
Acting
Mario Alarcón
Born 1945-06-24 · Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina
Mario Alarcón (born June 24, 1945 in Rosario, Argentina) is an Argentine actor. He developed his career in Buenos Aires.
Acting credits
2.0In a quiet village, charming young Tomás leads a simple life: caring for his mother, working at the video store and town clinic, and collecting dolls. As women begin disappearing, newly arrived Inspector Porter investigates.
The Dollmaker
2025
8.0Hoping to put to rest years of unease concerning a past case, retired criminal investigator Benjamín begins writing a novel based on the unsolved mystery of a newlywed’s rape and murder. With the help of a former colleague, judge Irene, he attempts to make sense of the past.
The Secret in Their Eyes
2009
7.7In 2006, a group of thieves performed what is considered one of the most famous and smart bank heists in the history of Argentina. How they robbed the Rio bank is as surprising as what happened afterwards. This is their story.
The Heist of the Century
2020
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Salteadores Nocturnos
2026
5.5During the World Cup final between Argentina and Holland, in times of military dictatorship, a group of torturers kidnap a group of young people. What begins as an inhumane interrogation turns into hell: the wrong group has been kidnapped.
1978
2025
6.7Buenos Aires, November 2001. Argentina is embroiled in crisis, with the Peso plunging deeper and deeper. Julio Färber, the charismatic bandoneon player of the 'Vecinos de Pompeya', a five-piece working-class tango band, is trying to keep his head above water, but every month he is earning less and less from their gigs as well as from the traditional shoe shop he inherited from his father. At the very moment he takes the decision to leave his beloved Buenos Aires forever, it clearly appears that life is conspiring against him: overnight, the government freezes all bank accounts in the whole country, preventing Julio from purchasing the flight tickets and sparking violent protests throughout the town. And Mariela, a witty young woman and feisty cab driver, bumps into his car at full speed, damaging Julio's last possession of value before stealing his heart.
Adiós Buenos Aires
2023
5.2La Pampa, Argentina. María, a teacher in a small town who is about to become a mother, decides to leave her violent husband to raise her child in a better place. A small incident triggers the beginning of her journey through the hostile desert.
Hell and Back
2019
6.2Mariano invests all his savings in the purchase of the Don Irriaga kiosk. Then, he discovers that the street on which he is fronting will be imminently closed to traffic as a result of a public works project. Without work, on the verge of losing the family home, months of being a father for the second time and condemned to a nearby ruin, Mariano has to do something before the street is closed.
Drugstore
2019
6.8A band of thieves steals from a Mexican bank and travel to Argentina to launder the money. Upon their arrival, the plan goes south and it's up to them to figure out what went wrong.
Sultans of the South
2007
6.0An Anglo-American indie rock band winds up stranded in Epecuén, where their internal conflicts and the bad luck of their tour quickly lose importance before the hell that awaits them.
What the Waters Left Behind: Scars
2023
NRThree stories, one building, different eras. A society that politically degrades over time, and temptations that lead its protagonists from a state of natural goodness to one of absolute evil. Three tales with characters whose lives are transformed in a space that drags them into utter darkness. And an eternal sentinel.
El portal
2025
5.2Barbara’s behavior at school unlishes the suspicions of her teacher and the school psychologist, Sara. Talks at school with Sara, begin to reveal fears and darkness that the girl hides behind her eyes. Already convinced of her suspicions, Sara tries to get her superiors’ support as well as Barbara’s mother support to set her free out of her pain. Barbara’s mother denial, her own fear and the inaction of different institutions seem to be impossible barriers to overcome.
Bad Truth
2011
4.3A Hollywood actor grows tired of making the same corporate movies, so he moves to Argentina to find more experimental and meaningful work.
We're No Animals
2013
7.1Vera, the Mom, is stressed out of her mind and she decides to take a vacation away from her family, so Victor, the dad, has to take time off work to take care of the family.
10 Days Without Mom
2017
6.4Enrique Hubermann, homeopathic physician, travels in flight from a love. By a joke of fate, in that distant place he meets the woman he wants to forget, a beautiful young woman like a demon who manipulates men and triggers dangerous passions.
Those Who Love, Hate
2017
5.4It focuses on the last ten years of life of the hero, creator of the Argentine flag. In 1810, Manuel Belgrano believes that it is possible to replace the royal authority - that of Fernando VII prisoner of the Napoleonic troops - with the community of virtuous men who, identified with the Homeland, fluently interpret the People.
Belgrano: The Movie
2010
6.6An epic about one of the most turbulent times in the recent history of the Buenos Aires suburbs. In this context, a group of idealists emerges who are specifically called: "The bastards."
Los bastardos
2023
6.0Only one month left until the premiere of The Golden Time, the long-awaited solo show by acclaimed actress Robertina. Far from focused on the preparations for this new production, Robertina lives in a state of continuous anxiety that turns her privileged life into an absurd and tumultuous landscape.
The Queen of Fear
2018
4.3Clara faces a horrifying past when she returns to the town where she grew up while experiencing a marriage crisis. Only a police officer could help her solve what is happening to her grandparents and the rest of the people from the place.
The Sinister
2009
5.3Pablo lives happily in Rio de Janeiro, but his son is about to be expelled from school in Argentina. He has to go back to Buenos Aires and fix things.
Viaje inesperado
2018
7.4Mario and Ana, in voluntary exile from Buenos Aires, live in a remote Argentine valley with their 12-year-old son Ernesto. Mario runs a school and a wool cooperative; Ana, a doctor, heads a clinic with Nelda, a progressive nun. Into this idealistic family comes Hans, a jaded Spanish geological engineer -- surveying the land for the local patron, to see if it can be dammed for hydro-electric power, which would drive the peasants from the land into the cities.
A Place in the World
1992
6.2No synopsis available yet.
Fontanarrosa, lo que se dice un ídolo
2017
No synopsis available yet.
Angelita, la doctora
2016
10.0Marcos was once a successful author of children's books. For years, his goal has been to finish his first "adult" and "serious" novel. But his lack of social interaction, his excessive ambitions, and the influence of the drugs he grows and sells for a living don't help him. He is about to give up when his friend Walter suggests another path: Marcos just has to live a more intense life. And write about it, like so many great writers...
May You Live in Interesting Times
2017