Acting
Raúl Rizzo
Born
1948-06-18 (78)
Place of birth
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Known for
Acting
Credits
31 titles
Known for
6.0Anthology series, in which every episode introduces fictionalized versions of real cases about women who, for different reasons, ended up committing murder.
Killer Women
2005
8.7A small team of con artists for hire use their skills to solve common people's life problems.
Los simuladores
2002
6.5No synopsis available yet.
Atreverse
1990
5.0An idealistic man unknown to the townspeople is accused of murder. To avenge his name he pretends to be the priest and discovers a story full of betrayals and misery.
Padre Coraje
2004
2.0Gina Falcone and Marcelo Ricciardi are in love; however, fate—and her brother, who disapproves of the union—ultimately tear them apart. Unaware that Gina is carrying his child, Marcelo enters into a marriage arranged by his father to a woman named Elsa. While in hiding at a convent, Gina gives birth to a daughter and names her Fiamma. However, the Mother Superior suggests she hand the child over to the father, and Gina, in the throes of a feverish delirium, agrees. Marcelo marries, and after recovering from pneumonia, Gina retreats to another convent, where she takes her vows and assumes the name Sister Piedad. Years later, Gina learns the whereabouts of her daughter and of Marcelo—now a widower with another daughter named Virginia. She then becomes "The Strange Lady" (*La Extraña Dama*), a mysterious woman who, at the end of each day, sheds her habit to visit her daughter and the man she has never stopped loving.
The Strange Lady
1989
1.3Amas de Casa Desesperadas is an Argentine television series, that debuted on Canal 13 on August 30, 2006. Set in the fictional Manzanares Street, a suburb surrounding Buenos Aires, the series follows the lives of four housewives and the domestic problems and daily mysteries surrounding their husbands, friends and neighbors, which can be more sinister than they appear. The series' tone combines elements of drama, comedy, mystery, farce, soap opera and satire. Based on the American television series, Desperate Housewives, it was developed for Argentina by Buena Vista International and Pol-Ka Producciones. The show’s first season was broadcast by Canal 13 on Argentina, and also by other networks on Uruguay and Paraguay. On October 2006, Canal 13 renewed Amas de Casa Desesperadas for a second season, that will start filming on August 2007.
Amas de casa desesperadas
2006
Film credits
2010s · 2 titles
NRArgentine dictatorship, 1978. About to have a child, Ernesto moves in with his girlfriend Paloma. What he doesn't know is that the military is looking for them. When they are arrested, they are taken to a clandestine prison. Once there, Paloma dies in childbirth, and Ernesto is tortured to death. In 2010, Alejandro, Ernesto's priest brother, thinks he recognizes the couple's daughter, Natalia. After contacting his niece, she must decide whether to accept his true identity or the one imposed on her for 30 years.
El abismo… todavía estamos
2011
6.0Unit 9 was the prison where the brutal military dictatorship held thousands of political prisoners, separating their leaders into two Death Rows, only to murder them without trial. Not only would the prisoners be murdered by the army, but their families as well. The struggle for life and dignity was renewed every day, and will, ingenuity, and humor were weapons of resistance.
Condenados
2013
1980s · 6 titles
6.7Film based on the real case of the sinking of the cazatorpedera "La Rosales", Navy Argentina, occurred in 1892 on the coast of Uruguay. In that event only saved from death the captain and the officers, raising more suspicions.
The Rosales
1984
5.2A reporter becomes involved with a band of terrorists hiding in the mountains between Peru and Bolivia.
Les longs manteaux
1986
4.0Laurita, a 40-year-old woman, accepts taboos of all kinds. In the search for an identity, she goes from one man to another, from the present to the past, from fantasy to reality. However, there is a tension that grows and grows, until it culminates in a surprise. Her memory goes back to review her loves and the different stages of her life: adolescence, her transgressing role and her fight against her own prejudices.
Los amores de Laurita
1986
8.0Upon turning 55, Pepe, a bank manager, feels bored with his life. He abandons his family, quits his job, takes a woman younger than him as a lover, and becomes associated with a moneylender.
