
The Ruination of Men
as He One Who Was Coming
A woman seeks help from one of her bigamous husband's killers to transport his corpse back to her home.
Canoa: A Shameful Memory
as Miguel
A group of students arrives in a small town during a hiking expedition. Once there, the local priest accuses them of being communist agitators on the run from an army crack-down against student demonstrations in nearby Mexico City and rallies the townsfolk to lynch them. Based on a true story.
