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El chacotero sentimental
Un locutor de radio conduce un programa, en donde recibe los llamados de sus auditores, quienes le expones sus historias de amor, todas cargadas de enredo: disputas y pasión. Una franca conversación con sus auditores por parte del conductor, será en forma constante, la vitrina hacia estos tres relatos distintos unos de otros, pero semejantes por su urgencia de compartirlos con la audiencia radial. (CineChile) -
Confesión a Laura
The action is situated in Colombia on April 9, 1948, date in which took place the famous "Bogotazo". It is a story of love frustrated by political circumstances. Laura, a spinster schoolteacher, lives to Josefina and Santiago, public employee. The three characters will be besieged by 24 hours, targeted by snipers, will be forced to show such which are or they would have liked to be. (IMDB) -
Días de Santiago
Santiago, a retired soldier who fought for his country, Peru, find it hard to adjust back to society while dealing with PTSD and family problems. (IMDB) -
Herencia
Peter, a young German, enters a suburban Buenos Aires restaurant; seeking only directions, he instead accidentally ends up with a plate smashing into his head, thrown by the irritable Olinda, the 60 year-old Italian immigrant owner of the restaurant. The two develop a friendship once they discover that the reasons for their having moved to Argentina are strikingly similar. (IMDB) Dos extranjeros se encuentran en un restaurante en el Bs. As. de hoy. Olinda, es una italiana, que llego después de la 2° guerra mundial, buscando un amor al que nunca encontró, a lo cual decidió quedarse en la Argentina y compró un restaurante. Peter un joven alemán de 24 años, viaja buscando un amor perdido en su adolescencia. (CineNacional) -
Central do Brasil
Dora, a dour old woman, works at a Rio de Janeiro central station, writing letters for customers and mailing them. She hates customers and calls them 'trash'. Josue is a 9-year-old boy who never met his father. His mother is sending letters to his father through Dora. When she dies in a car accident, Dora takes Josue and takes a trip with him to find his father. (IMDB) -
Central do Brasil
Dora, a dour old woman, works at a Rio de Janeiro central station, writing letters for customers and mailing them. She hates customers and calls them 'trash'. Josue is a 9-year-old boy who never met his father. His mother is sending letters to his father through Dora. When she dies in a car accident, Dora takes Josue and takes a trip with him to find his father. (IMDB) -
El chacotero sentimental
Un locutor de radio conduce un programa, en donde recibe los llamados de sus auditores, quienes le expones sus historias de amor, todas cargadas de enredo: disputas y pasión. Una franca conversación con sus auditores por parte del conductor, será en forma constante, la vitrina hacia estos tres relatos distintos unos de otros, pero semejantes por su urgencia de compartirlos con la audiencia radial. (Cine Chile) -
Confesión a Laura
The action is situated in Colombia on April 9, 1948, date in which took place the famous "Bogotazo". It is a story of love frustrated by political circumstances. Laura, a spinster schoolteacher, lives to Josefina and Santiago, public employee. The three characters will be besieged by 24 hours, targeted by snipers, will be forced to show such which are or they would have liked to be. (IMDB) -
Días de Santiago
Santiago, a retired soldier who fought for his country, Peru, find it hard to adjust back to society while dealing with PTSD and family problems. (IMDB) -
Memorias del subdesarrollo
Sergio, a wealthy bourgeois aspiring writer, decides to stay in Cuba even though his wife and friends flee to Miami. Sergio looks back over the changes in Cuba from the Castro revolution to the Cuban missile crisis, the effect of living in an underdeveloped country, and his relations with his girlfriends Elena and Hanna. (IMDB) -
Memorias del subdesarrollo
Sergio, a wealthy bourgeois aspiring writer, decides to stay in Cuba even though his wife and friends flee to Miami. Sergio looks back over the changes in Cuba from the Castro revolution to the Cuban missile crisis, the effect of living in an underdeveloped country, and his relations with his girlfriends Elena and Hanna. (IMDB) -
La mujer de Benjamín