El año del conejo
1987
6.7A small revolution breaks out in a small Argentine town, as one group of Peronists calls they newly elected peronist a communist. The newly elected official enlists the aid of allies ranging from the town drunk to young peronists to help hold his post. What follows is a slapstick war with a serious message.
Funny Dirty Little War
1983
8.3At an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, a single mother tells the story of how alcoholism destroyed her personal and professional life.
From the Abyss
1980
1970s · 2 titles
6.5Leonor Capulletti and Quique Monteschi, fanatics of the same club, love each other in a passionate as well as conflictive courtship, because their respective families are allied in opposing and irreconcilable factions.
Love's Successes
1979
8.3There is everything in this hospital, a good doctor, one who only wants money, one with sexual perversions and the director who hides everything.
The Doctors
1978
Undated · 1 titles
Series credits
6.0Anthology series, in which every episode introduces fictionalized versions of real cases about women who, for different reasons, ended up committing murder.
Killer Women
2005
8.7A small team of con artists for hire use their skills to solve common people's life problems.
Los simuladores
2002
6.5No synopsis available yet.
Atreverse
1990
5.0An idealistic man unknown to the townspeople is accused of murder. To avenge his name he pretends to be the priest and discovers a story full of betrayals and misery.
Padre Coraje
2004
2.0Gina Falcone and Marcelo Ricciardi are in love; however, fate—and her brother, who disapproves of the union—ultimately tear them apart. Unaware that Gina is carrying his child, Marcelo enters into a marriage arranged by his father to a woman named Elsa. While in hiding at a convent, Gina gives birth to a daughter and names her Fiamma. However, the Mother Superior suggests she hand the child over to the father, and Gina, in the throes of a feverish delirium, agrees. Marcelo marries, and after recovering from pneumonia, Gina retreats to another convent, where she takes her vows and assumes the name Sister Piedad. Years later, Gina learns the whereabouts of her daughter and of Marcelo—now a widower with another daughter named Virginia. She then becomes "The Strange Lady" (*La Extraña Dama*), a mysterious woman who, at the end of each day, sheds her habit to visit her daughter and the man she has never stopped loving.
The Strange Lady
1989
1.3Amas de Casa Desesperadas is an Argentine television series, that debuted on Canal 13 on August 30, 2006. Set in the fictional Manzanares Street, a suburb surrounding Buenos Aires, the series follows the lives of four housewives and the domestic problems and daily mysteries surrounding their husbands, friends and neighbors, which can be more sinister than they appear. The series' tone combines elements of drama, comedy, mystery, farce, soap opera and satire. Based on the American television series, Desperate Housewives, it was developed for Argentina by Buena Vista International and Pol-Ka Producciones. The show’s first season was broadcast by Canal 13 on Argentina, and also by other networks on Uruguay and Paraguay. On October 2006, Canal 13 renewed Amas de Casa Desesperadas for a second season, that will start filming on August 2007.
Amas de casa desesperadas
2006
6.0No synopsis available yet.
Al Límite
2006
6.2No synopsis available yet.
R.R.D.T.
1997
No synopsis available yet.
Santos y pecadores
2013
No synopsis available yet.
Santos y pecadores
2013
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Primicias
2000
NRTime to Think proposes to address the problem of gender violence, questioning stereotypes and the ways in which women are represented in the media. Each episode poses a conflict that runs through the daily life of a woman and her environment. With a mixture of drama, romantic comedy, and humor, it addresses a socio-emotional conflict that runs through a woman's life, faced with situations that intersect opposite feelings.
Tiempo de pensar
2011
7.0No synopsis available yet.
El buen retiro
—
No synopsis available yet.
Don Juan y su bella dama
2008
The story takes place in the Sicily of the 30s and its protagonists, Giuliana (Luisa Kuliok) and Luca (Osvaldo Laport), are seen intermingled in the games of the mafia and local power.
Cosecharás tu siembra
1991
7.0No synopsis available yet.
El hombre
1999
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Sheik
1995