Rodrigo Triana

Directing

Rodrigo Triana

Rodrigo Triana Montaña is a Colombian screenwriter and film and television director.

Acting credits

Behind the camera

A Ton of Luck poster
7.4

The story, based on true events occurred in Colombia en May 2003, tells the dreams and adventures of Porras, Venegas, Lloreda and Perlaza, four of the 147 soldiers that were in a company of the anti-guerrilla "Destroyer" battalion. It begun when these soldiers found in the middle of the jungle, during a rescue mission, 46 million dollars inside a FARC "guaca". Instead of give it to the Government, they take it all for themselves instead. They desperate when realize that they're completely isolated because the bridge, the only way to return to civilization, has been blown up. Everything's ironic, almost surreal: These soldiers don't have food, water, or toilet paper, but they sleep on their dollar-ful bags. This discovery will change their lives forever, and will allow them to have everything they've dreamt about: some authority, power and respect, others help their families and have a no-longer poor life. Their big challenge: return to civilization and make their dreams come true.

A Ton of Luck

2006

La mano de Dios poster
NR

It's 1986. A Colombian woman arrives at Ezeiza Airport and gets into a taxi. The World Cup is underway, and Argentina is facing England. The Falklands War is fresh in the collective memory. The taxi driver is listening to the match on the radio: Maradona scores the legendary "Hand of God" goal, and four minutes later, the "Goal of the Century."

La mano de Dios

2014

La mano de Dios poster
NR

It's 1986. A Colombian woman arrives at Ezeiza Airport and gets into a taxi. The World Cup is underway, and Argentina is facing England. The Falklands War is fresh in the collective memory. The taxi driver is listening to the match on the radio: Maradona scores the legendary "Hand of God" goal, and four minutes later, the "Goal of the Century."

La mano de Dios

2014

Penalty Kick poster
5.3

How far does a soccer fan goes for his beloved national team? Mariano Cárdenas will risk his job, wife and family to support his soccer team during the World Cup qualifiers.

Penalty Kick

2018

The Reality poster
6.9

The story of an upperclass guy that finds himself singing popular music in a reality show against his friends and family's endorsement.

The Reality

2018

How to Succeed at Losing poster
7.9

Miguel, a successful man, ends up in jail, unjustly accused of money laundering. His sentence completed, with empty pockets and nowhere to go, Miguel returns to his old neighborhood. There, he encounters his childhood friends, who continue playing futsal, never winning a match. Miguel decides to coach them, leading them to victory. On the way, he discovers the unexpected consequences of success.

How to Succeed at Losing

2023

The Trip 6 poster
6.8

Unwilling to let his daughter attend a high school trip unsupervised, a protective father and his charismatic mother-in-law show up to crash the party.

The Trip 6

2021

El Yuppie Y El Guiso poster
6.7

A fun story that combines comedy, drama and romance with a plot raising several reflections on social prejudices, appearances and class differences.

El Yuppie Y El Guiso

2023

A Game of Cat and Mouse poster
8.1

The neighborhood La Estrella, in Bogotá, is inhabited by families displaced by the violence. Before the event which is the arrival of the electric light, that night there is a celebration. Cristancho and Brochero families, neighbors, friends and leaders of La Estrella, will be involved in a series of incidents and jokes.

A Game of Cat and Mouse

2002