Martín Rejtman

Directing

Martín Rejtman

Born

1961-01-03 (65)

Place of birth

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Known for

Directing

Credits

29 titles

Martín Rejtman (born January 3, 1961, in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine writer and film director. He is considered to be a key figure in the New Argentine Cinema, making films such as Silvia Prieto and The Magic Gloves. Rejtman studied filmmaking at New York University, where he had to make one short per week and had to shoot with what was available. At NYU he established a mode of production embraced by many other young Argentine filmmakers, both before and since: that is, the art of working with a small budget. Rejtman uses a minimalist style when making films. He said, "When I made Rapado, I felt that Argentine cinema had too much dialogue, and bad dialogue at that. I hate adornments, I h…

Known for

Rapado poster
6.5

After the theft of his motorcycle, Lucio bums aimlessly around Buenos Aires drifting from one arcade and record store to the next, indulging in short chats with friends and, more often, setting out onto the streets alone.

Rapado

1992

Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema poster
7.1

With Taiwan remaining in the grip of martial law in 1982, a group of filmmakers from that country set out to establish a cultural identity through cinema and to share it with the world. This engaging documentary looks at the movement's legacy.

Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema

2014

Silvia Prieto poster
7.1

After her 27th birthday, Silvia Prieto decides to take charge of her life and make some changes. At the same time, she suddenly finds herself intertwined in the life of another woman who is also named Silvia Prieto.

Silvia Prieto

1999

Elementary Training for Actors poster
5.0

Sergio is a drama teacher for children. Through his classes we learn something about him and his students. Pain is above fear. Children can only act as children. A child cannot act as a policeman, an old man, a prostitute, for example. The great advantage of a child is that he is the only one who can act as a child naturally. Therefore, their greatest competitors are animals.

Elementary Training for Actors

2009

The Practice poster
5.9

Dealing with a series of increasingly absurd situations and relationships, recently separated yoga instructors Gustavo and Vanesa are finding it difficult to live apart. Their challenges include meddling mothers, amnesiac students, and burgeoning romances. Step by step, they find their way back to the practice.

The Practice

2024

Doli Goes Home poster
5.8

An early black-and-white mood piece, Rejtman’s lyrical short film fuses a young couple’s passage into early adulthood with a journey through Buenos Aires in the quietest moments at the very break of day.

Doli Goes Home

1986

Film credits

Behind the camera

Rapado poster
6.5

After the theft of his motorcycle, Lucio bums aimlessly around Buenos Aires drifting from one arcade and record store to the next, indulging in short chats with friends and, more often, setting out onto the streets alone.

Rapado

1992

Rapado poster
6.5

After the theft of his motorcycle, Lucio bums aimlessly around Buenos Aires drifting from one arcade and record store to the next, indulging in short chats with friends and, more often, setting out onto the streets alone.

Rapado

1992

Rapado poster
6.5

After the theft of his motorcycle, Lucio bums aimlessly around Buenos Aires drifting from one arcade and record store to the next, indulging in short chats with friends and, more often, setting out onto the streets alone.

Rapado

1992

Silvia Prieto poster
7.1

After her 27th birthday, Silvia Prieto decides to take charge of her life and make some changes. At the same time, she suddenly finds herself intertwined in the life of another woman who is also named Silvia Prieto.

Silvia Prieto

1999

Silvia Prieto poster
7.1

After her 27th birthday, Silvia Prieto decides to take charge of her life and make some changes. At the same time, she suddenly finds herself intertwined in the life of another woman who is also named Silvia Prieto.

Silvia Prieto

1999

Silvia Prieto poster
7.1

After her 27th birthday, Silvia Prieto decides to take charge of her life and make some changes. At the same time, she suddenly finds herself intertwined in the life of another woman who is also named Silvia Prieto.

Silvia Prieto

1999

Elementary Training for Actors poster
5.0

Sergio is a drama teacher for children. Through his classes we learn something about him and his students. Pain is above fear. Children can only act as children. A child cannot act as a policeman, an old man, a prostitute, for example. The great advantage of a child is that he is the only one who can act as a child naturally. Therefore, their greatest competitors are animals.

Elementary Training for Actors

2009

Elementary Training for Actors poster
5.0

Sergio is a drama teacher for children. Through his classes we learn something about him and his students. Pain is above fear. Children can only act as children. A child cannot act as a policeman, an old man, a prostitute, for example. The great advantage of a child is that he is the only one who can act as a child naturally. Therefore, their greatest competitors are animals.

Elementary Training for Actors

2009

Elementary Training for Actors poster
5.0

Sergio is a drama teacher for children. Through his classes we learn something about him and his students. Pain is above fear. Children can only act as children. A child cannot act as a policeman, an old man, a prostitute, for example. The great advantage of a child is that he is the only one who can act as a child naturally. Therefore, their greatest competitors are animals.

Elementary Training for Actors

2009

The Practice poster
5.9

Dealing with a series of increasingly absurd situations and relationships, recently separated yoga instructors Gustavo and Vanesa are finding it difficult to live apart. Their challenges include meddling mothers, amnesiac students, and burgeoning romances. Step by step, they find their way back to the practice.

