Néstor R. Gaffet

Production

Néstor R. Gaffet

Néstor Rigoberto Gaffet (1928-1982) was an Argentine film producer, lawyer and distributor. He fought restlessly against Argentina's censorship during the multiple dictatorships that terrorized its country throughout the second half of the 20th century. He produced several films for Leopoldo Torre Nilsson, a renowned film director who also advocated for the defense of free speech in cinema, and helped him achieve global fame. Gaffet also distributed international vanguard films inside the country, always having to deal with censors.

Acting credits

Behind the camera

Chao amor poster
NR

A young man falls in love with a girl who wants to be an actress, but when she succeeds, his feelings towards her change.

Chao amor

1968

The Revenge of Ivanhoe poster
6.0

Ivanhoe returns from the Crusades to free the Saxons from oppression in 12th century England. He claims the hand of a beautiful lady and fights to rescue her from danger.

The Revenge of Ivanhoe

1965

Summerskin poster
6.0

In this drama, a still-young grandmother has a suitor whose son is suffering from an incurable illness. The woman knows that the son has fallen in love with her granddaughter, but the granddaughter does not reciprocate his feelings. Convinced she should do something about that situation, grandmother talks her granddaughter into going on a trip to Paris with the young man -- intent on bringing the two together. But this simple plan, it turns out, has unforeseen consequences

Summerskin

1961

40 grados a la sombra poster
5.5

Three men, one scorching Madrid summer, and wildly different escape plans. Evaristo braves the beach chaos with his wife Filomena, dreaming of peace amid tortilla brawls and crowded sands. Máximo retreats to the mountains with his entire clan—mother-in-law included—hoping nature will soothe the family storm. Meanwhile, Jacinto, a gym owner turned solo “rodríguez,” stays behind in the city, savoring his freedom while the family suns in Benidorm.

40 grados a la sombra

1967

Homage at Siesta Time poster
6.0

The widows of four missionaries condemned by the Indians to die at the stake, go to the Amazon jungle to pay homage to them.

Homage at Siesta Time

1962

The Hand in the Trap poster
6.5

This haunting drama concerns a young woman on vacation from boarding school who discovers her aunt cloistered in the attic.

The Hand in the Trap

1961

Prisioneros de una noche poster
7.4

A man and a woman fall in love in the streets of a nocturnal Buenos Aires.

Prisioneros de una noche

1962

Un guapo del 900 poster
6.8

The moral conflicts of a conservative politician, his wife and a bully, in the Buenos Aires of the early twentieth century.

Un guapo del 900

1971

Un guapo del 900 poster
6.8

The moral conflicts of a conservative politician, his wife and a bully, in the Buenos Aires of the early twentieth century.

Un guapo del 900

1971