Alfredo Alcón

El exilio de San Martín (2006)

San Martín's exile is crossed by the melancholic idea of ​​return. A return that will never materialize. Distance, absence, remoteness. Are these founding traits of the Argentine soul? The Father of the Country who finally leaves, for better and for w ...

Son of the Bride (2001)

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 girlf ...

Cohen vs. Rosi (1998)

Two rival families of different origin join the force by the love of two young. The journalist Ariel Cohen falls in love for Carla Rosi, while investigating his father, Giancarlo, a wealthy shady business that is congressional candidate with presidential a ...

Cortázar (1994)

A portrait which explores the legacy and impact of novelist Julio Cortazar's art, perceptively examining it within the context of shifting tides of Argentine culture and politics. The author reads his own texts in this poetic documentary. ...

El amante de las películas mudas (1994)

A boy has an unusual upbringing in a romantic setting, the household of a former film star, who reminisces about his past. ...

I Don't Want to Talk About It (1993)

In an Argentine village in the 1930s, the willful Leonor discovers that her beloved daughter, Charlotte, has dwarfism. Attempting to let her have as normal a childhood as possible, Leonor never discusses Charlotte's lack of stature, nor lets anyone else in ...

Historias Breves 0: Vértigos, o contemplación de algo que cae (1993)

Based on the poetry of Alejandra Pizarnik, "Vertigo, or contemplation of something that falls", tells the story of the writer's life through stories from her family, friends and admirers. ...

País cerrado, teatro abierto (1990)

The history of the Teatro Abierto, which was initiated on July 28, 1981 as a cultural reaction against the last Argentine civic-military dictatorship, and organized by a group of artists and workers from the theater world ...

El dueño del sol (1987)

An authoritarian rancher about to die and his children live in a dingy mansion and fight each other over inheritance in a game of degradation. ...

El prontuario del señor K (1987)

El caso Matías (1985)

In 1965, a man named Matías is taken to a psychiatric hospital, after being found at the streets, "in the company of homosexuals and in a state of intoxication by alcohol and drugs". His documentation says he's 41 years old and born in Poland. He says his ...

Pubis angelical (1982)

It's about three women, three stories, or perhaps a single story in different projections of time and space. The Mistress wishes to unravel the meaning of being a woman is the victim of Hollywood. Ana is the product of a society ruled or dominated by men. ...

The Hole in the Wall (1982)

In this modern retelling of the Faust legend, a freelance photographer meets the enigmatic Mefi, who leads him, through a hole in the wall, to a room where a disembodied voice predicts stock prices. ...

Love Letters of a Nun (1978)

Spain 1640, the reverend superior nun Mariana, attends the death of her younger sister, Isabel's husband, who is overcome with hopelessness and heartache. Isabel then kisses and caresses the cadaver's exposed body as if he were still alive. ...

Un idilio de estación (1978)

A girl falls in love with the son of a rancher, who gives her certain illusions about their relationship. ...

Saverio, el cruel (1977)

Saverio is an insurance broker who arrives in a small town after receiving a letter from a potential client requesting insurance for "special affections." Upon arriving at the mansion, Saverio is captivated by the beauty of Susana, the granddaughter and he ...

What's Autumn? (1977)

An award-winning architect struggles to find work, love, and a purpose in life. ...

Nazareno Cruz and the Wolf (1975)

The Mighty One offers Nazareno Cruz all the wealth in the world if he agrees to abandon his beloved; otherwise, the curse that supposedly weighs on him will be fulfilled. ...

Kid Head (1975)

The life of "El Pibe Cabeza", a real-life Argentine gangster in the '30s. ...

Painted Lips (1974)

The life and the lovers of a few young women in a provincial town. ...

The Seven Madmen (1973)

After committing a fraud on the company where he work, a man meets a strange character who will introduce him to a group that plot a terrorist attack. ...

The Mafia (1972)

The business of the Donato family, an Italian-Argentine criminal organization, is a success. They have bought judges, lawyers and even politicians, but after a kidnapping goes wrong, a civil war starts in the Donato crime family. Based on a real event of t ...

Güemes, la tierra en armas (1971)

The story of the wars of independence in Northern Argentina during the 19th Century. ...

The Knight of the Sword (1970)

The life story of Argentine independence hero Jose de San Martin. ...

Martín Fierro (1968)

The story of rebel gaucho Martin Fierro, his people, and their life in the Argentine Pampas. Based on José Hernández's epic poem. ...

Voy a hablar de la esperanza (1966)

A young writer wants to make a different cinema and a director presents a plot divided into 3 episodes. ...

The Pit (1965)

When a politician is murdered, the victim's daughter sets out to track down her father's killer. She soon suspects her father's friend and her own mother may have been involved in the murder plot, in this heavy-handed and tragic crime drama. ...

Con gusto a rabia (1965)

A bourgeois lady has an affair with a revolutionary and idealistic young medical student who participates in the assault on a hospital. ...

Jandro (1965)

After marrying a rich heiress, a young man from humble origins is dedicated to looking for coal in the surroundings of Gijón. ...

The Innocents (1963)

A bank employee changes his life radically after the tragic death of his wife in a car accident along with a widower industrial. ...

The Rats (1963)

Returning from Switzerland, a young investigator meets María, his father's new wife. They immediately feel an irresistible attraction, which he tries to overcome by mixing it up with another woman. ...

Prisioneros de una noche (1962)

A man and a woman fall in love in the streets of a nocturnal Buenos Aires. ...

Summerskin (1961)

In this drama, a still-young grandmother has a suitor whose son is suffering from an incurable illness. The woman knows that the son has fallen in love with her granddaughter, but the granddaughter does not reciprocate his feelings. Convinced she should do ...

Faena (1961)

The images connect the workings of a slaughterhouse with a city that is also divided between executioners and dead people. ...

Un guapo del 900 (1960)

The moral conflicts of a conservative politician, his wife and a bully, in the Buenos Aires of the early twentieth century. ...

The Candidate (1959)

An old politician is claimed by his party to be a candidate in the next elections. ...

Zafra (1959)

A social drama centered on the miserable conditions experencied by cane cutters in Argentina's north. ...

La morocha (1958)

A prostitute persecuted by the police, receives the interested protection of a greedy merchant. He takes refuge in his house one night and meets his nephew, a sensitive boy who wants to be a musician. ...

A Difficult Widow (1957)

In colonial Buenos Aires a widow marries a condemned man out of spite. ...

La pícara soñadora (1956)

A store clerk lives in the furniture section without anyone noticing. ...

Love Never Dies (1955)

Three-episode film linked to each other by means of a medallion, where love is the engine that drives people to act the way they did. ...