Román Viñoly Barreto

Directing

Román Viñoly Barreto

Born — Died

1914-08-08 — 1970-08-20

Place of birth

Montevideo, Uruguay

Known for

Directing

Credits

36 titles

Román Viñoly Barreto was a renowned film director who developed his career in Argentina. His films were hugely popular at the time of their release but they lost interest from the public afterwards. Nowadays he is considered a cult director, mostly due to his noir films.

Known for

Behind the camera

La potranca poster
8.0

In the delta islands of the Paraná, a woman is the object of desire of the village's men.

La potranca

1960

La potranca poster
8.0

In the delta islands of the Paraná, a woman is the object of desire of the village's men.

La potranca

1960

Estrellita poster
7.0

A young woman takes care of her father and silblings after the death of her mother, giving up love in the process.

Estrellita

1947

Corrientes, calle de ensueños poster
9.0

Story about a humble musician who triumphs overcoming his failures and a young woman arrives in Buenos Aires from the interior of the country in search of triumph but finds death.

Corrientes, calle de ensueños

1949

The Beast Must Die poster
7.1

A crime writer searching for the truth about a personal tragedy becomes involved in a murder investigation.

The Beast Must Die

1952

The Beast Must Die poster
7.1

A crime writer searching for the truth about a personal tragedy becomes involved in a murder investigation.

The Beast Must Die

1952

La pérgola de las flores poster
9.0

Based on a famous Chilean musical play first performed in 1960, this Spanish-Argentinian adaptation is the story of a young woman from the country who comes to the big city in search of love and leisure, only to discover the true value of her roots.

La pérgola de las flores

1965

No artwork available
NR

It was never released commercially. Its plot is unknown.

Good Night, My Love

1961

Chico Viola Não Morreu poster
7.0

The biography of the singer Francisco Alves. It narrates his father's opposition to his singing, his adventure in the circus, his love affairs and breakups, his discovery in a bar at dawn and, finally, his success cut short when he died in 1952 in a car accident.

Chico Viola Não Morreu

1955

Reportaje en el infierno poster
8.0

An obsessive reporter is locked in an asylum where some murders will take place.

Reportaje en el infierno

1959

El juego más hermoso del mundo poster
NR

This medium-length documentary film, which is also slightly advertise-driven, goes through the process of selection and training of young talents at the River Plate Soccer School that was run by Carlos Peucelle, and it also documents the Argentine history of the most popular sport, combining archive footage (including a recorded training of River's "La Máquina" team) with cartoons designed and directed by Oscar Desplats, Carlos Ávila and Oscar Grillo.

El juego más hermoso del mundo

1964

Esta es mi vida poster
6.3

In view of his mother's death, a dancer quits the show he was presenting and loses everything gambling.

Esta es mi vida

1952

Fangio, el demonio de las pistas poster
NR

Based on the career of Juan Manuel Fangio, an Argentine motorist who, in his first season in Formula 1, in 1950, achieved the runner-up; and that then between 1951 and 1958 he would obtain five world titles in Formula 1, driving with Mercedes Benz, Maserati, Alfa Romeo and Ferrari.

Fangio, el demonio de las pistas

1950

Fangio, el demonio de las pistas poster
NR

Based on the career of Juan Manuel Fangio, an Argentine motorist who, in his first season in Formula 1, in 1950, achieved the runner-up; and that then between 1951 and 1958 he would obtain five world titles in Formula 1, driving with Mercedes Benz, Maserati, Alfa Romeo and Ferrari.

Fangio, el demonio de las pistas

1950

El dinero de Dios poster
7.0

A man falls in love with a woman who leads him to commit a robbery, when he is released from prison he takes refuge in a convent.

El dinero de Dios

1959

The Black Vampire poster
6.3

A cabaret performer tries to protect her daughter from a mysterious killer while resisting the advances of the prosecutor pursuing the criminal.

