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Three different people are catapulted into dramatic and unforseen circumstances in the wake of a terrible car crash: a young punk stumbles into the sinister underground world of dog fighting; an injured supermodel's designer pooch disappears into the…

Es el año 1988 y el Papa Juan Pablo II visitará Melo. Se calcula que 50.000 personas asistirán a verlo. Los pobladores más humildes creen que vendiéndole comida y bebida a esa multitud se harán casi ricos. Beto, un contrabandista en bicicleta, decide…

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…

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…

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)

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.…

Three different people are catapulted into dramatic and unforseen circumstances in the wake of a terrible car crash: a young punk stumbles into the sinister underground world of dog fighting; an injured supermodel's designer pooch disappears into the…

Es el año 1988 y el Papa Juan Pablo II visitará Melo. Se calcula que 50.000 personas asistirán a verlo. Los pobladores más humildes creen que vendiéndole comida y bebida a esa multitud se harán casi ricos. Beto, un contrabandista en bicicleta, decide…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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)

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.…

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…

In 1840's Buenos Aires, Argentina, a beautiful young socialite named Camila falls in love with Ladislao, a Jesuit priest. After several failed attempts at fighting his own feelings, he ultimately succumbs to her. The two later escape to a far off,…

Durante la Revolución Mexicana y en un rancho cercano a Piedras Negras, dos jóvenes se enamoran: Pedro Murquiz y Tita de la Garza. Pedro y su padre piden la mano de Tita, pero Elena, madre de ella, no permite ese matrimonio ya que Tita es la hija…

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…

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…

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…

Tierra del Fuego se basa en un relato de Francisco Coloane, uno de los escritores chilenos que más ha contado la vida de la Patagonia, sus gentes, pueblos y los grandes aventureros como Julius Popper. En esta película, la búsqueda del oro y la…

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…

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…

La cinta narra la historia de Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, quien nacida en el S.XVIII y con una intensa pasión por la música, la poesía y la filosofía, entra en un convento para no contraer matrimonio y así poder seguir escribiendo. Mientras la…

Este curso es una introducción al análisis fílmico con relación al cine argentino y brasileiro. Les familiarizará con las herramientas del análisis textual, algunos de los planteamientos críticos-teóricos más influyentes dentro del campo de cine (por…

Este curso pretende ofrecerles a los estudiantes una introducción al cine latinoamericano al trazar su trayectoria histórica desde el cine mudo al presente, al examinar diferentes contextos y modos de producción, y al analizar diferentes tendencias…

Este curso examinará el cine argentino de los últimos treinta años durante un período de gran cambio político y socio-económico. Nos interesará explorar cómo las películas que han surgido en esos años han respondido a estas transformaciones más…

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…

In 1840's Buenos Aires, Argentina, a beautiful young socialite named Camila falls in love with Ladislao, a Jesuit priest. After several failed attempts at fighting his own feelings, he ultimately succumbs to her. The two later escape to a far off,…

Durante la Revolución Mexicana y en un rancho cercano a Piedras Negras, dos jóvenes se enamoran: Pedro Murquiz y Tita de la Garza. Pedro y su padre piden la mano de Tita, pero Elena, madre de ella, no permite ese matrimonio ya que Tita es la hija…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Tierra del Fuego se basa en un relato de Francisco Coloane, uno de los escritores chilenos que más ha contado la vida de la Patagonia, sus gentes, pueblos y los grandes aventureros como Julius Popper. En esta película, la búsqueda del oro y la…

La cinta narra la historia de Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, quien nacida en el S.XVIII y con una intensa pasión por la música, la poesía y la filosofía, entra en un convento para no contraer matrimonio y así poder seguir escribiendo. Mientras la…

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…

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…

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)

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,…

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.…

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…

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,…

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,…

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…

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…

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)

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…

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…