Acting
Mireya Véliz
Born 1915-03-06
Acting credits
3.7A sucesseful doctor gets involved in an extramarital affair he can't escape.
Tuve un sueño contigo
1999
6.5A textile factory accountant takes charge of a complex machine that is the axis of the whole factory. This will slowly turn him into a slave.
Forbidden to Step on Clouds
1970
7.0Niki and his friends are members of the marginalised underclass living on the outskirts of Santiago. During Chile's transition from dictatorship to democracy (1988-1990), they forge a path from drug- and drink-fuelled nihilism and petty crime into the world of market-driven illegality and Niki begins a seemingly predestined relationship with the middle-class "loca", Manuela. Memorable episodes and characters, quotable dialogue and a mix of earthy national portrait and surrealistic flourish make this one of the key Chilean films of the Nineties.
Caluga o Menta
1990
10.0Rosita, a poor and naive girl, becomes entangled in a delicate love affair, which forces her to seek the spiritual help of the kind and ingenious Padre Pitillo, a country priest who does not censure the passion that has ruined poor Rosita, but puts things in their place, in his own particular way.
El Padre Pitillo
1946
7.0Anthology film composed of six standalone shorts.
Fragmentos urbanos
2002
4.9A man takes his insecure, overweight paramour to a seaside resort to consummate their relationship, but there he stumbles onto an artistic discovery that will change his life.
Cachimba
2004
6.6A young and excentric radio DJ airs a successful program in which diverse calls come in from anonymous listeners, who reveal their love stories, all charged with mix-ups, disputes and passion.
The Sentimental Teaser
1999
7.0The head of a plumbing and electrical workshop is a victim of bureaucracy in public offices and is unable to pay his debts, so his workshop is closed. With a lot of luck he manages to get a repair job in the house of a minister, then he enters to work in a ministry, also becoming a bureaucrat. Taking advantage of his friendship with the minister, he is promoted to become chief archivist, but he realizes the routine that is filling the job and resigns.
El burócrata González
1964
5.9A portrait of a Chilean middle-class family in the 1940s and 1970s.
The House We Live In
1970
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La pérgola de las flores
1975