Writing

Marcela Guerty

Born 1968-06-07 · Olavarría, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Acting credits

The Puzzle poster
6.9

Maria's family give her a puzzle for her 50th birthday, and she loves it. Not only does the patient housewife have fun solving the puzzle, she's also really good at them. Overflowing with enthusiasm for her new-found passion, she goes back to the shop where they bought the gift for another puzzle. There her eye is caught by a notice on the message board: Partner for puzzle tournament wanted. Maria musters her courage and, despite her family's misgivings, answers the announcement.

The Puzzle

2010

Wild Tango poster
6.3

A biopic based on the life of one of the pioneer argentine rock stars 'Tanguito'. The movie tells the story of his rise and fall from grace, encompassed in violent times of a military regime.

Wild Tango

1993

Anita poster
7.0

Anita is the story of a young woman with Down syndrome who lives a happy, routine life in Buenos Aires, being meticulously cared for by her mother Dora. One tragic morning in 1994, everything changes when Anita is left alone, confused and helpless after the nearby Argentine Israelite Mutual Association is bombed (the deadliest bombing in Argentina's history). As Anita wanders through the city, she learns not only to care for herself, but touches the lives of those around her, from an alcoholic to a family of Asian immigrants.

Anita

2009

The Attachment Diaries poster
3.5

Argentina, 1970s. A desperate young woman goes to a clinic to have a clandestine abortion. As her pregnancy is already through the fourth month, the doctor refuses. Instead, she proposes to sell the baby to one of her clients and offers to provide shelter in her house until the child is born. Their disturbed personalities will become intertwined in a strange and dangerous relationship.

The Attachment Diaries

2021

An Odd Turn poster
5.9

Buenos Aires, 2019. Lucrecia, who jobs as a museum security guard, foresees a sharp rise in the dollar’s value with her pendulum and falls in love with a currency exchange house employee.

An Odd Turn

2024

Fine Powder poster
6.7

The problems of a young man, his pregnant girlfriend and his lover.

Fine Powder

1998

Behind the camera

Reencuentros poster
4.0

No synopsis available yet.

Reencuentros

2017

Anita poster
7.0

Anita is the story of a young woman with Down syndrome who lives a happy, routine life in Buenos Aires, being meticulously cared for by her mother Dora. One tragic morning in 1994, everything changes when Anita is left alone, confused and helpless after the nearby Argentine Israelite Mutual Association is bombed (the deadliest bombing in Argentina's history). As Anita wanders through the city, she learns not only to care for herself, but touches the lives of those around her, from an alcoholic to a family of Asian immigrants.

Anita

2009

Chiquititas: Rincón de Luz poster
7.8

When Belén is hired as a cook at a gloomy orphanage, she discovers a group of children living under the cruel rule of its corrupt director and his ruthless assistant. Determined to restore hope and happiness to their lives, Belén joins forces with the children to expose the truth, overcome their oppressors, and build the loving family they have always dreamed of.

Chiquititas: Rincón de Luz

2001

Elsa & Fred poster
7.7

When the retired seventy-seven years old hypochondriac widower Fred moves to an apartment in Madrid, his temperamental daughter Cuca has an incident with his next door neighbor, the elder Argentinean Elsa. Later, they meet each other and Elsa seduces Fred with her reckless behavior and view of life and they have a romance.

Elsa & Fred

2005

Passionate People poster
4.3

Uma, tired of waiting for the man of her dreams to raise a family, decides that Nico, the boyfriend of her best friend Lucy, has all necessary features. So she asks her a favor: to lend her boyfriend once. In the middle of surprising situations, Uma convinces Lucia and Nico. That way it starts what first seems "a simple procedure"...

Passionate People

2002

Generaciones poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Generaciones

2018

El día que me amen poster
5.9

Mental illness and the power of friendship. Mara and Joaquín were childhood friends, next-door neighbors. They are now in their early 30s. She's returned to Acassuno after eight years abroad, ostensibly to audition for a part in a musical. Joaquín has been a recluse in his parents' house, perhaps because Mara left without a word years before. Mara seeks to renew the friendship, which may be good f

El día que me amen

2003