Gloria Laso

Acting

Gloria Laso

Born 1947-10-24 · Santiago, Chile

Acting credits

Secret Heart poster
NR

Iván returns to his apartment and finds his wife dead. He wraps her in a blanket, puts her in the suitcase of his car and begins a journey that, far from appeasing his pain, will introduce him to the horror of a blind and secret nightmare.

Secret Heart

2007

B-Happy poster
5.9

A determined teenager must rely on her own wits when her fractured family abandons her.

B-Happy

2004

Ana poster
10.0

Stela, a young Brazilian actress, decides to make a work on the letters exchanged between Latin American plastic artists in the 70s and 80s. She travels to Cuba, Mexico, Argentina and Chile looking for her works and testimonies about the reality they lived during the dictatorships that most of these countries faced at the time. In the midst of the investigation, Stela discovers the existence of Ana, a young Brazilian artist who was part of this world, but disappeared. Ana went from southern Brazil, from a small town in the interior to Buenos Aires. Obsessed by the character, Stela decides to find her and find out what happened to her.

Ana

2020

State of Siege poster
7.2

Assigned to South America, US official Philip Michael Santore is employed by a counterinsurgency agency. His position makes him a target for a local band of guerrillas, and, before long, Santore is kidnapped. As a prisoner, he undergoes interrogation, shedding light on the violent situation in the country. Once the insurgents are done with their questioning, they must decide whether Santore lives or dies.

State of Siege

1972

Gloria poster
6.6

Gloria is a 58-year-old divorcée. Her children have all left home but she has no desire to spend her days and nights alone. Determined to defy old age and loneliness, she rushes headlong into a whirl of singles’ parties on the hunt for instant gratification – which only leads to repeated disappointment and enduring emptiness. But when Gloria meets Rodolfo, an ex-naval officer seven years her senior, she begins to imagine the possibility of a permanent relationship.

Gloria

2013

The Lawless Land poster
5.0

Action-adventure set in a world of the near-future, where young love is forbidden among the lower classes. Nevertheless, one couple defies their police-state world to fight and hold on to whatever love they can find.

The Lawless Land

1988

Caleuche: The Call of the Sea poster
4.8

A young woman who suffers a strange disease must travel to a mysterious island in South America, where myths and reality are one and the same.

Caleuche: The Call of the Sea

2012

Sex Life of Plants poster
3.9

After a head injury makes a dimwit stranger out Barbara's beloved Guille, she ceases to feel desire for him. Nearing 35, and longing for motherhood, she settles with a new partner, while the memory of lost love harrows her.

Sex Life of Plants

2016

Les transplantés poster
7.5

A right-wing family decides to exile themselves to Europe after Salvador Allende's victory during the presidential elections of 1970; only to find themselves losing their comfortable socio-economic status and be subjected to a dramatic proletarianization that will lead them to all kinds of struggles.

Les transplantés

1975

The Frontier poster
6.1

A Chilean teacher, Ramiro, is sentenced to internal exile in a southern town where tidal waves often appear. He falls for a woman, Maite, whose father asks him to take her away. Although he gets his freedom he doesn't leave and when the water rises, Maite and her father die, and Ramiro flees to the hills.

The Frontier

1991

The Compass Rose poster
4.6

Exiled Chilean director Patricio Guzmán filmed in Cuba and in Venezuela to create this controversial statement on the creation and survival of Latin American culture from the late-15th century to the present. For some viewers, the film will be superficially symbolic and rhetorical, for others, it will be a strong and personal vision of several centuries of history.

The Compass Rose

1983

Dear Comrades poster
9.0

Directed by Pablo de la Barra, Queridos compañeros (1977) is a Chilean-Venezuelan political drama that delves into the fervent revolutionary movements of the late 1960s. The film follows a group of young radical leftists that struggle to change the Chilean political status quo. The production of Queridos compañeros faced significant challenges, since filming started in 1973 but was abruptly halted due to the military coup in Chile that year. Director Pablo de la Barra managed to save the film's footage but lost the original audio tracks. In exile in Venezuela, he reconstructed the sound with the help of the original actors, completing the film in 1977. The film offers a poignant reflection on the aspirations and struggles of a generation striving for systemic change, providing insight into the political dynamics of Chile during a tumultuous period.

Dear Comrades

1977

Angels poster
7.0

A group of college students gradually disappear, with no explanation.

Angels

1990

No artwork available
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Gracia y el Forastero

1974

No artwork available
8.0

Three women get locked in the bathroom of an airport. This confinement becomes some sort of therapy that reveals the truth of each one of them.

Baño de mujeres

2005

Behind the camera