Directing

Juan Martín Cueva

Born 1966-10-09 · Quito, Ecuador

Acting credits

Behind the camera

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NR

Stories told by sailors who spend a life of loneliness and nostalgia several months of the year sailing a ship to support their homes. And they look forward to being able to reunite with their families. Through the testimony of Hector Murillo and his companions, this documentary addresses the life of a sailor in his usual environment, a ship.

Marineros

1997

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NR

Stories told by sailors who spend a life of loneliness and nostalgia several months of the year sailing a ship to support their homes. And they look forward to being able to reunite with their families. Through the testimony of Hector Murillo and his companions, this documentary addresses the life of a sailor in his usual environment, a ship.

Marineros

1997

Este maldito país poster
NR

With intertwined life stories, this film starts from the questions: Is Ecuadorian society essentially mestizo? What is a mongrel? This documentary aims to bring to the fore issues that have been poorly resolved both in the way in which Ecuador defines itself as a country, and in the subjectivity of its inhabitants.

Este maldito país

2008

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NR

On January 3, 2001 in Lorca there was a traffic accident that caused 12 deaths who were Ecuadorians, worked in agricultural fields and were in an irregular situation in Spain. This documentary reflects the harsh reality experienced by dozens of illegal Ecuadorians offering much cheaper labor in Spain.

Ningún ser humano es ilegal

2001

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NR

On January 3, 2001 in Lorca there was a traffic accident that caused 12 deaths who were Ecuadorians, worked in agricultural fields and were in an irregular situation in Spain. This documentary reflects the harsh reality experienced by dozens of illegal Ecuadorians offering much cheaper labor in Spain.

Ningún ser humano es ilegal

2001

El lugar donde se juntan los polos poster
9.0

Juan, the film director, is Ecuadorian, his partner, Francisca, is Cuban. They live in Paris where their two children were born, just like Juan 30 years earlier. By switching back and forward from past to present, between the history of a family across 3 generations and that of a whole continent, the film director considers the issue of political commitment and the heritage left to the next generation in the form of a letter from a father to his children.

El lugar donde se juntan los polos

2004

El lugar donde se juntan los polos poster
9.0

Juan, the film director, is Ecuadorian, his partner, Francisca, is Cuban. They live in Paris where their two children were born, just like Juan 30 years earlier. By switching back and forward from past to present, between the history of a family across 3 generations and that of a whole continent, the film director considers the issue of political commitment and the heritage left to the next generation in the form of a letter from a father to his children.

El lugar donde se juntan los polos

2004