A taxi driver is given a difficult choice from 2 small time crooks: drive them around while they rob, or get locked up in the trunk. Read More »
Tag Archives: Chile
Julio Begins in July AKA Julio Comienza en Julio (1979) Silvio Caiozzi, Elsa Alarcón, Jorge Álvarez, Luis Alarcón
This is the story of a teenager at the turn of the century in the conservative Read More »
The Moon in the Mirror AKA La Luna en el Espejo (1990) Silvio Caiozzi, Gloria Münchmeyer, Rafael Benavente, Ernesto Beadle
An aged former sailor, ill and confined in his bed, maintains his firm grip on his house Read More »
Aquí se construye (o Ya no existe el lugar donde nací) (2000) Ignacio Agüero
Ignacio Agüero follows the demolition and development in a neighborhood in the Chilean capital Santiago. Read More »
One Hundred Children Waiting for a Train AKA Cien niños esperando un tren (1988) Ignacio Agüero
“Tells the story of a group of Chilean children who discover a larger reality Read More »
El bonaerense (2002) Pablo Trapero, Jorge Román, Mimí Ardú, Darío Levy
Zapa is a locksmith in a quiet and little town lost somewhere in the province of Buenos Aires. Read More »
Machuca (2004) Andrés Wood, Matías Quer, Ariel Mateluna, Manuela Martelli
Santiago, capital of Chile during the Marxist government of elected, highly controversial president Salvador Allende. Read More »
Dialogues of the Exiled AKA Diálogos de exiliados (1975) Raoul Ruiz, Daniel Gélin, Françoise Arnoul, Huguette Faget
Chilean exiles in Paris discuss the problems facing them in the early years of the Pinochet regime. Read More »
Tony Manero (2008) Pablo Larraín, Alfredo Castro, Amparo Noguera, Héctor Morales
Raúl, a middle-aged, unemployed man, is obsessed by the character Tony Manero, who John Travolta plays in the film “Saturday Night Fever”. Read More »
The Pearl Button AKA El botón de nácar (2015) Patricio Guzmán, Martín Calderón, Cristina
The ocean contains the history of all humanity. The sea holds all the voices of the earth and those that come from outer space. Read More »
Rey (2017) Niles Atallah, Rodrigo Lisboa, Claudio Riveros
In 1860, a French lawyer dreamed of becoming the King of Patagonia. And he did just that. Or so it seems. Read More »
Drama (2010) Matias Lira, Eusebio Arenas, Diego Ruiz, Isidora Urrejola
Three theater students, influenced by a professor and French theorist Antonin Artaud’s acting technique Read More »
Kiltro (2006) Ernesto Díaz Espinoza, Marko Zaror, Caterina Jadresic, Miguel Angel De Luca
Chilean brawler and stuntman Marko Zaror marks his emergence onto the international action scene Read More »
Tourists (2009) Alicia Scherson, Aline Küppenheim, Marcelo Alonso, Diego Noguera
Carla is abandoned by her husband while vacationing on a national park. Read More »
The King of San Gregorio (2005) Alfonso Gazitúa Gaete, Pedro Vargas, María José Pargas, Gloria Münchmeyer
El rey de San Gregorio is a story about a pure and simple love. The film talks about the life of Pedro Vargas Read More »