The Black Vampire

1953

The Black Vampire poster
6.3

A cabaret performer tries to protect her daughter from a mysterious killer while resisting the advances of the prosecutor pursuing the criminal.

The Black Vampire

1953

La calle junto a la luna poster
NR

The life of the famous poet Evaristo Carriego (1883-1912), who lived in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Palermo and who painted the customs of the people of those years like no one else.

La calle junto a la luna

1951

Orden de matar poster
7.5

Upon learning of the murder of a friend, a police inspector sets out to take justice on his own. This attitude, contrary to his usual convictions, will gradually destroy him.

Orden de matar

1965

Una viuda casi alegre poster
9.0

A young widow goes to a marriage agency where she is introduced to three hired suitors who end up falling in love with her.

Una viuda casi alegre

1950

La doctora quiere tangos poster
10.0

Luisa Soler, a young and wealthy lawyer, travels to the province of Buenos Aires with her aunt Totona and there she meets a humble composer of tangos, Martín Salazar. The meeting between them creates confusion for his girlfriend and, after several moments of tension and strong arguments, Martin asks Luisa to clarify the situation with her fiancée. But when the lawyer decides to do something, it changes for both of them. Both realize that they love each other and that, beyond the different lives they lead, they will fight to be together.

La doctora quiere tangos

1949

Todo el año es Navidad poster
6.7

A celestial envoy comes to Earth to help solve some small conflicts between humans, related to their attitude and relationships.

Todo el año es Navidad

1960

Un centavo de mujer poster
9.0

A girl teenager pretends to be a woman to conquer a drunk french actor.

Un centavo de mujer

1958

La niña del gato poster
NR

A girl commits a crime first by her father and then by criminals.

La niña del gato

1953

La niña del gato poster
NR

A girl commits a crime first by her father and then by criminals.

La niña del gato

1953

Villa Delicia, playa de estacionamiento, música ambiental poster
10.0

A girl's school gets turned into a brothel during holidays.

Villa Delicia, playa de estacionamiento, música ambiental

1966

Con el sudor de tu frente poster
7.0

While a drought and debts overwhelm a farmer, the arrival of a Polish visitor will make him see the world in another way.

Con el sudor de tu frente

1950

Barcos de papel poster
9.0

Eager to have a crystal ball, a child works to buy it but is accused of a robbery he did not commit.

Barcos de papel

1963

No artwork available
8.0

An archaeologist travels to the Quebrada de Humahuaca to work and forget a personal drama.

Los dioses ajenos

1958

El abuelo poster
7.0

Based on the novel of the same name by Benito Pérez Galdós.

El abuelo

1954

La familia Falcón poster
9.0

Based on the popular TV program, the film follows a middle-class family with their problems and joys.

La familia Falcón

1963

El hombre virgen poster
7.8

A man tries to cheat on his wife, but even though he stops earlier, everyone believes that he was unfaithful.

El hombre virgen

1956

El hombre virgen poster
7.8

A man tries to cheat on his wife, but even though he stops earlier, everyone believes that he was unfaithful.

El hombre virgen

1956

Horizontes de piedra poster
7.0

In Cerro Bayo, a mountainous region of Patagonia on the Chilean border, a Kolla Indian falls in love with a girl from another village. His mother disapproves the relationship and hates the woman. When the girl becomes pregnant with his baby, he must travel to find better work, leaving her alone with the mother's wrath.

Horizontes de piedra

1956

Horizontes de piedra poster
7.0

In Cerro Bayo, a mountainous region of Patagonia on the Chilean border, a Kolla Indian falls in love with a girl from another village. His mother disapproves the relationship and hates the woman. When the girl becomes pregnant with his baby, he must travel to find better work, leaving her alone with the mother's wrath.

Horizontes de piedra

1956

Fantoche poster
5.8

An ex-crack who lives off the memory of a goal that he scored against the Uruguayans lives in Montevideo an adventure with a young millionaire.

Fantoche

1957