Juan Manuel Ochoa

Acting

Juan Manuel Ochoa

Born 1958-02-13 · Lima, Peru

Acting credits

Watchdog poster
5.6

“Dog,” an ex-militiaman granted amnesty by the government, is now an assassin for hire. One of his missions leads him to a Christian church where he meets Milagros, an adolescent towards whom he feels a strange attraction. Among prayers, tears, and assassinations, the voice of the temple’s apostle prompts Dog to question his own raison d’être. His gun is on the verge of becoming a sword of God

Watchdog

2014

Black Butterfly poster
5.4

A Peruvian schoolteacher conspires with a journalist to assassinate the official responsible for her fiancé's murder.

Black Butterfly

2006

Pueblo Viejo poster
4.3

"Pueblo Viejo" is a place where abuse and revenge make us look at the power structures of those who inhabit it. Two brothers will fight to change this imposed system.

Pueblo Viejo

2015

Peloteros poster
1.0

It narrates the adventures of a group of teenagers during the 90's in a populous neighborhood of Lima. These teenagers enter their team in an organized league to play, so they scheme to come up with the money for their equipment and uniforms. As they share their greatest moments as soccer players, they'll also have difficulties in their path.

Peloteros

2006

Los Santos poster
NR

A young couple embarks on a road trip to an exclusive beach town south of Lima, where they've been invited to a party at a luxurious beach house. However, the night takes a terrifying turn when they get lost and are ambushed by a group of savage locals who attack them without provocation. As they struggle to escape, they realize their nightmare isn't over: an ominous figure leading a pack of ravenous dogs joins the hunt, turning their trip into a living hell.

Los Santos

2006

El Luchador poster
NR

Short film based on the short story "The Battler" by Ernest Hemingway.

El Luchador

2007

La deuda poster
NR

To pay off a debt, Ramiro (40), a math teacher, moves to a run-down neighborhood. There, he's presented with the chance to make easy money, and seizing this opportunity, he plunges into an unfamiliar world where his principles and ideals will be put to the test.

La deuda

2017

Confianza poster
NR

It's 1943. Santiago, a young mathematician, travels through the Peruvian desert with an aging supporter of Nazi ideology and a driver with a sordid past. An unusual journey that will change his perspective on life.

Confianza

2002

El Pez Gordo poster
NR

A criminal organization faces a problem when one of its lowest range employees loses an important envelope that his boss gave him to deliver. While they look for a solution, the problem gets to higher levels of the organization, until it gets to the biggest boss in the mob; The biggest Fish.

El Pez Gordo

2013

The Biggest Robbery Ever Told poster
5.9

Lucas Santos, named El Santo is petty thief going continuously in and out of jail. Tired of small thefts, he aims to strike a blow that makes him famous and become the star of all media. His wife Lucia, a comprehensive and sweet woman, while awaiting the return of her husband, works as a stripper at a nightclub. Finally, Lucas gathers a band of petty thieves and decides to steal, from the National Museum of Art Reina Sofía, its most valuable painting: Picasso's Guernica.

The Biggest Robbery Ever Told

2002

Muerte en los Andes poster
NR

A foreign producer hires a psychotic rock band member to make a gore film. Through a website, he recruits a group of local and foreign explorers who embark on a journey to the stone forest of Cerro de Pasco. Once there, something unexpected will happen.

Muerte en los Andes

2015

El Enigma de Santos poster
NR

Santos, a former soldier who fought and killed insurgents, is traumatized by his past. At night, he hallucinates that he is being pursued by the ghosts of his victims. He is searching for his daughter to take her to the jungle to start a new life.

El Enigma de Santos

1992

Ojos que sí ven: El cine de Lombardi poster
NR

Documentary that reviews the filmography of Francisco Lombardi.

Ojos que sí ven: El cine de Lombardi

2003

The City and the Dogs poster
7.8

Four angry cadets have formed an inner circle in an attempt to beat the system and ward off the boredom and stifling confinement of the military academy, set off a chain of events that starts with a theft and leads to murder.

The City and the Dogs

1985

No artwork available
NR

A friendship born from loneliness between a teenage boxer and a gay hairdresser.

Danny

1992

La fuga del Chacal poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

La fuga del Chacal

1987

Alias 'La Gringa' poster
6.4

This powerful political drama follows the adventures and escapades of "La Gringa", a likeable criminal capable of escaping from any jail. When he escapes from one with the help of an imprisoned intellectual, "La Gringa", returns in disguise to help pay back the favor but finds himself caught in a prison riot.

Alias 'La Gringa'

1991

¡Asu Mare! poster
6.7

Follows the adventures of Carlos Alcántara on his way to fame from his childhood in the "Unidad Vecinal Mirones".

¡Asu Mare!

2013

Gloria del Pacífico poster
9.0

A bedridden war veteran relives his experiences endured in the battles of Tacna and Arica between Chile and Peru, revealing untold secrets and mysteries that history never told.

Gloria del Pacífico

2014

Al filo de la ley poster
4.7

They betrayed the mafia, to live they changed their identities, today after 20 years they are back as police undercover in the most dangerous Peruvian drug cartel.

Al filo de la ley

2015