Old bachelor Benjamin (Lopez Rojas) still lives with his sister Micaela (Doria) in the boredom of a small town. His only entertainment is getting together with a bunch of old men and spare time playing like children. Benjamin falls inlove with beautiful and young Natividad (Ramirez). First, he writes love letters for her. Then, when this strategy fails, Benjamin and the old men plan to abduct her and wait for her falling in love. (IMDB) -
Dawson Isla 10
Basada en el libro homónimo de Sergio Bitar, Dawson Isla 10 Muestra la estadía forzada de los ministros y colaboradores del derrocado presidente Salvador Allende en el campo de concentración ubicado en la Isla Dawson, al sur de Chile. Aquí la temática son los derechos humanos, la relegación y los campos de concentración. La película nos permite acercanos a esa verdad y, también, reforzar el tema de la memoria, para que algo como lo ocurrido en esa isla no vuelva a repetirse. (Cineteca Nacional de Chile) -
La frontera
Durante la dictadura militar en Chile, en 1985, el profesor Ramiro Orellana es relegado a una remota localidad sureña, debido a las actividades de agitación gremial que desarrollaba. En ese lugar, no solo tendrá que enfrentarse a la frontera geográfica a la que es relegado, sino también a la “frontera” que le impide estar con sus seres queridos. El personaje emprende una “odisea” que lo llevará a enfrentar los desafíos del aislamiento geográfico y, a la vez, su desafío personal: la soledad y las carencias afectivas. (Cineteca Nacional de Chile) -
Imagen latente
Imagen latente es una película de ficción ambientada en Chile en 1983, durante la época de la Dictadura Militar. Cuenta la historia de Pedro, un fotógrafo profesional, cuyo hermano forma parte de la lista de detenidos desaparecidos. El peso de tal recuerdo lo lleva a buscar la verdad de su muerte. Vagando por la ciudad, Pedro va encontrando a un país silenciado por el miedo. (Cineteca Nacional de Chile) -
O Ano en que Meus Pais Saíram de Ferias
Em 1970, o Brasil e o mundo parecem estar de cabeça para baixo, enfrentando inúmeras crises políticas. Mas a maior preocupação na vida de Mauro, um garoto mineiro de classe média, de 12 anos e apaixonado por futebol e por jogo de botão, tem pouco a ver com a ditadura militar que domina o país. Seu maior desejo é ver o Brasil tricampeão mundial de futebol. Subitamente, ele se vê separado dos pais, que 'saem de férias'. Mauro vai morar na casa do avô que pouco conhece e é obrigado a se adaptar a uma estranha e divertida comunidade: o Bom Retiro, bairro de São Paulo que abriga judeus e italianos, entre outras culturas. (Cinemateca Brasileña) -
Rosario Tijeras
Medellín, 1989. Antonio brings Rosario to the hospital; she's shot, bleeding badly. Flashbacks, mixed with Antonio's wait at the hospital during her surgery, tell the story: Antonio and Emilio are friends; Emilio attracts women, but is never serious about any until he meets Rosario, who has a mysterious connection to the underworld. Emilio falls for Rosario; she likes him, but she keeps their relationship compartmentalized, apart from her work. Antonio is the loyal friend who slowly falls in love with her and sticks by her in ways Emilio is incapable of. She begins to see that real love might be possible. Is it all moot in Medellín's violent landscape, or is there hope? (IMDB) -
La mujer de Benjamín
Old bachelor Benjamin (Lopez Rojas) still lives with his sister Micaela (Doria) in the boredom of a small town. His only entertainment is getting together with a bunch of old men and spare time playing like children. Benjamin falls inlove with beautiful and young Natividad (Ramirez). First, he writes love letters for her. Then, when this strategy fails, Benjamin and the old men plan to abduct her and wait for her falling inlove. (IMDB) -
Dawson Isla 10
Basada en el libro homónimo de Sergio Bitar, Dawson Isla 10 Muestra la estadía forzada de los ministros y colaboradores del derrocado presidente Salvador Allende en el campo de concentración ubicado en la Isla Dawson, al sur de Chile. Aquí la temática son los derechos humanos, la relegación y los campos de concentración. La película nos permite acercanos a esa verdad y, también, reforzar el tema de la memoria, para que algo como lo ocurrido en esa isla no vuelva a repetirse. (Cineteca Nacional Chile) -
La frontera
