Writing

Giovanna Pollarolo

Known for

Writing

Credits

13 titles

Known for

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

Fallen from Heaven poster
6.0

An ambitious black comedy that tells three loosely related stories: a couple of elderly landowners, laid low by economic conditions and reformist politics, are trying to gather enough money to build themselves a marble tomb that would keep their remains in the style to which they still aspire; they give their now blind former housekeeper a pig that proves to be more trouble than it's worth as the effort to fatten it up destroys what little family the woman has; and one of the couple's tenants, who is presenter of a relentlessly optimistic radio self-help show, tries to put his own counsel into effect when he saves a young woman from suicide.

Fallen from Heaven

1990

Captain Pantoja and the Special Services poster
7.2

The Peruvian army captain Pantaleon Pantoja, a very serious and efficient officer, is chosen by his superiors to set up a special service of 'visitors' to satisfy the sexual needs of the soldiers posted on remote jungle outposts.

Captain Pantoja and the Special Services

1999

No artwork available
NR

The Chamber Theatre group and their performance of the Greek classic Medea, directed by Alfonso Santistevan. The challenges of producing theatre in Peru.

Medea, una puesta en escena

1983

The Mouth of the Wolf poster
7.3

The military anti-terrorist army takes control of "Chuspi", an unknown and faraway small village, isolated by the terrorist group "Sendero Luminoso" (Shining Path). A soldier called Vitin Luna, and other young soldiers face an invisible, perhaps superior force. Their unit is commanded by a brutal lieutenant who declares the entire village guilty of treason. In the face of this crisis, Vitin must choose between blind obedience and his own conscience.

The Mouth of the Wolf

1988

City of M poster
4.8

After exhausting all legal channels in his search for a job, "M" struggles with the decision of whether or not to enter a life of crime by helping his friends deliver drugs to Miami.

City of M

2000

Behind the camera

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

Fallen from Heaven poster
6.0

An ambitious black comedy that tells three loosely related stories: a couple of elderly landowners, laid low by economic conditions and reformist politics, are trying to gather enough money to build themselves a marble tomb that would keep their remains in the style to which they still aspire; they give their now blind former housekeeper a pig that proves to be more trouble than it's worth as the effort to fatten it up destroys what little family the woman has; and one of the couple's tenants, who is presenter of a relentlessly optimistic radio self-help show, tries to put his own counsel into effect when he saves a young woman from suicide.

Fallen from Heaven

1990

Captain Pantoja and the Special Services poster
7.2

The Peruvian army captain Pantaleon Pantoja, a very serious and efficient officer, is chosen by his superiors to set up a special service of 'visitors' to satisfy the sexual needs of the soldiers posted on remote jungle outposts.

Captain Pantoja and the Special Services

1999

No artwork available
NR

The Chamber Theatre group and their performance of the Greek classic Medea, directed by Alfonso Santistevan. The challenges of producing theatre in Peru.

Medea, una puesta en escena

1983

The Mouth of the Wolf poster
7.3

The military anti-terrorist army takes control of "Chuspi", an unknown and faraway small village, isolated by the terrorist group "Sendero Luminoso" (Shining Path). A soldier called Vitin Luna, and other young soldiers face an invisible, perhaps superior force. Their unit is commanded by a brutal lieutenant who declares the entire village guilty of treason. In the face of this crisis, Vitin must choose between blind obedience and his own conscience.

The Mouth of the Wolf

1988

City of M poster
4.8

After exhausting all legal channels in his search for a job, "M" struggles with the decision of whether or not to enter a life of crime by helping his friends deliver drugs to Miami.

City of M

2000

Red Ink poster
6.7

Peru, early 2000s. Alfonso wants to be a writer, but he decides to work first as a journalist. He is assigned to the crime section of a newspaper, a job from which he can know the nasty guts of tabloid publications.

Red Ink

2000

Dragons: Destiny of Fire poster
7.4

Raised by a loving family of condors, little John John grows up thinking that he, too, is a condor, despite the fact that he looks nothing like his parents. Turns out, John John is no ordinary bird. In fact, he's really an honest-to-goodness dragon! After developing his fire-breathing powers, John John flies off on an adventure to find the dragon kingdom and his real family in this charming animated fantasy.

Dragons: Destiny of Fire

2006

No artwork available
NR

About a painting workshop with children aged 7 to 12 who create artwork inspired by the sea and sand.

El Embeleso

1978

No artwork available
NR

Photography as a chemical memory that forever captures an expression. In photography, time is imprisoned, and the illusory human dream of stopping it is realized.

La Edad Eterna

1984

No artwork available
NR

Methods of educating deaf-mute children.

Las Palabras del Silencio

1978

Polvo enamorado poster
4.5

When she was 17 years old, Natalia married Don Matias following her parents desires. But it wasn't until Father Santiago arrived to this little town that Natalia felt in love for the very first time.

Polvo enamorado

2003

No artwork available
NR

Set against the little-known Aug. 28 festivities in the coastal Peruvian border town of Tacna, Martha, a once-famous actress in crisis, returns to sell her family home and use the proceeds to fund a play she hopes could revive her career. As the city celebrates Aug. 28th, which marks the anniversary of Tacna’s return to Peru after its war with Chile, her plans are upended by her sister’s sudden illness, forcing Martha to stay in the place she hoped to leave behind.

The Comeback

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