Benjamín Cann (Director)
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Works
Código Postal
Código Postal is a Mexican telenovela produced by Televisa and aired in Mexico on the network canal de las estrellas. It debuted on May 22, 2006 and finished on February 23, 2007 with hopes of duplicating the popularity of Mexican telenovela Rebelde which ended on June 2, 2006. Código Postal was replaced with Lola...Érase una vez. The serial takes place in Acapulco, a popular tourist destination in the state of Guerrero, Mexico. The series is set within an exclusive gated community where the bulk of the cast resides. Like many Mexican telenovelas the cast comprises young, attractive actors, and many of the plotlines revolve around suspense, heavy struggles, love and romance.
Release Date2006-05-29
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count195
Vote Count2
Palabra de Mujer
Palabra De Mujer is a telenovela remake of El Amor Tiene Cara De Mujer was made by Televisa, starring Edith González, Yadhira Carrillo, Ludwika Paleta, and Lidia Ávila. The telenovela, a production of José Alberto Castro, premiered October 22, 2007 and ended on May 9, 2008 in El Canal de las Estrellas.
Release Date2007-10-22
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count145
Vote Count36
Papá a Toda Madre
Papá a toda madre is a Mexican telenovela produced by Eduardo Meza for Televisa and originally broadcast on Las Estrellas from October 22, 2017, to February 11, 2018. The story follows four very different men whose lives change after they become responsible for raising children. As they face the challenges of fatherhood, they develop unexpected friendships while balancing family, romance, and personal growth.
Release Date2017-10-23
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count104
Vote Count27
The Poor, Rich Family
The Poor, Rich Family is a story of love, romance, twists of fate, and countless amusing situations involving two families with nothing in common—yet who are now forced to live under the same roof. On one side are the millionaire Ruizpalacios family; on the other, the Mendonças, a classic working-class family.
Release Date2013-11-11
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count167
Vote Count130
Overcoming heartbreak
Four women of different ages and social strata are forced to live together under the same roof. At first, the coexistence between them is complicated and tense due to their different visions and ways of facing life, but little by little the sisterhood and solidarity prevail when realizing the peculiar bond that exists between them: each one has suffered, in one or otherwise, the absence and abandonment of their respective partners.
Release Date2020-10-12
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count93
Vote Count239
The Other Woman
It tells the story of Carlota and Cordelia, the first a modest and withdrawn girl and the second, an ambitious and daring woman. What's similar about them is their appearance: they're identical, but they're not twin sisters. But fate will make doctor Álvaro cross their path.
Release Date2002-05-20
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count89
Vote Count2
Por ella soy Eva
A handsome man, unjustly accused, transforms into a woman named Eva to win over Helena—the love of his life—and unmask the true culprits behind a financial fraud and the theft of Helena's project.
Release Date2012-02-20
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count166
Vote Count301
Los Exitosos Perez
Los Exitosos Perez is the adaptation for Mexico of the Argentine telenovela Los Exitosos Pells. It's a co-production of Endemol and Telefe. Mexican producer José Alberto Castro acts as it executive producer. With a mixed cast of mostly Mexican and Argentinian actors, and a few from other nationalities, it was filmed on location in Argentina, in exactly the same sets used in the original Argentinian counterpart. It premiered in Mexico on 31 August 2009 on the Televisa network.
Release Date2009-08-31
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count175
Pueblo chico, infierno grande
Pueblo chico, infierno grande is a Mexican historical telenovela produced by José Alberto Castro for Televisa and originally broadcast on Canal de las Estrellas from January 6 to August 1, 1997. Created by Javier Ruán and adapted by Javier Ruán, Mario Hernández, and Sergio Schmucler, the telenovela is based on a true story about Leonarda Ruán. It stars Verónica Castro, Juan Soler, and Guillermo Capetillo. The story is set in the late 19th century and follows Leonarda Ruán, a wealthy widow from the town of Nahuatzen who falls in love with Genaro Onchi, a young man from a humble background. Their relationship faces strong opposition from society, family conflicts, jealousy, and the return of people from Leonarda's past who try to separate them. As secrets and rivalries emerge, Leonarda and Genaro fight to protect their love against the judgment and traditions of their small town.
Release Date1997-01-06
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count150
Vote Count1
Vencer el pasado
Four women end up working in the same place for different circumstances and although at the beginning they are very different from each other, because they have different ways of thinking and seeing life, they come to realize that they have something in common and that they share the experience of having been victims of digital lynching in one way or another.
Release Date2021-07-12
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count85
Vote Count4
La sombra del otro
Rafael Rojas is the Main Character. He is Framed for Murder in which is seperating him from his true Love. HE gets into a Airplane accident that leaves everyone dead, except for him . Everyone is burned but he survives with all his Flesh burned off. He escapes taking the Pilots body. Since he is a Billionaire, he has surgery to have the Pilots faced put on him. At first it is confusing , cuz you have to get use the main character with a different face but same name. Think of it as the Movie classic " Face OFF " in which the two main character switch faces. Same names but different faces. Well the novela is about him hiding his true identity but trying to live life with the other dudes face.
