Mónica Villa

Chronicles of a Wandering Saint (2024)

In a tiny rural village in Argentina, Rita Lopez, a pious yet insatiably competitive woman, discovers that staging a miracle could be her ticket to sainthood. ...

Partida (2023)

The Extortion (2023)

An experienced commercial pilot is forced to collaborate with his country's intelligence services to avoid being punished for a serious fault he committed on the job. He is quickly plunged into an underworld of intrigue and extortion that will put his life ...

Pigeon Drop (2022)

During Christmas dinner, an Argentinian family finds out that their millionaire uncle has died. His relatives speculate about his generous inheritance, but everything changes when a woman arrives at twelve and introduces herself as the deceased's wife. The ...

Carroceros (2021)

A documentary about the fans of "Waiting for the Carriage", the Argentine film classic directed by Alejandro Doria, and which investigates the obvious and hidden reasons for this phenomenon. ...

Una tumba para tres (2021)

Víctor, Juan, and Manuel, three petty thugs who work for Roselli, a local mobster, are sent to find the architect of a robbery who escaped with the loot. The task seems simple enough, but they find a twist in their plans, caused by a violent and fatal mis ...

Postponed (2016)

When three people die, their first step post-mortem is meeting a death consultant who allows them to each ask one question about anything (so many people die per day so only one question each is possible). As we start to learn about their connection, we be ...

Wild Tales (2014)

Injustice and the demands of the world can cause stress for many people. Some of them, however, explode. This includes a waitress serving a grouchy loan shark, an altercation between two motorists, an ill-fated wedding reception, and a wealthy businessman ...

Before Opening Night (2011)

This Argentinian dramedy gives us elements of Woody Allen's nervous comedy and Cassavetes' melodramatic roller coaster in a storm of egos that takes place on one decisive weekend in the lives of Juana, a popular actress about to star in an important theate ...

Miss Tacuarembo (2010)

Miss Tacuarembó is a unique mixture of drama, comedy, musical with touches of parody and nostalgia which for its beautiful narration will attract many open-minded viewers not only in Latin American world. The story of Natalia, the main hero, and her life' ...

All the Lonely People (2009)

A hot summer in a small town. The lives of many characters intertwine as a Preacher comes to town to give them hope. ...

Waiting for the Hearse 2: The Party is Over (2009)

Nora and Antonio organize a prestigious celebration and invite their humble relatives. ...

The Holy Girl (2004)

Amalia is an adolescent girl who is caught in the throes of her emerging sexuality and her deeply held passion for her Catholic faith. These two drives mingle when the visiting Dr. Jano takes advantage of a crowd to get inappropriately close to the girl. R ...

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 ...

Women's Reformatory (1986)

Laura Regueira is wrongly accused of the murder of her boyfriend, he was killed by a band of thugs the night they were sharing a romantic moment. In the woman's reformatory Laura, besides of having to endure the life of prisoner, will have the chance of pr ...

High Heels (1985)

A prostitute falls in love with a painter with whom she believes she can save her life. ...

Waiting for the Hearse (1985)

Mama Cora, who is almost eighty years old, has three sons and a daughter. She lives with one of them, who has serious financial problems. The family meets one day to celebrate an anniversary meal, and that is when the problem arises: which of them will tak ...

To Realize (1984)

After a brutal car accident, a young man falls into a coma and is left to be looked after by a doctor who suffers in his personal life and commits himself fully to save his patient. ...

Deadly Revenge (1983)

When the new don discovers that sadistic mobsters were responsible for the death of his young son, he wreaks a deadly revenge. ...