Hugo Medina

Acting

Hugo Medina

Born 1943-10-18 · Santiago, Chile

Acting credits

Pacto de Fuga poster
7.5

During the last years of Pinochet's military regime, a group of militants from the "Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic Front" plan a prison break of political prisoners, through a tunnel that will take them 18 months to dig.

Pacto de Fuga

2020

The Border Crossing poster
10.0

Shortly after Chile's 1973 military coup, three men are fleeing across the Andes to Argentina. They witness the murder of a farmer by Chilean police and end up at the home of the farmer's heavily pregnant wife.

The Border Crossing

1978

Pálido poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Pálido

2024

Chile '76 poster
6.9

Chile, 1976. Carmen heads off to her beach house. When the family priest asks her to take care of a young man he is sheltering in secret, Carmen steps onto unexplored territories, away from the quiet life she is used to.

Chile '76

2022

Johnny One Hundred Pesos poster
6.0

Based on real events, 17-year-old Johnny García becomes involved with four older thugs who are planning to rob a money-laundering business masquerading as a video store. As they try to escape, a swarm of exploitative media attention awaits.

Johnny One Hundred Pesos

1993

Prison in the Andes poster
7.6

Brutal torturers of Pinochet's dictatorship are serving sentence in a luxury prison at the foot of the Andes. Fearing of transferring to a regular jail, the officers will go to great lengths to stay fury and violence in the mountains.

Prison in the Andes

2024

Optical Illusions poster
5.6

A blind man who recovers his sight after an operation finds his life in chaos when he is rejected by the community to which he once belonged.

Optical Illusions

2010

Optical Illusions poster
5.6

A blind man who recovers his sight after an operation finds his life in chaos when he is rejected by the community to which he once belonged.

Optical Illusions

2010

Soccer Stories poster
5.3

Three vignettes about the lives of young Chileans and their passions and frustrations over one of the century's most important rituals: football.

Soccer Stories

1997

Hombres que sueñan poster
NR

The life and experiences of six emblematic Chilean actors. One by one, they relate aspects of their trajectories, origin and dreams, reliving and analyzing not only their careers, but also happy and historical moments that marked their lives.

Hombres que sueñan

2021

Bonsai poster
5.9

A young writer recounts an earlier romance in hopes of attracting his new love interest.

Bonsai

2011

03:34: Earthquake in Chile poster
5.0

Survivors witness the terror and devastation brought by a massive earthquake and tsunami that hit Chile in 2010.

03:34: Earthquake in Chile

2011

Alberto: ¿Quién sabe cuánto cuesta hacer un ojal? poster
9.0

Alberto, a young law student struggles to realize his ultimate dream: to follow the call of his priestly vocation.

Alberto: ¿Quién sabe cuánto cuesta hacer un ojal?

2005

The Promised Land poster
4.6

During the socialist government of Marmaduke Grove in 1932, a group of villagers decide to take some land in the area of ​​Palmilla. Almost like a mythical journey, problems arise when seated and in a position to bring the socialist ideal in the population. Everything becomes more complicated with rumors that the reactionary forces have overthrown the socialist government. A movie that because of the coup was not released in Chile and was only terminated by Littin in exile in Mexico.

The Promised Land

1973

The Sentimental Teaser poster
6.6

A 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

The Good Life poster
7.0

In the city of Santiago, four characters struggle to reach their goals: a psychologist who wants to help other women and save their lives, a hairdresser who wants to buy a car, a musician who wants to play in a philharmonic orchestra, and a young woman who simply survives in the city, but each of them obtains something unexpected and different from what they wanted.

The Good Life

2008

Run Over poster
3.5

A lawyer with addiction problems who can't handle his spoiled daughter, a young millionaire lacking paternal affection.and a man who is killed on the same day he finds true love are connected by the same fate that will bond them together on a Sunday in July in Santiago

Run Over

2023

Neruda: The Fugitive poster
6.2

The 1948 speech called "Yo Acuso" resulted in Pablo Neruda going under hiding for 13 months and the police searching intensively for him.

Neruda: The Fugitive

2014

Diablada poster
6.0

A group of girls from a humble little town in the middle of the desert disappears systematically without the police or the authorities taking action on the matter. Families desperately seek help, but are faced with bureaucracy, discrimination and total abandonment.

Diablada

2023

Dear Comrades poster
9.0

Directed by Pablo de la Barra, Queridos compañeros (1977) is a Chilean-Venezuelan political drama that delves into the fervent revolutionary movements of the late 1960s. The film follows a group of young radical leftists that struggle to change the Chilean political status quo. The production of Queridos compañeros faced significant challenges, since filming started in 1973 but was abruptly halted due to the military coup in Chile that year. Director Pablo de la Barra managed to save the film's footage but lost the original audio tracks. In exile in Venezuela, he reconstructed the sound with the help of the original actors, completing the film in 1977. The film offers a poignant reflection on the aspirations and struggles of a generation striving for systemic change, providing insight into the political dynamics of Chile during a tumultuous period.

Dear Comrades

1977

Revenge poster
8.0

A small house is devastated by the irrepressible force of the Ñuble river. Anita is rescued from the riverbank while her parents disappear into the water. She is given in adoption to her godparents, who can not keep her, they turn her over to a large hacienda in the area, where the little one will be the companion of the sickly patron, Lucia. When the owner of the hacienda dies, Anita, disregarding the advice of the other servants, stays to serve the boss, Don Pablo. She is already a woman and he is a single man. A strong attraction emerges between the two. This sad story of love and revenge as strong and uncontrollable as the overflowing waters of the Ñuble River.

Revenge

1999

No artwork available
6.0

In this film the director's recurring concerns return: the divisions in the Chilean left, and its contradictions between what the director calls the "traditional" and the "revolutionary" left. The problem is exposed through the doubts and obsessions of a strange police chief who cannot establish the limits between critical behavior and militant responsibility.

Metamorphosis of the Chief of the Political Police

1973

The Treasure of the Snails poster
8.0

After finding a valuable treasure, Quique commits a crime. His mother arranges a plot to hide the act and keep the gems, but to make it, she'll have to surpass both the stupidity of Quique and the smartness of the policemen who investigate the case.

The Treasure of the Snails

2004

The Sky, the Earth and the Rain poster
5.2

Ana, Verónica, Marta, and Toro are four lonely people who live an unadventurous and quiet existence in southern Chile. They are with each other without the need of using words, trying to save themselves in a stealthy and extreme way. In order not only of getting away of the loneliness that constitutes their innermost core, but also of finding themselves, they reach for each other to get brotherly and sexual love, affection, and a space and time of their own.

The Sky, the Earth and the Rain

2008