Durante la dictadura militar en Chile, en 1985, el profesor Ramiro Orellana es relegado a una remota localidad sureña, debido a las actividades de agitación gremial que desarrollaba. En ese lugar, no solo tendrá que enfrentarse a la frontera geográfica a la que es relegado, sino también a la “frontera” que le impide estar con sus seres queridos. El personaje emprende una “odisea” que lo llevará a enfrentar los desafíos del aislamiento geográfico y, a la vez, su desafío personal: la soledad y las carencias afectivas. (Cineteca Nacional de Chile) -
Imagen latente
Imagen latente es una película de ficción ambientada en Chile en 1983, durante la época de la Dictadura Militar. Cuenta la historia de Pedro, un fotógrafo profesional, cuyo hermano forma parte de la lista de detenidos desaparecidos. El peso de tal recuerdo lo lleva a buscar la verdad de su muerte. Vagando 'por la ciudad, Pedro va encontrando a un país silenciado por el miedo. (Cineteca Nacional Chile) -
O Ano em Que Meus Pais Saíram de Férias
Em 1970, o Brasil e o mundo parecem estar de cabeça para baixo, enfrentando inúmeras crises políticas. Mas a maior preocupação na vida de Mauro, um garoto mineiro de classe média, de 12 anos e apaixonado por futebol e por jogo de botão, tem pouco a ver com a ditadura militar que domina o país. Seu maior desejo é ver o Brasil tricampeão mundial de futebol. Subitamente, ele se vê separado dos pais, que 'saem de férias'. Mauro vai morar na casa do avô que pouco conhece e é obrigado a se adaptar a uma estranha e divertida comunidade: o Bom Retiro, bairro de São Paulo que abriga judeus e italianos, entre outras culturas. (Cinemateca Brasileira) -
Rosario Tijeras
Medellín, 1989. Antonio brings Rosario to the hospital; she's shot, bleeding badly. Flashbacks, mixed with Antonio's wait at the hospital during her surgery, tell the story: Antonio and Emilio are friends; Emilio attracts women, but is never serious about any until he meets Rosario, who has a mysterious connection to the underworld. Emilio falls for Rosario; she likes him, but she keeps their relationship compartmentalized, apart from her work. Antonio is the loyal friend who slowly falls in love with her and sticks by her in ways Emilio is incapable of. She begins to see that real love might be possible. Is it all moot in Medellín's violent landscape, or is there hope? (IMDB) -
Los colores de la montaña
Manuel, 9, has an old ball with which he plays football every day in the countryside. He dreams of becoming a great goalkeeper. His wishes seem set to come true when Ernest, his father, gives him a new ball. But an unexpected accident sends the ball flying into a minefield. Despite the danger, Manuel refuses to abandon his treasure... He convinces Julián and Poca Luz, his two friends, to rescue it with him. Amid the adventures and kids' games, the signs of armed conflict start to appear in the lives of the inhabitants of 'La Pradera'. (IMDB) -
Contracorriente
An unusual ghost story set on the Peruvian seaside; a married fisherman struggles to reconcile his devotion to his male lover within his town's rigid traditions. (IMDB) -
El hijo de la novia
Rafael Belvedere es dueño de un restaurante y está agobiado por la rutina. Está separado y no le dedica tiempo ni a su hija ni a su novia ni a su madre, que padece Mal de Alzheimer. Pero la decisión de su padre de casarse por Iglesia con su madre, junto con la aparición de un amigo de la infancia, le hará replantearse su vida. (Cinenacional) -
El violín
In an unnamed Latin American country that closely resembles Mexico, the government fights a rural insurgency with torture, assault, rape, and murder. Soldiers descend on a town, cutting off the rebels from their cache of ammunition hidden in a field. A family of grandfather, son, and grandson are among the rebels in the hills. The grandfather, with his violin over his shoulder, tries to pass the checkpoint, ostensibly to tend his corn crop. The commanding officer lets him pass but insists on a daily music lesson. Can the old man ferry out the ammunition in his violin case under the soldiers' nose? (IMDB) -
En la puta vida