The Practice

2024

The Practice poster
5.9

Dealing with a series of increasingly absurd situations and relationships, recently separated yoga instructors Gustavo and Vanesa are finding it difficult to live apart. Their challenges include meddling mothers, amnesiac students, and burgeoning romances. Step by step, they find their way back to the practice.

The Practice

2024

The Practice poster
5.9

Dealing with a series of increasingly absurd situations and relationships, recently separated yoga instructors Gustavo and Vanesa are finding it difficult to live apart. Their challenges include meddling mothers, amnesiac students, and burgeoning romances. Step by step, they find their way back to the practice.

The Practice

2024

Doli Goes Home poster
5.8

An early black-and-white mood piece, Rejtman’s lyrical short film fuses a young couple’s passage into early adulthood with a journey through Buenos Aires in the quietest moments at the very break of day.

Doli Goes Home

1986

Doli Goes Home poster
5.8

An early black-and-white mood piece, Rejtman’s lyrical short film fuses a young couple’s passage into early adulthood with a journey through Buenos Aires in the quietest moments at the very break of day.

Doli Goes Home

1986

Doli Goes Home poster
5.8

An early black-and-white mood piece, Rejtman’s lyrical short film fuses a young couple’s passage into early adulthood with a journey through Buenos Aires in the quietest moments at the very break of day.

Doli Goes Home

1986

The Magic Gloves poster
6.4

This film follows the crisscrossed fortunes of, among others, a rock musician, a flight attendant, a dog walker with an alarming penchant for over-the-counter medication, and a cab driver, who doesn’t really care about his life spiralling out of control, as long as he can sit in his old Renault 12.

The Magic Gloves

2003

The Magic Gloves poster
6.4

This film follows the crisscrossed fortunes of, among others, a rock musician, a flight attendant, a dog walker with an alarming penchant for over-the-counter medication, and a cab driver, who doesn’t really care about his life spiralling out of control, as long as he can sit in his old Renault 12.

The Magic Gloves

2003

The Magic Gloves poster
6.4

This film follows the crisscrossed fortunes of, among others, a rock musician, a flight attendant, a dog walker with an alarming penchant for over-the-counter medication, and a cab driver, who doesn’t really care about his life spiralling out of control, as long as he can sit in his old Renault 12.

The Magic Gloves

2003

Everything Together poster
9.0

Federico León crosses the path of the cinema to tell in Everything together the endless, torn struggles of a couple that never stops separating.

Everything Together

2002

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NR

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Copacabana poster
5.0

The Bolivian community settled in Argentina celebrates over two consecutive Sundays in October the festival of their patron saint: Our Lady of Copacabana. Music and dance groups arrive from all over the country and meet in the Charrúa quarter in Buenos Aires. This celebration is the most important event for Bolivian immigrants and goes beyond folklore and religion to become a vibrant meeting place and bring about the cultural cohesion of traditions deeply-rooted in the collective memory of a people.

Copacabana

2006

Riders poster
7.0

In Argentina, the majority of delivery drivers working for local UberEats clone apps are Venezuelans who have fled the crisis ravaging their country. Filmed during the pandemic in Buenos Aires, Caracas and Colonia Tovar, Riders forcefully immerses us in the gruelling daily lives of those exploited by the platform economy at both ends of South America.

Riders

2024

Riders poster
7.0

In Argentina, the majority of delivery drivers working for local UberEats clone apps are Venezuelans who have fled the crisis ravaging their country. Filmed during the pandemic in Buenos Aires, Caracas and Colonia Tovar, Riders forcefully immerses us in the gruelling daily lives of those exploited by the platform economy at both ends of South America.

Riders

2024

Shakti poster
5.7

Federico, in his mid-20s, lives alone in Buenos Aires. The day his grandmother dies, he decides to part with his girlfriend. He fears hurting her. However, she is laid-back, feisty and not even close to feeling hurt. He begins obsessing over her unexpected reaction—but then he meets someone else.

Shakti

2019

Shakti poster
5.7

Federico, in his mid-20s, lives alone in Buenos Aires. The day his grandmother dies, he decides to part with his girlfriend. He fears hurting her. However, she is laid-back, feisty and not even close to feeling hurt. He begins obsessing over her unexpected reaction—but then he meets someone else.

Shakti

2019

Shakti poster
5.7

Federico, in his mid-20s, lives alone in Buenos Aires. The day his grandmother dies, he decides to part with his girlfriend. He fears hurting her. However, she is laid-back, feisty and not even close to feeling hurt. He begins obsessing over her unexpected reaction—but then he meets someone else.

Shakti

2019

Two Shots Fired poster
5.6

Mariano, 16, inexplicably and without warning, shoots himself twice and improbably survives. Then, life goes on. His brother pursues a romance with a girl working at a fast-food joint, his mother takes off on a trip with a stranger, and Mariano recruits a woman to join his medieval wind ensemble.

Two Shots Fired

2014

Two Shots Fired poster
5.6

Mariano, 16, inexplicably and without warning, shoots himself twice and improbably survives. Then, life goes on. His brother pursues a romance with a girl working at a fast-food joint, his mother takes off on a trip with a stranger, and Mariano recruits a woman to join his medieval wind ensemble.

Two Shots Fired

2014