Adolfo Aristarain

Directing

Adolfo Aristarain

Born 1943-10-19 · Buenos Aires, Argentina

Adolfo Aristarain (1943-2026) was an Argentine film director and screenwriter. He will be remembered for his thriller political films during Argentina's last dictatorship. He was also the A.D for some Argentine films from the 60s and European co-productions from the 70s.

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7.0

Documentary that gathers the testimonies of more than twenty contemporary Argentine film directors. Through interviews, filmmakers from different generations and tendencies reflect on the craft of directing, creative difficulties, and the challenges of the local industry. The diversity of voices ranges from established figures to representatives of the new Argentine cinema, offering a panorama of the different ways of conceiving and practicing filmmaking.

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2005

Martin (Hache) poster
7.5

After having a nearly fatal drug overdose, 19-year-old Argentine Martin is sent to Madrid, where his film director father lives with his new, younger lover, Alicia, and his bisexual actor friend, Dante.

Martin (Hache)

1997

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NR

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El maravilloso mundo de Carlitos

2009

Last Days of the Victim poster
7.4

Mendizábal, a hit man, its ordered by his anonymous clients to murder a man. But in the precise and obsessive persecution, he will discover that he is only part of a game that doesn't belong to him, a web at the service of greater interests.

Last Days of the Victim

1982

The Stranger poster
6.2

Bonnie Bedilia stars in this psychological thriller about a woman who witnesses a murder and then flees. During her escape, she has a car accident. She becomes an amnesia victim and although, she doesn't know her own identity, is able to describe the murder, but doesn't remember where it occurred or who was involved.

The Stranger

1987

Discotheque of love poster
6.5

Music execs find out their songs are being pirated, so a detective and his assistant are hired to catch the culprits.

Discotheque of love

1980

The Beach of Love poster
5.9

A young man is forcibly taken to a beach by his brother and a friend to make him forget his girlfriend.

The Beach of Love

1980

Dar la cara poster
6.7

Three boys from very different backgrounds who have just finished their military service must face the complex social reality of Argentina.

Dar la cara

1962

Behind the camera

Roma poster
6.5

Joaquín Góñez, a novelist in his sixties recalls his emotions, his wild years in Buenos Aires, the memories of old friends, the meaning of loyalty and the intimate relationship with his mother, Roma.

Roma

2004

Roma poster
6.5

Joaquín Góñez, a novelist in his sixties recalls his emotions, his wild years in Buenos Aires, the memories of old friends, the meaning of loyalty and the intimate relationship with his mother, Roma.

Roma

2004

Martin (Hache) poster
7.5

After having a nearly fatal drug overdose, 19-year-old Argentine Martin is sent to Madrid, where his film director father lives with his new, younger lover, Alicia, and his bisexual actor friend, Dante.

Martin (Hache)

1997

Martin (Hache) poster
7.5

After having a nearly fatal drug overdose, 19-year-old Argentine Martin is sent to Madrid, where his film director father lives with his new, younger lover, Alicia, and his bisexual actor friend, Dante.

Martin (Hache)

1997

Martin (Hache) poster
7.5

After having a nearly fatal drug overdose, 19-year-old Argentine Martin is sent to Madrid, where his film director father lives with his new, younger lover, Alicia, and his bisexual actor friend, Dante.

Martin (Hache)

1997

Pigmalión poster
NR

Pepe Carvalho receives a call from an ex-lover in distress.

Pigmalión

1986

Pigmalión poster
NR

Pepe Carvalho receives a call from an ex-lover in distress.

Pigmalión

1986

Time for Revenge poster
7.5

Two coworkers decide to blackmail the corrupt demolition company they work for by setting up a fake accident.

Time for Revenge

1981

Time for Revenge poster
7.5

Two coworkers decide to blackmail the corrupt demolition company they work for by setting up a fake accident.

Time for Revenge

1981

Last Days of the Victim poster
7.4

Mendizábal, a hit man, its ordered by his anonymous clients to murder a man. But in the precise and obsessive persecution, he will discover that he is only part of a game that doesn't belong to him, a web at the service of greater interests.

Last Days of the Victim

1982

Last Days of the Victim poster
7.4

Mendizábal, a hit man, its ordered by his anonymous clients to murder a man. But in the precise and obsessive persecution, he will discover that he is only part of a game that doesn't belong to him, a web at the service of greater interests.

Last Days of the Victim

1982

The Stranger poster
6.2

Bonnie Bedilia stars in this psychological thriller about a woman who witnesses a murder and then flees. During her escape, she has a car accident. She becomes an amnesia victim and although, she doesn't know her own identity, is able to describe the murder, but doesn't remember where it occurred or who was involved.

The Stranger

1987

Common Ground poster
7.8

In Buenos Aires, a few days before traveling to Spain with his beloved wife Liliana Rovira to visit their son Pedro, the leftist Literature professor Fernando Robles is compulsory retired in the University, and he concludes that it is impossible to live with his pension. The crisis in Argentina does not allow Fernando to get a new job, and his wife decides to sell her family's apartment and move to a small farm near Villa Dolores to reduce their expenses. Fernando comes up with the idea to grow lavender and sell the oil to the perfume industry.

Common Ground

2002

Common Ground poster
7.8

In Buenos Aires, a few days before traveling to Spain with his beloved wife Liliana Rovira to visit their son Pedro, the leftist Literature professor Fernando Robles is compulsory retired in the University, and he concludes that it is impossible to live with his pension. The crisis in Argentina does not allow Fernando to get a new job, and his wife decides to sell her family's apartment and move to a small farm near Villa Dolores to reduce their expenses. Fernando comes up with the idea to grow lavender and sell the oil to the perfume industry.

Common Ground

2002

Common Ground poster
7.8

In Buenos Aires, a few days before traveling to Spain with his beloved wife Liliana Rovira to visit their son Pedro, the leftist Literature professor Fernando Robles is compulsory retired in the University, and he concludes that it is impossible to live with his pension. The crisis in Argentina does not allow Fernando to get a new job, and his wife decides to sell her family's apartment and move to a small farm near Villa Dolores to reduce their expenses. Fernando comes up with the idea to grow lavender and sell the oil to the perfume industry.

Common Ground

2002

A Place in the World poster
7.4

Mario 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

A Place in the World poster
7.4

Mario 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

A Place in the World poster
7.4

Mario 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

The Lion's Share poster
6.6

Story of a ordinary human being who, by chance, take possession of the money that was stolen from a bank, thinking that will solve all his problems.

The Lion's Share

1978

The Lion's Share poster
6.6

Story of a ordinary human being who, by chance, take possession of the money that was stolen from a bank, thinking that will solve all his problems.

The Lion's Share

1978

Discotheque of love poster
6.5

Music execs find out their songs are being pirated, so a detective and his assistant are hired to catch the culprits.

Discotheque of love

1980

Discotheque of love poster
6.5

Music execs find out their songs are being pirated, so a detective and his assistant are hired to catch the culprits.

Discotheque of love

1980

The Beach of Love poster
5.9

A young man is forcibly taken to a beach by his brother and a friend to make him forget his girlfriend.

The Beach of Love

1980

The Beach of Love poster
5.9

A young man is forcibly taken to a beach by his brother and a friend to make him forget his girlfriend.

The Beach of Love

1980