Adolfo Aristarain

Directing

Adolfo Aristarain

Born

1943-10-19 (83)

Place of birth

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Known for

Directing

Credits

41 titles

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.

Known for

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

A Place in the World poster
7.5

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

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

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

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

Film credits

2000s · 3 titles

1980s · 4 titles

Behind the camera

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

A Place in the World poster
7.5

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
7.5

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
7.5

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

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

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

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

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 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

Discotheque of love poster
6.4

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
6.4

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

Young Sierra, peso pluma poster
2.0

Young Serra , after a boxing match dies falling from the roof of his house. The coach of his opponent that night, and old friend of Young, hire the services of Pepe Carvalho to find the mother of the son of Young so it will not be alone .

Young Sierra, peso pluma

1986

Young Sierra, peso pluma poster
2.0

Young Serra , after a boxing match dies falling from the roof of his house. The coach of his opponent that night, and old friend of Young, hire the services of Pepe Carvalho to find the mother of the son of Young so it will not be alone .

Young Sierra, peso pluma

1986

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

The Frontier Law poster
4.8

Barbara, a journalist in the beginning of the 20th century, searches in the border between Portugal and Galicia a bandit called El Argentino. In her travel she meets two men that say that they belong to his gang.

The Frontier Law

1995

The Frontier Law poster
4.8

Barbara, a journalist in the beginning of the 20th century, searches in the border between Portugal and Galicia a bandit called El Argentino. In her travel she meets two men that say that they belong to his gang.

The Frontier Law

1995

Recién casados poster
NR

Pepe Carvalho is hired to guard the gifts at at wedding.

Recién casados

1986

Recién casados poster
NR

Pepe Carvalho is hired to guard the gifts at at wedding.

Recién casados

1986

La dama inacabada poster
NR

An executive asks Carvalho to obtain photographs of his wife with her lover in order to obtain a divorce. To do so, Carvalho travels to Menorca.

La dama inacabada

1986

La dama inacabada poster
NR

An executive asks Carvalho to obtain photographs of his wife with her lover in order to obtain a divorce. To do so, Carvalho travels to Menorca.

La dama inacabada

1986