Hispanic and Latin American Stories on Hulu: “Cultura Sin Límites”
To commemorate Hispanic and Latin American Heritage Month (9/15 – 10/15), Hulu is proud to showcase streaming premieres of “La Máquina,” starring Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna, the long-awaited return of charming macho man Pedro in the telenovela sequel “Pedro el Escamoso: Más Escamoso Que Nunca,” Spanish comedy “Mamá Cake,” docuseries “Los Chávez” featuring Mexican boxing legend Julio César Chávez and his family, the exciting heist thriller “Abracadaver” and much more.
NEW PREMIERES
LA MÁQUINA: COMPLETE LIMITED SERIES (HULU ORIGINAL)
After a devastating loss, Esteban “La Máquina” Osuna (Gael García Bernal) is at a low point in his boxing career. Lucky for him, his manager and best friend Andy Lujan (Diego Luna) is determined to get him back on top. But when a nefarious organization rears its head, the stakes of this rematch become life or death. While struggling to mount a comeback, Esteban must also juggle his own personal demons and protect his family, including his ex-wife Irasema (Eiza González), a journalist who finds herself on a collision course with the dark side of the boxing world.
(Streaming Wednesday, October 9)
PEDRO EL ESCAMOSO: MÁS ESCAMOSO QUE NUNCA: SERIES PREMIERE (CARACOL TELEVISION)
After twenty years abroad, Pedro (Miguel Varoni) returns to Colombia and once again falls in love with the wrong woman. Fernanda is his son’s boss and future mother-in-law, which puts Junior’s rising career at risk. To protect him, Pedro hides their blood ties from everyone, and works on rebuilding their troubled relationship whilst trying to navigate his love life.
(Streaming Thursday, September 19)
LOS CHÁVEZ: COMPLETE SEASON 1 (HULU ORIGINAL)
Six-time world champion boxer Julio César Chávez reluctantly opens up about his private life and his family. His daughter, Nicole, tries to reunite them through a game, challenging everybody to confront their insecurities. The series features touching and funny moments and depicts a father’s struggle to save his children from addiction. A beautiful beachfront celebration highlights a new beginning for the Chávez family.
(Streaming Wednesday, September 11)
MAMÁ CAKE: COMPLETE SEASON 1 (HULU ORIGINAL)
María is a senior lady who decides to reopen her business, the Mamá Cake bakery, with the difference that she will now add a special touch to the cakes and pastries. Her success and the circumstances will lead to problems with the police and Hans, the local drug dealer. María now risks losing her business, her grandson, and even her life.
(Streaming Wednesday, September 25)
ABRACADAVER (2024)
To save their father’s life, three siblings skilled in magic, escapism, and swindling must steal a priceless mummy from an old hacienda during the “Night of the Dead” party. Success means fortune and peace; failure brings severe consequences. A film by Pancho Rodriguez (Dia de Muertos; Guadalajara Winner: “De Angeles, Fuentes y Flores”), Starring Alberto Estrella (Man on Fire), Denisse Corona (Centauro del norte), Pablo Abitia (Pancho Villa), Olaff Herrera (Cada Minuto Cuenta), Iannis Guerrero (Nosotros los Nobles), Dagoberto Gama ( Amores Perros), Costanza Andrade (Mariachis) & José Sefami (¡Que viva México!).
(Streaming Wednesday, October 2)
PANCHO VILLA: EL CENTAURO DE NORTE: COMPLETE SEASON 1 (HULU ORIGINAL)
This is the story of Doroteo Arango, of a life that began on the wrong side of the law, to becoming “Pancho Villa”, the feared commander and key figure in the Mexican Revolution. Buried within the story is a man fixated on his own myth, a man whose efforts to become a larger-than-life figure would shape history, but also leave him with many vengeful and powerful enemies.
(Streaming Monday, October 14)
MOVIES EN ESPAÑOL
COCO (EN ESPAÑOL) (2017)
In Disney•Pixar’s vibrant tale of family, fun and adventure, an aspiring young musician named Miguel (Anthony Gonzalez) embarks on an extraordinary journey to the magical land of his ancestors. There, the charming trickster Héctor (Gael Garciìa Bernal) becomes an unexpected friend who helps Miguel uncover the mysteries behind his family’s stories and traditions.
(Streaming Tuesday, October 1)
EVITA (EN ESPAÑOL)
(1996)
Starring Madonna, Antonio Banderas and Jonathan Pryce, EVITA is the riveting true-life story of Eva Peron – an Argentine politician, activist, actress, and philanthropist – who rose above childhood poverty and a scandalous past to achieve unimaginable fortune and fame.
(Streaming Tuesday, October 1)
CHASING PAPI (EN ESPAÑOL) (2003)
Handsome advertising executive Tomas “Papi” Fuentes (Eduardo Verastegui) is truly, deeply in love…with three gorgeous women in three different cities.
(Streaming Tuesday, October 1)
THE DANCER UPSTAIRS (EN ESPAÑOL)
(2002)
Agustin Rejas (Javier Bardem) is a former lawyer turned police detective. He has been assigned to investigate a group of terrorists who are determined to up-end the current government by any means.
(Streaming Tuesday, October 1)
MIAMI RHAPSODY (EN ESPAÑOL)
(1995)
This Hilariously sexy comedy stars the irresistible Sarah Jessica Parker as a recently engaged young woman about to make a shocking discovery: Marriage and fidelity don’t always go hand in hand, especially in her own family! From then on, it’s nonstop laughs as, one by one, she unravels the wild details of her relatives’ tangled affairs – and begins rethinking her own impending nuptials! Also featuring Antonio Banderas, Mia Farrow and Gil Bellows.
(Streaming Tuesday, October 1)
RECENT PREMIERES
EL ENCARGADO: COMPLETE SEASONS 1 – 3
AWARD WINNING SERIES
Guillermo Francella portrays Eliseo, the superintendent of an upscale building. On the surface, Eliseo is cordial and docile in his role, but underneath Eliseo believes himself the omnipotent figure of the community — meddling in the affairs of residents and pulling strings as he sees fit.
(Now Streaming)
BLOOD IN, BLOOD OUT (1993)
Prison, drugs and gang war touch three young men (Damian Chapa, Jesse Borrego, Benjamin Bratt) in East Los Angeles from the 1970s to the 1990s.
(Now Streaming)
GORDITA CHRONICLES: COMPLETE SEASON 1
A comedy set in 1980s Miami, following “gordita” Cucu, and her newly immigrated Dominican family as they struggle to fit into their new home and pursue their version of the American dream.
(Now Streaming)
