Abel Ayala

Acting

Abel Ayala

Born 1988-08-29 · La Plata, Argentina

Abel Ayala (La Plata, born August 29, 1988) is an Argentine theatre, film, and television actor.

Acting credits

El Polaquito poster
6.8

At age 13, a street kid known as "El Polaquito" makes his living mostly by singing tangos on Buenos Aires commuter trains. He falls in love with a 16 year old prostitute, also working for the Mafia controlling child exploitation in one of Argentina's busiest train stations. He tries to rescue her from this cruel life with no future. But to do so, he must confront the ruthless adult gang leaders, as well as the young kids who protect them, believing that this Mafia is truly their only option.

El Polaquito

2003

They Shot the Piano Player poster
6.5

New York, 2010. Jeff Harris, a music journalist, sets out to uncover the truth about Francisco Tenório Júnior, a young Brazilian samba-jazz pianist who disappeared in Buenos Aires on March 18, 1976.

They Shot the Piano Player

2023

Intuition poster
6.2

Police officer Pipa works on her first big case while simultaneously investigating her boss, who is suspected of murder. The prequel to "Perdida".

Intuition

2020

Lejos de casa poster
6.7

Florencia was raised with an absent mother and a father who rebuilt his life. Endure that reality with drugs and alcohol. Faced with her extreme behavior, her father sends her to her mother's house, where he will jeopardize his bond with her, but she will also meet Sebastián.

Lejos de casa

2020

The Dancer and the Thief poster
5.6

Present day. Chile. Legendary bank robber Vergara Grey is getting out of prison after 5 long years and is looking forward to a quiet, uneventful life together with his wife and son whom oddly he hasn't heard from in years. But soon his resolve is tested when he meets 19 year old Angel a young thief who insists the two join up to score the biggest heist of all time. Though tempted, he resists until he finds out that his beloved wife has gone off with a millionaire and his son wants to change his last name. Then Victoria, a graceful and mysteriously mute dancer living in a conservatory, steps into the picture. She captivates Vergara and Angel, as well as all others that cross her path, drastically changing their lives.

The Dancer and the Thief

2009

Short Stories 5 poster
5.0

The annual short film competition for directors organized and produced by the INCAA presents ten new works.

Short Stories 5

2009

Francis: Pray for Me poster
6.7

A look at the life of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, form his early childhood days in Argentina to his becoming Pope Francis.

Francis: Pray for Me

2015

Pibe's poster
NR

Pato, a young man from the Buenos Aires suburbs, decides with his friends to carry out a robbery and for this purpose rents weapons from some acquaintances in the neighborhood; But things don't go as expected and everything comes to a tragic end.

Pibe's

2009

That's Not Cheating poster
5.8

Mateo and Camila, a couple that allow each other being unfaithful with a unreachable someone chosen by each.

That's Not Cheating

2016

Hermanas poster
5.9

Argentinian sisters Elena and Natalia, who were separated, meet again in Texas in 1984.

Hermanas

2005

Maradona, the Hand of God poster
5.8

Dramatizing of the many shocking highs and lows of Argentine soccer hero Diego Maradona, an extraordinary athlete and arguably the greatest player in the history of the sport.

Maradona, the Hand of God

2007

La de Messi poster
6.0

Lautaro (11 years old) and José (6) learned to find, in what others throw away, the daily sustenance their family needs. Lautaro protects his little brother from a situation that is suspected to be violent between his parents. The next day, José discovers a message in his World Cup figurine album. Messi's, his favorite, no longer looks like before. Neither did his family.

La de Messi

2017

The Mudboy poster
5.8

Police try to hunt down a serial killer in 1912 Buenos Aires.

The Mudboy

2007

Scream at Night poster
8.0

It tells the story of several girls who in one day are going to have a bad, very bad time. A La Plata school as the omnipresent scene in the seven protagonist women.

Scream at Night

2005

Algo con una mujer poster
5.0

It’s 1955. Rosa a skillful seamstress becomes the only witness of a murder. In a time of political tension in Argentina, the crime’s investigation will trigger the final resolution of the conflict and sealed Rosa’s destiny for good. A typical crime film with the exception that the detective is a housewife.

Algo con una mujer

2020

El grito en la sangre poster
6.7

Somewhere in the interior of Argentina, popular belief holds that when a man dies a victim of betrayal, he must be avenged by his firstborn.

El grito en la sangre

2014