Montevideo, Uruguay. In this comedic drama, Elisa, 27, dreams of opening her own hairdressing salon in one of the rich districts of the Uruguayan capital. A bit of a rebel, one day Elisa moves out of her mother's house with her two children and breaks up with Garcia, her boss and lover who has infuriated her by not wanting to get married. So, in the space of twenty-four hours, Elisa finds herself without a roof over her head, without a man, without a job and without money. Her best friend Loulou finds her a job - in the brothel run by Dona Jacqueline. And without really being aware of it, Elisa slides into prostitution, which leads her to Barcelona. She falls in love, she is exploited, she gets involved in transvestite gang wars, and meanwhile just dreams of earning enough money for her little beauty salon back home. (IMDB) -
Fresa y chocolate
Diego, a cultivated, homosexual and skeptical young man, falls in love with a young heterosexual communist full of prejudices and doctrinal ideas. First come rejection and suspicion, but also fascination. Fresa y chocolate is a coming-of-age story, told through the development of a great friendship which overcomes incomprehension and intolerance. (IMDB) -
Historias de fútbol
Three stories about football, one of the most important twentieth-century rituals. A third division player from Santiago de Chile is bribed, but does not realise that his behaviour betrays more than the loyalty of his team-mates. A boy from Calama, Chile wins the local derby pichanga, a soccer match that can last all afternoon, but he loses the few pesos he acquired by pawning his mother's last possessions. Francisco, a boy from the city, is stuck in a remote corner of the southern island of Chiloé on the day that Chile has to play its qualifying match for the World Cup. The only TV is in the house of the Serón sisters. While the local male population gathers to watch the match, the sisters decide which of them will initiate the young Francisco into love. (IMDB) -
Prometeo Deportado
In an unknown first world airport the arrival of an Ecuadorian flight is heard. The 'members of the European Union' pass by migration, while the 'others', in the other line, wait. In the middle of the claims, a group of Ecuadorians is arrested. They are taken to the Room, where they wait to be deported. Seems like everyone hides something, like PROMETEO the young magician with his hands tied like a delinquent who has a 'magical' trunk as luggage. Seems like there is no possible exit. Meanwhile, a different but well-known way of life takes place. The only thing left as a promising way out is illusion. (IMDB) -
Sólo con tu pareja
Yuppie and womanizer Tomas is caught in a trap when falsely diagnosed with A.I.D.S. by Silvia, a nurse who finds herself cheated by the young Casanova. Looking for a quick death (putting his head into a microwave oven) Tomas falls in love with Clarisa, a beautiful stewardess who is also suicidal because her boyfriend is having a love affair with a blonde stewardess from Continental Airlines. (IMDB) -
Whisky
When his long-lost brother resurfaces, Jacobo, desperate to prove his life has added up to something, looks to scrounge up a wife. He turns to Marta, an employee at his sock factory, with whom he has a prickly relationship. (IMDB) -
Tropa de Élite
In 1997, before the visit of the pope to Rio de Janeiro, Captain Nascimento from BOPE (Special Police Operation Battalion) is assigned to eliminate the risks of the drug dealers in a dangerous slum nearby where the pope intends to be lodged. Captain Nascimento is trying to find a man to replace him because his wife is pregnant and he intends to quit the command and become a trainer of the new recruits. Meanwhile, the two idealistic friends Neto and Matias join the Military Police force expecting to become honest policemen and fight the criminals. However, they see only corruption, lack of competence and stupid bureaucracy in the Military Police, and after a serious incident in the Morro da Babilônia, they decide to join the BOPE. The lives of Capitain Nascimento, Neto and Matias are entwined along the next months, first in the tough training period and then in action against drug dealers. (IMDB) -
Madeinusa
Madeinusa is a girl aged 14 who lives in an isolated village in the Cordillera Blanca Mountain range of Peru. This strange place is characterized by its religious fervor. From Good Friday at three o'clock in the afternoon (the time of day when Christ died on the cross) to Easter Sunday, the whole village can do whatever it feels like. During the two holy days sin does not exist: God is dead and can't see what is happening. Everything is accepted and allowed, without remorse. Year after year, Madeinusa and her sister Chale, and her father Don Cayo, the Mayor and local big shot, maintain this tradition without questioning it. However, everything changes with the arrival in the village of Salvador, a young geologist from Lima, who will unknowingly change the destiny of the girl. (IMDB) -