Release Date1996-05-27
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count60
Vote Count2
DKDA: Sueños de juventud
DKDA: Sueños de juventud is a Mexican youth telenovela produced by Luis de Llano Macedo for Televisa and originally broadcast on Canal de las Estrellas from November 22, 1999, to April 28, 2000. Created by Susan Crowley and adapted by Sergio Schmucler and Carmen Sepúlveda, the telenovela stars Jan, Litzy (later replaced by Andrea Torre), María Sorté, Otto Sirgo, and Eugenia Cauduro. The series was conceived around a fictional pop group and blends music with teen drama. The story follows Rodrigo Arias and Laura Martínez, two teenagers brought together by the successful pop group DKDA. As they pursue their musical dreams, they face romance, rivalries, family conflicts, jealousy, and personal challenges. Alongside their friends and bandmates, they learn about love, friendship, loyalty, and the responsibilities that come with fame while navigating the ups and downs of youth.
Release Date1999-11-22
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count115
Vote Count1
Morir para vivir
Release Date1989-09-11
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count75
Vote Count2
Dos vidas
Release Date1988-04-18
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count120
Vote Count2
Una luz en el camino
Una luz en el camino is a Mexican children's telenovela produced by Mapat L. de Zatarain for Televisa and originally broadcast on Canal de las Estrellas from March 30 to July 31, 1998. It is an adaptation of the Argentine children's telenovela El árbol azul (1991–1992), created by Mario L. Mortheo and adapted for Mexican television by Alejandro Orive and Carlos Daniel González. The story follows Luciana, a young girl who loses her mother at an early age and longs to have a loving family again. After meeting child psychologist Marcela, she becomes determined to bring her and her widowed father, Rodrigo, together. Along the way, they must overcome grief, misunderstandings, and the schemes of the ambitious Astrid, who seeks to marry Rodrigo for his fortune.
Release Date1998-03-30
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count92
Vote Count2
S.O.S.: Sexo y otros Secretos
The lives of five women facing a world full of sex, infidelities and secrets.
Release Date2007-05-15
DepartmentCreator
JobCreator
Vote Count7
Red Menace
A female doctor uses the body of a young playboy to insert him the brain of his teacher, an eminent physician who she loves, in order to perpetuate his life. But something goes wrong and this broken Jesus with superhuman strength escapes and hides to avoid showing his deformity. Disguised with a wrestler's mask and cape, circumstances lead him to undertake a heroic journey.
Release Date1985-08-25
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Vote Count4
Peló gallo
Release Date1990-01-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count3
Buscando el paraíso
Buscando el paraíso is a Mexican youth telenovela produced by Luis de Llano Macedo and Marco Flavio Cruz for Televisa and originally broadcast on Canal de las Estrellas from November 8, 1993, to April 1, 1994. Directed by Benjamín Cann, the telenovela stars Pedro Fernández and Yolanda Andrade, with Karla Álvarez and Alejandro Ibarra in antagonist roles. The story follows Dalia and Andrea Montero Machado, two sisters with very different personalities. While Andrea is confident and charismatic, Dalia is shy and insecure. Dalia secretly falls in love with Ángel, Andrea's former boyfriend, who begins a relationship with her only to hurt her. After being abandoned and discovering she is pregnant, Dalia finds support in Julio, a humble and hardworking young man. However, jealousy, betrayal, and unresolved feelings threaten their chance at happiness.
Release Date1993-11-08
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count100
Vote Count2
The First Night
In the middle of a city facing a new century, a group of friends between the ages of 15 and 18 live out the adventures, deceptions and anxiety of "The First Night."
Release Date1998-03-27
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count33
I Don't Know For Sure, But I Suppose
Dalia and Daniel are a couple running away from the noise, the pollution and the social prejudice, so they take shelter at an isolated farmhouse, which used to belong to Daniel's father. There they are, in full intimacy with each other, only with nature and their own memories. However, the monotony and the loneliness gradually deteriorates their relationship.
Release Date1982-07-30
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count3
A Breakfast Chronicle
A view of the end-of-the-century Mexican family. A father who comes back home after a long absence, but who would rather be somewhere else. A daughter suffering from a trapped pain. A son full of guilt and recriminations. A little kid who soaks up all the tension in the house, like a sponge, and a self-effacing mother who would like to go away and leave everything behind.
Release Date2000-11-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count9
He kidnapped her, he raped her, and he killed her
Mexican feature film
Release Date1989-01-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count3
Abuelita de Bakman
A novelist cannot create new and original stories, his wife suggests that he go out and write about the people he sees as he passes by.
Release Date1993-01-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count2
The Tales of Hoffman - National Opera Company (INBAL)
Opera in three acts, a prologue and an epilogue, by Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880), with a libretto in French by Jules Barbier (1825-1901), based on a work that Barbier himself and Michel Carré (1821-1872) had written based on stories by E.T.A. Hoffmann (1776-1822). Approximate duration: 2 h 45 min Recommended for those over 15 years old. The young poet Hoffmann, accompanied by Nicklausse, his alter ego and confidant, is in a tavern next to the theatre where Mozart's Don Giovanni is being performed. During the opera's intermission, some diners arrive at the bar who, upon seeing the poet, encourage him to sing and tell them the story of his famous love affairs. Hoffmann finally gives in and shares with them the stories of Olympia, Antonia and Giulietta. They, absorbed in the poet's stories, remain in the tavern, forgetting about the opera performance.
Release Date2021-02-21
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count1
Las asesinas del panadero
Mexican feature film
Release Date1989-01-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count2
De muerte natural
Four women get mad at a bakery while they recall their lives at their neighborhood.
Release Date1996-08-09
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Vote Count3
Furious Times
A dull man is obsessed with a woman who, fed up with him, decides to end their affair. Meanwhile, his wife struggles with the decision to divorce. In his desperation, he seeks solace from a friend, who harbors resentment over the wife's preference for the man. This friend ultimately confronts him with the harsh reality of his life.
Release Date2025-12-31
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector