Mónica Sánchez

The Inheritance of Flora (2024)

Flora Tristán flees to Peru for her inheritance, but her uncle leaves her penniless by altering the will. Returning to France, she becomes a writer and advocate for workers' and women's rights. Despite romantic entanglements, she chooses to focus on her w ...

Rómulo y Julita (2020)

In a town called Berona where two tuk-tuk companies fight for control of the town, Romulo and Julita, members of opposing companies must find a way to be together. After one fight two long the mayor will choose which company will rule Berona after a tuk-tu ...

El Candidato (2016)

A film about the typical candidates for the presidency of Peru. ...

Hamlet, que nunca fue rey en Dinamarca (2015)

Desaparecer (2015)

A man launches a desperate search into the heart of the Amazon to find his missing girlfriend amid a rash of mysterious disappearances. ...

The Lord of Sipan (2009)

The tombs of the grand lords of Moche civilization - one of Peru's most important pre-Hispanic civilizations -- are in constant danger from grave robbers, but archeologist Walter Alva has managed to find some priceless treasures and recreate the lives of t ...

Pasajeros (2008)

A story about friendship and moral dilemmas. Young people yearn for a better future in developing country, while old people seek to restore the old times. ...

A Martian Named Desire (2003)

It tells the story of Jorge who dreams of going to live in the United States. He loves the American way of life and above all, the gringas, but at the North American embassy they deny him a visa. That afternoon she meets Ganzo López, who has just been giv ...

Impossible Love (2003)

It is the legend of several stories. A journalist who hates a guy who's on TV, you have to interview him, then ends up making love to this again and again, in the end both are separated from love. Another story is that of an old man who teaches at a beauti ...

Captain Pantoja and the Special Services (1999)

The Peruvian army captain Pantaleon Pantoja, a very serious and efficient officer, is chosen by his superiors to set up a special service of 'visitors' to satisfy the sexual needs of the soldiers posted on remote jungle outposts. ...

La Carnada (1999)

Maria earns her living fishing in a northern Peruvian village, working alongside her husband. But when her husband is called away to work on larger industrial fishing boat, Maria, who is pregnant, finds ways to act out her anger. ...

El gabinete del doctor Armengot (1996)

La Pastorela: The Shepherd's Tale (1991)

Originally produced for PBS's Great Performances Series, La Pastorela is a musical retelling of the shepherds' journey to Bethlehem to see the Christ Child. We see the tale through the eyes of a modern young girl, the oldest child in a large rural Tex-Mex ...