Alicia en el Pueblo de las Maravillas
A satire about the life of the Cuban people. Alicia, a culture instructor, is sent to a small town "Maravillas", which is itself an exaggerated, but very ingenious reflection of the real Cuba. The adventures that she has there are almost as crazy and senseless as the ones lived by the other Alice (in Wonderland), reflecting the indoctrination, coercion, absolutims, and many other everyday problems in Cuban society. (IMDB) -
Los colores de la montaña
Manuel, 9, has an old ball with which he plays football every day in the countryside. He dreams of becoming a great goalkeeper. His wishes seem set to come true when Ernest, his father, gives him a new ball. But an unexpected accident sends the ball flying into a minefield. Despite the danger, Manuel refuses to abandon his treasure... He convinces Julián and Poca Luz, his two friends, to rescue it with him. Amid the adventures and kids' games, the signs of armed conflict start to appear in the lives of the inhabitants of 'La Pradera'. (IMDB) -
Contracorriente
An unusual ghost story set on the Peruvian seaside; a married fisherman struggles to reconcile his devotion to his male lover within his town's rigid traditions. (IMDB) -
El hijo de la novia
At age 42, Rafael Belvedere is having a crisis. He lives in the shadow of his father, he feels guilty about rarely visiting his aging mother, his ex-wife says he doesn't spend enough time with their daughter and he has yet to make a commitment to his girlfriend. At his lowest point, a minor heart attack reunites him with Juan Carlos, a childhood friend, who helps Rafael to reconstruct his past and look at the present in new ways. (IMDB) -
El violín
In an unnamed Latin American country that closely resembles Mexico, the government fights a rural insurgency with torture, assault, rape, and murder. Soldiers descend on a town, cutting off the rebels from their cache of ammunition hidden in a field. A family of grandfather, son, and grandson are among the rebels in the hills. The grandfather, with his violin over his shoulder, tries to pass the checkpoint, ostensibly to tend his corn crop. The commanding officer lets him pass but insists on a daily music lesson. Can the old man ferry out the ammunition in his violin case under the soldiers' nose? (IMDB) -
En la puta vida
Montevideo, Uruguay. In this comedic drama, Elisa, 27, dreams of opening her own hairdressing salon in one of the rich districts of the Uruguayan capital. A bit of a rebel, one day Elisa moves out of her mother's house with her two children and breaks up with Garcia, her boss and lover who has infuriated her by not wanting to get married. So, in the space of twenty-four hours, Elisa finds herself without a roof over her head, without a man, without a job and without money. Her best friend Loulou finds her a job - in the brothel run by Dona Jacqueline. And without really being aware of it, Elisa slides into prostitution, which leads her to Barcelona. She falls in love, she is exploited, she gets involved in transvestite gang wars, and meanwhile just dreams of earning enough money for her little beauty salon back home. (IMDB) -
Fresa y chocolate
Diego, a cultivated, homosexual and skeptical young man, falls in love with a young heterosexual communist full of prejudices and doctrinal ideas. First come rejection and suspicion, but also fascination. Fresa y chocolate is a coming-of-age story, told through the development of a great friendship which overcomes incomprehension and intolerance. (IMDB) -
Historias de fútbol
Three stories about football, one of the most important twentieth-century rituals. A third division player from Santiago de Chile is bribed, but does not realise that his behaviour betrays more than the loyalty of his team-mates. A boy from Calama, Chile wins the local derby pichanga, a soccer match that can last all afternoon, but he loses the few pesos he acquired by pawning his mother's last possessions. Francisco, a boy from the city, is stuck in a remote corner of the southern island of Chiloé on the day that Chile has to play its qualifying match for the World Cup. The only TV is in the house of the Serón sisters. While the local male population gathers to watch the match, the sisters decide which of them will initiate the young Francisco into love. (IMDB) -
Madeinusa
Madeinusa is a girl aged 14 with a sweet Indian face who lives in an isolated village in the Cordillera Blanca Mountain range of Peru. This strange place is characterized by its religious fervor. From Good Friday at three o'clock in the afternoon (the time of day when Christ died on the cross) to Easter Sunday, the whole village can do whatever it feels like. During the two holy days sin does not exist: God is dead and can't see what is happening. Everything is accepted and allowed, without remorse. Year after year, Madeinusa and her sister Chale, and her father Don Cayo, the Mayor and local big shot, maintain this tradition without questioning it. However, everything changes with the arrival in the village of Salvador, a young geologist from Lima, who will unknowingly change the destiny of the girl. (IMDB)Tags Quechua -
Prometeo deportado
In an unknown first world airport the arrival of an Ecuadorian flight is heard. The 'members of the European Union' passby migration, while the 'others', in the other line, wait. In the middle of the claims, a group of Ecuadorians is arrested. They are taken to the Room, where they wait to be deported. Seems like everyone hides something, like PROMETEO the young magician with his hands tied like a delinquent who has a 'magical' trunk as luggage. Time passes, it seems like there is no possible exit. Meanwhile, a different but well-known way of life takes place. The only thing left as a promising way out is illusion. (IMDB) -
Sólo con tu pareja
Yuppie and womanizer Tomas is caught in a trap when falsely diagnosed with A.I.D.S. by Silvia, a nurse who finds herself cheated by the young Casanova. Looking for a quick death (putting his head into a microwave oven) Tomas falls in love with Clarisa, a beautiful stewardess who is also suicidal because her boyfriend is having a love affair with a blonde stewardess from Continental Airlines. (IMDB) -
Tropa de Élite
In 1997, before the visit of the pope to Rio de Janeiro, Captain Nascimento from BOPE (Special Police Operation Battalion) is assigned to eliminate the risks of the drug dealers in a dangerous slum nearby where the pope intends to be lodged. Captain Nascimento is trying to find a man to replace him because his wife is pregnant and he intends to quit the command and become a trainer of the new recruits. Meanwhile, the two idealistic friends Neto and Matias join the Military Police force expecting to become honest policemen and fight the criminals. However, they see only corruption, lack of competence and stupid bureaucracy in the Military Police, and after a serious incident in the Morro da Babilônia, they decide to join the BOPE. The lives of Capitain Nascimento, Neto and Matias are entwined along the next months, first in the tough training period and then in action against drug dealers. (IMDB) -
Whisky
When his long-lost brother resurfaces, Jacobo, desperate to prove his life has added up to something, looks to scrounge up a wife. He turns to Marta, an employee at his sock factory, with whom he has a prickly relationship. (IMDB) -
La nana
Raquel, una mujer agria e introvertida, lleva 23 años trabajando de nana para los Valdés, una numerosa familia de clase alta. Un día, Pilar, su patrona, contrata a otra nana para ayudarla. Raquel, sintiendo peligrar su lugar en la familia, espanta a la recién llegada con crueles e infantiles maltratos psicológicos. Esto se repite una y otra vez hasta que llega Lucy, una risueña mujer de provincia, que logra penetrar la coraza de Raquel y cambiar su forma de ver la vida. (DVD container) -
El estudiante
Roque llega a Buenos Aires para iniciar sus estudios universitarios. Sin vocación ni rumbo se dedica a deambular por la facultad, a hacer amigos, a conocer chicas. Una de ellas lo introduce en la militancia política y le presenta a un viejo político retirado. Junto a él, Roque aprende a manejarse como un dirigente estudiantil, y siente que por fin ha encontrado su vocación, que la política es su Universidad. (DVD container)