Fernando Guzzoni

Directing

Fernando Guzzoni

Born

1983-07-30 (43)

Place of birth

Santiago, Chile

Known for

Directing

Credits

13 titles

Fernando Guzzoni is a film director, screenwriter and producer. In 2008 with only 24 years he released the documentary La Colorina (2008) based on the poet Stella Díaz Varín, supported by the Fondo de Fomento Audiovisual de Chile. With this documentary he won the award for Best Film at the Trieste Film Festival and the award for Best Director at SANFIC. During 2010 Guzzoni was one of the six beneficiaries among 180 applicants for the Cannes Film Festival's Cinefondation Residence, where he obtained an important grant given by the Festival to write the script of his first feature film Carne de perro (2012) in Paris. This film was screened at the San Sebastian International Film Festival a…

Known for

Dry Martina poster
5.8

Martina was a famous singer in Argentina during the late 90s, who's become completely frigid and disenchanted with love. The arrival of a so-called sister, alongside her attractive boyfriend, compel Martina to go to Chile with one objective in mind: getting back her libido.

Dry Martina

2018

Jesus poster
6.2

18-year-old Jesús lives with his stern, somewhat unaffectionate father in Santiago, Chile. When not doing drugs, having casual sex or simply slouching in front of the TV, Jesús and his friends perform in a K-pop boyband. But his routine is thrown into chaos one evening when he and his drunken posse viciously assault a young gay man and leave him for dead. It’s an act that propels Jesús into a profound moral crisis which have severe consequences.

Jesus

2016

La colorina poster
NR

Portrait of the Chilean poet Stella Díaz Varín (1926 -2006), who was called “La colorina” because of her red hair. Anarchist, communist, agitator, boxer, grandmother, alcoholic — the first punk in history, as it were. Based on accounts of fellow-travelers.

La colorina

2008

No artwork available
NR

In 1850, Elías and Francisco—one, a powerful slave-owning businessman haunted by sinister nightmares of a dark past; the other, a controversial abolitionist—are trapped in a spiral of corruption, betrayal and death as Guzzoni’s drama broaches Chile’s little-known history of enslavement.

Land of the Savages

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Dog Flesh poster
5.0

Alejandro, a solitary, fragile and unpredictable man is crushed by the hostility of his mysterious past.

Dog Flesh

2013

Blanquita poster
6.3

Blanca, an 18-year-old foster home resident, is the key witness in a scandal involving kids, politicians and rich men taking part in sex parties. Yet, the more questions are asked, the less clear it becomes what Blanca’s role in the scandal exactly is.

Blanquita

2023

Film credits

Behind the camera

Jesus poster
6.2

18-year-old Jesús lives with his stern, somewhat unaffectionate father in Santiago, Chile. When not doing drugs, having casual sex or simply slouching in front of the TV, Jesús and his friends perform in a K-pop boyband. But his routine is thrown into chaos one evening when he and his drunken posse viciously assault a young gay man and leave him for dead. It’s an act that propels Jesús into a profound moral crisis which have severe consequences.

Jesus

2016

Jesus poster
6.2

18-year-old Jesús lives with his stern, somewhat unaffectionate father in Santiago, Chile. When not doing drugs, having casual sex or simply slouching in front of the TV, Jesús and his friends perform in a K-pop boyband. But his routine is thrown into chaos one evening when he and his drunken posse viciously assault a young gay man and leave him for dead. It’s an act that propels Jesús into a profound moral crisis which have severe consequences.

Jesus

2016

La colorina poster
NR

Portrait of the Chilean poet Stella Díaz Varín (1926 -2006), who was called “La colorina” because of her red hair. Anarchist, communist, agitator, boxer, grandmother, alcoholic — the first punk in history, as it were. Based on accounts of fellow-travelers.

La colorina

2008

La colorina poster
NR

Portrait of the Chilean poet Stella Díaz Varín (1926 -2006), who was called “La colorina” because of her red hair. Anarchist, communist, agitator, boxer, grandmother, alcoholic — the first punk in history, as it were. Based on accounts of fellow-travelers.

La colorina

2008

No artwork available
NR

In 1850, Elías and Francisco—one, a powerful slave-owning businessman haunted by sinister nightmares of a dark past; the other, a controversial abolitionist—are trapped in a spiral of corruption, betrayal and death as Guzzoni’s drama broaches Chile’s little-known history of enslavement.

Land of the Savages

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No artwork available
NR

In 1850, Elías and Francisco—one, a powerful slave-owning businessman haunted by sinister nightmares of a dark past; the other, a controversial abolitionist—are trapped in a spiral of corruption, betrayal and death as Guzzoni’s drama broaches Chile’s little-known history of enslavement.

Land of the Savages

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Dog Flesh poster
5.0

Alejandro, a solitary, fragile and unpredictable man is crushed by the hostility of his mysterious past.

Dog Flesh

2013

Dog Flesh poster
5.0

Alejandro, a solitary, fragile and unpredictable man is crushed by the hostility of his mysterious past.

Dog Flesh

2013

Blanquita poster
6.3

Blanca, an 18-year-old foster home resident, is the key witness in a scandal involving kids, politicians and rich men taking part in sex parties. Yet, the more questions are asked, the less clear it becomes what Blanca’s role in the scandal exactly is.

Blanquita

2023

Blanquita poster
6.3

Blanca, an 18-year-old foster home resident, is the key witness in a scandal involving kids, politicians and rich men taking part in sex parties. Yet, the more questions are asked, the less clear it becomes what Blanca’s role in the scandal exactly is.

Blanquita

2023

No artwork available
NR

After accidentally killing a young hitman in the street, Beatriz, a middle-class woman in her late 30s, finds herself caught in a delirious journey where the boundaries between reality and the virtual world begin to blur.

People Still Die of Love

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No artwork available
NR

After accidentally killing a young hitman in the street, Beatriz, a middle-class woman in her late 30s, finds herself caught in a delirious journey where the boundaries between reality and the virtual world begin to blur.

People Still Die of Love

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