José A. Martínez Suárez

The Weasel's Tale (2019)

A group of old actors and filmmakers tries to resist the efforts of a young couple to kick them out of their mansion. ...

Crane World (1999)

The portrait of a man and his attempts to make things up with life after losing his job. ...

Historais Breves II: Juntos, in any way (1996)

An old tango singer tries to contact his teenage son. A woman who is death or the Devil appears to him and asks him to sell his soul to connect with his son again. ...

Pistoleros Famosos II (1986)

Lucía convalesces from the leg injury she suffered in the previous film. Her friend Ceferino and the undocumented Coyote boy, who cannot integrate into the United States, help her escape from her. ...

Nights Without Moons and Suns (1984)

A criminal escapes from a court, with help of three miscreants, to find his lifelong friend, who is terminally ill. The police officer catch knows there is a hidden loot involved. ...

El desafío (1978)

Yesterday's Guys Used No Arsenic (1976)

Mara Ordaz, a former film star who lives in an isolated mansion with her husband, her doctor and her money manager, decides to sell the house and return to Buenos Aires; but the three men do not agree with her decision. ...

Los chantas (1975)

Several losers living together in a Buenos Aires boarding house try to make a living while dreaming of a big life-changing score. ...

La Mary (1974)

A sexually-repressed girl of the Buenos Aires slums slowly goes mad after marrying. ...

Eloy (1969)

The film is about Eloy, a Chilean bandit and companion of Joaquín Murieta, who is wanted by the justice system on the border with Argentina. Although an escape seems impossible, in desperation he flees without a fixed destination. ...

Cómo seducir a una mujer (1967)

A shy young man has trouble relating to women and asks an extravagant relationship counselor for help. ...

Buenos días, Buenos Aires (1966)

Documentary that registers the awakening of the city and its daily early movement. ...

Viaje de una noche de verano (1965)

A group of tourists travel Buenos Aires by bus. ...

El hombre de la víbora (1965)

A car salesman recounts his professional journey, from a clumsy beginning marked by invasive treatment and failed demonstrations to a successful fluency. This film Martínez Suárez made on commission for the Argentine automobile factory IKA. ...

Dar la cara (1962)

Three boys from very different backgrounds who have just finished their military service must face the complex social reality of Argentina. ...

Una jaula no tiene secretos (1962)

Buenos Aires, Argentina, New Year's Eve. Several people are trapped inside an elevator located in an office building. ...

Delito (1962)

A police officer joins a gang of smugglers to try to unmask its members. ...

El crack (1960)

Osvaldo, a football player on the rise, begins to be targeted by private interests who want to elevate him to the status of a sports star. ...

Put Up or Shut Up (1959)

The love story between a man and a woman, children of rival fishermen. ...

La bestia humana (1957)

From Emile Zola's novel "La Bete Humaine", tells the story of a jealous husband, a provocative woman and a man with an uncontrollable desire to kill. ...

El protegido (1956)

A film producer, his wife (an actress) and her lover (a young scriptwriter) are part of a love triangle that will lead to a crime. It is set during the decay of Argentinian cinema studios. ...

Codicia (1955)

A man kills another man because of an old dispute and keeps the gold that the dead one had on him. ...

Tren internacional (1954)

A couple of thieves with a worldwide reputation start a dispute over a valuable necklace in a transalpine train. ...

Mi noche triste (1952)

The plot reflects the figure of Pascual Contursi, tango poet. In love with a singer, he leaves his wife and son to go with her. Some time later, the singer leaves him and he composes the tango that gives the film its title. ...

Ladies high school (1951)

A fifty-year-old teacher suffers from an inferiority complex, lives dominated by his mother and does not dare to propose to the woman he loves. One night he gets drunk and that will change his life. ...

Abuse of Trust (1950)

A homeless young woman breaks into a married couple's house claiming to be the man's daughter, but she regrets the deception. ...

Five crazies on the track (1950)

A group of friends, artists and mechanics invent a unique, high-powered car carburetor that will allow them to win an important race. The device is stolen, and the prime suspect is the girlfriend of one of them. In their quest to recover it, they become in ...

Valentina (1950)

A young millionaire meets a mechanic who has invented a carburetor as a result of a breakdown in her car. ...

Diez segundos (1949)

A man from humble origins becomes a famous boxer, but fame has its price. ...

Miguitas en la cama (1949)

A young woman must alternately live with her separated parents and while her mother gives her a severe upbringing, her father amuses her with his carefree life. ...

One Sin A Month (1949)

Paloma and Marcelo are in love, but only dare meet once a month- see, she doesn't know that he is only pretending to be the son of rich ranchers, and he doesn't know that she is only pretending to be the daughter of the great business tycoon B. Quintana... ...

Un hombre solo no vale nada (1949)

An employee progresses in the factory where he works by having his wife pass by an attractive Cuban singer. ...

Vlasta, el recuerdo no es eterno (2025)

When she made her first film in 1960, Vlasta Lah was the only woman to direct a sound feature film in Argentina. Her path was arduous and long: from her childhood in a country torn apart by war to her training at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia i ...

The Generation of ‘60s. The Unknown Friendship (2024)

The differences of origin and poetics between José Martínez Suárez and Manuel Antin, representatives of the cinema of the '60s' Generation, are proof of the heterogeneity of the period and, at the same time, share the creation of a renovating and person ...

El cine a través de la música (2019)

Tribute documentary on the relationship between music and image in the cinema, as a constitutive part of it, with great musical moments in Argentine films together with the words of those who compose and direct. ...

Soy lo que quise ser (2018)

Biographical documentary that traces the life of José Martínez Suárez, unconditional lover of cinema, president of the most important Film Festival of the continent. A lucid protagonist of his life and times. ...

Cine de pueblo, una historia itinerante (2015)

Nadie inquietó más (2008)

A peculiar, meticulous, vocationally archeological account of the professional life of the actor, Spanish by birth, Argentinean by adoption, Narciso Ibañez Menta (1912-2004), spiritual disciple of Lon Chaney, the new man of a thousand faces, master of hor ...

Donde comienza el camino (2005)

The journey of Fernando Birri, the great father of New Latin American Cinema, has left a mark that begins at the legendary Santa Fe Documentary School and continues to this day. His methods, influences, his founding role, his poetic-political commitment, a ...

Tacholas, un actor galaico porteño (2004)

Documentary about Fernando Iglesias, "Tacholas", a Spanish actor who arrived in Buenos Aires in 1929 and participated in 52 national films. ...

I Don't Know What Your Eyes Have Done to Me (2003)

Argentinean singer and tango legend Ada Falcón disappeared without a trace in 1942 at the height of her career. This is the story of how she was located sixty years later, living in an unexpected way, in an unexpected place. ...

Valentina (1950)

A young millionaire meets a mechanic who has invented a carburetor as a result of a breakdown in her car. ...