Ernesto Sábato

Tie Your Plow to a Star (2017)

In 1997 the Argentine filmmaker Fernando Birri returned to his home country to film a documentary on the 30th anniversary of the death of Che Guevara and the relevance of utopias at that time. Carmen Guarini decided to record those moments. A rough edit of ...

Ernesto Sábato, mi padre (2009)

The life of the remarkable Argentine writer Ernesto Sábato, seen and narrated by the filmmaker who knows him best: his son. Featuring unpublished or rarely seen material, fragments of family recordings shot in 8mm, photographs, videos, and films made by M ...

Al corazón (1996)

For Example, Argentina (1985)

Documentary on State terrorism during the last military dictatorship in Argentina, made in its aftermath. Invited by the Goethe-Institut to hold a workshop with young film students, Schroeter contrasts the official statements of the regime with the testimo ...

Evita, quien quiera oír que oiga (1984)

Claves, 1: How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman (1984)

Documentary in four parts on Latin American cinema. First episode: the influences of Cahiers du cinéma, the New Wave, Italian neorealism. In Brazil, Cinema Novo draws inspiration from these models while drawing on the historical and cultural singularity o ...

Principio 6 (1979)

El nacimiento de un libro (1963)

Documentary short about the moment of creation and birth of the characters of the book "Sobre Héroes y Tumbas" by Ernesto Sabato. ...

The Passion of Martin (1991)

A lonely photographer gradually develops a rather unhealthy obsession with a young woman he once met by sheer chance. ...

The Tunnel (1988)

A painter becomes obsessed and begins an affair with a mysterious woman who was touched deeply by one of his works. ...

The Power of Darkness (1979)

A man becomes convinced that he is being persecuted by a conspiracy of blind people. ...

Gotán (1965)

The Tunnel (1952)

A young painter suspects the woman he loves, and his obsession slowly leads him down a tortuous path where madness and death become intertwined. Adaptation of Ernesto Sábato's masterpiece: The Tunnel. ...

El tercer huésped (1946)

A threatened financier is impersonated during a train ride by an identical-looking salesman. ...