Ricardo Espalter

In This Tricky Life (2001)

Montevideo, Uruguay. In this comedic drama, Elisa, 27, dreams of opening her own hairdressing salon in one of the rich districts of the Uruguayan capital. A bit of a rebel, one day Elisa moves out of her mother's house with her two children and breaks up w ...

Maldita Cocaína (2001)

A father searches for the drug dealer responsible for his daughter's death. He kidnaps who he believes is the girlfriend of one of the thugs; the woman turns out to be an undercover agent of the DEA, who will help him carry out her revenge. ...

The Airship (1994)

A French woman arrives in Montevideo, to meet poet Juan Carlos Onetti and investigate the story of the city. She is intrigued by the photograph of the day when president Bordaz was killed and a zeppelin flew above the city at the turn of the century. She i ...

La pandilla aventurera (1990)

In 1969, excited by the arrival of man on the Moon, a group of boys devised a rocket. ...

Los taxistas del humor (1987)

Three stories in which one of the protagonists is a metered car driver. ...

El telo y la tele (1985)

A sex congress takes place in a hotel, and couples are secretely filmed in a Slivers way by the "scientists". ...

Toto Paniagua (rey de la chatarra) (1980)

Toto is a scrap metal dealer who became rich by a stroke of luck. Having fallen in love with a woman from a higher social class, he decides to take etiquette classes so he can get closer to her. ...

La fiesta de todos (1979)

Documentary about Argentina's victory in the 1978 FIFA World Cup, held in that country during its last dictatorship. ...

La noche del hurto (1976)

La película (1975)

A photographer shoots a documentary film in a small town in Argentina (Uribelarrea) about the filming that a foreign producer is doing on the spot. ...

Los irrompibles (1975)

The story of a pair of bumbling detectives Uruguayan undertaking the mission to go to the aid of an orphan and very rich heiress to Argentina. It will be very easy to deal with the thousand and one difficulties awaiting them on the road. Clashes with bandi ...

I want to kiss you sir! (1973)

A mechanic and an ad creator meet the daughter of an industrialist and her friend when they travel to Mar del Plata. ...

Cómo seducir a una mujer (1967)

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

La industria del matrimonio (1965)

There are 3 stories about the intermediaries of marriage (the ads of magazines, seers and agencies): Sentimental mail, about an energetic woman who wants to marry a dominable man; Elixir of love, on the subject of the title; and Romantic about a melodic si ...

La Raya Amarilla (1962)

A group of Montevidean workers split up to paint the yellow line in the center of the streets. ...