Lisandro Alonso

Directing

Lisandro Alonso

Born 1975-06-02 · Buenos Aires, Argentina

Lisandro Alonso (born 2 June 1975) is an Argentine film director and screenwriter. Recognized as a leading figure in slow cinema and the New Argentine Cinema movement, he is known for his minimalist, observational films that follow solitary figures moving through remote landscapes, blending elements of documentary and fiction. All seven of his feature films have premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, and his 2014 film Jauja won the FIPRESCI Prize in the Un Certain Regard section. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lisandro Alonso, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting credits

Behind the camera

Los Muertos poster
6.4

Vargas, a 54 year old man, gets out of jail in the province of Corrientes, Argentina. Once released, he wants to find his now adult daughter, who lives in a swampy and remote area. A deep mystery surrounds him.

Los Muertos

2004

Los Muertos poster
6.4

Vargas, a 54 year old man, gets out of jail in the province of Corrientes, Argentina. Once released, he wants to find his now adult daughter, who lives in a swampy and remote area. A deep mystery surrounds him.

Los Muertos

2004

Untitled (Letter to Serra) poster
6.1

Lisandro Alonso returns to La Pampa, to the same locations of Freedom, to shoot his Carta para Serra (or Sin título), with a camera that seems to float among the vegetation. He has the company of Misael Saavedra, and yet instead of looking back (or making a tribute to his actors, because that was the subject in Fantasma) this movie seeks to be a prologue for his next one.

Untitled (Letter to Serra)

2011

Jauja poster
6.5

A father and daughter journey from Denmark to an unknown desert that exists in a realm beyond the confines of civilization.

Jauja

2014

Jauja poster
6.5

A father and daughter journey from Denmark to an unknown desert that exists in a realm beyond the confines of civilization.

Jauja

2014

Eureka poster
6.3

A cowboy arrives in a town in search of his daughter, a native policewoman arrests various offenders in a snowy landscape, while her niece, a basketball coach, reunites with her grandfather for a decisive journey that will shape her future, and a bird flies through time and space and begins to enter the minds and dreams of a native tribe in the Amazon jungle.

Eureka

2024

Eureka poster
6.3

A cowboy arrives in a town in search of his daughter, a native policewoman arrests various offenders in a snowy landscape, while her niece, a basketball coach, reunites with her grandfather for a decisive journey that will shape her future, and a bird flies through time and space and begins to enter the minds and dreams of a native tribe in the Amazon jungle.

Eureka

2024

Liverpool poster
6.8

A sailor takes a short leave to visit his hometown and see if his mother is still alive.

Liverpool

2008

Liverpool poster
6.8

A sailor takes a short leave to visit his hometown and see if his mother is still alive.

Liverpool

2008

Liverpool poster
6.8

A sailor takes a short leave to visit his hometown and see if his mother is still alive.

Liverpool

2008

The Future Ahead poster
5.9

From first love to first divorce, Romina and Flor experience different stages of their lives together, in Argentinian director Constanza Novick's exploration of friendship between women.

The Future Ahead

2017

Double Freedom poster
NR

Misael works alone with his axe, cutting down trees in the woods. An unexpected responsibility upends his life, and the logic of his days fades away in a nature where human reason holds no meaning.

Double Freedom

2026

Double Freedom poster
NR

Misael works alone with his axe, cutting down trees in the woods. An unexpected responsibility upends his life, and the logic of his days fades away in a nature where human reason holds no meaning.

Double Freedom

2026

Double Freedom poster
NR

Misael works alone with his axe, cutting down trees in the woods. An unexpected responsibility upends his life, and the logic of his days fades away in a nature where human reason holds no meaning.

Double Freedom

2026

La libertad poster
6.4

A man chops down trees, organizes the trunks, cleans them, stops to defecate, has lunch, takes a nap and continues to sell his timber.

La libertad

2001

La libertad poster
6.4

A man chops down trees, organizes the trunks, cleans them, stops to defecate, has lunch, takes a nap and continues to sell his timber.

La libertad

2001

No artwork available
NR

A remake of Abbas Kiarostami's Taste of Cherry. Plot TBA.

The Scent of the Pitanga

No artwork available
NR

A remake of Abbas Kiarostami's Taste of Cherry. Plot TBA.

The Scent of the Pitanga

Two on the Pavement poster
5.3

Two boys are sitting on the street, drinking alcohol and talking.

Two on the Pavement

1995

Two on the Pavement poster
5.3

Two boys are sitting on the street, drinking alcohol and talking.

Two on the Pavement

1995

Two on the Pavement poster
5.3

Two boys are sitting on the street, drinking alcohol and talking.

Two on the Pavement

1995

Fantasma poster
5.8

A solitary man's only pastime is to go to a movie theatre, the Teatro San Martín, on Corrientes Avenue in Buenos Aires. There he exorcises his ghosts.

Fantasma

2007

Fantasma poster
5.8

A solitary man's only pastime is to go to a movie theatre, the Teatro San Martín, on Corrientes Avenue in Buenos Aires. There he exorcises his ghosts.

Fantasma

2007

Fantasma poster
5.8

A solitary man's only pastime is to go to a movie theatre, the Teatro San Martín, on Corrientes Avenue in Buenos Aires. There he exorcises his ghosts.

Fantasma

2007