Alfredo Espinosa

Acting

Alfredo Espinosa

Born 1970-12-14 · Quito, Ecuador

Alfredo Espinosa is an Ecuadorian actor. He has a long career in theater, film and television. He has worked in feature films "Tan distintos", "Un secreto en la caja", "Mono con Gallinas", "El facilitador", "Tinta sangre", "Sed", "Feriado", and "Distante cercanía". He directs the experimental theater company Magmateatro.

Acting credits

Dedicated to my ex poster
8.3

The film tells the story of Ariel, a 21-year-old who decides to form a rock band to compete for a prize of ten thousand dollars in a musical band contest, this as a last option when trying to get money to save their relationship and reunite with his ex-girlfriend, which breaks due to the trip she must make to Finland for an internship. Ariel with her friend Ortega, decides to make a casting to find the other members of the band, although they do not know nothing about music, thus forming a band with members that have diverse and opposite personalities.

Dedicated to my ex

2019

Sed poster
NR

Kay suddenly wakes up in a dark place. He is dying of thirst . He searches for water through an old house which seems to have no exit. Someone has placed him in this world of puzzles that can not be solved and, apparently, he is not alone.

Sed

2014

The Facilitator poster
3.0

Elena comes back to Ecuador to help her father overcome his illness. She spends most of her time between drugs and alcohol. While visiting her grandpa in the Andes Elena gets involved in the fight for water access in an indigenous community. She gradually understands that among family secrets, corruption and dark perversions commitment and beauty can emerge.

The Facilitator

2013

An Intimate Distance: The Law of the Swindler poster
NR

Bernardo lives under the shadow of his mother. Kurt proposes to him to rob Bernardo's bank to buy the Third Reich's currency. On the same day that Bernardo does it, Hitler's regime falls and its currency becomes worthless.

An Intimate Distance: The Law of the Swindler

2012

Los Wánabis poster
7.0

Based on a real-life case, The Wanabis tells the story of a group of friends who, in an attempt to become overnight millionaires, invest everything they have (and don't have) in a bizarre business proposition that convert dyed black bills into real money. Their quest takes them on a journey fraught with risk and absurdity, risking their lives or at least changing them forever.

Los Wánabis

2023

Tinta Sangre poster
NR

A black comedy that portraits a chain of six romances united by chance. In Tinta Sangre the protagonists are the city of Quito, its characters and its inner world. Loves and heartbreak are the thread of this film, and the constant question that all of them ask is why we call it love when we mean addiction.

Tinta Sangre

2013

Misfit poster
8.0

Julia, a teenager from Latin America, has lived in the U.S. most of her life. She is popular, a successful Youtuber and wants to become prom queen. Everything changes abruptly when her family has to return to Ecuador. What will she have to face? Getting used to a new culture and a catholic high school will not be easy. The "gringa" becomes the target of "La Reinas", three popular bullies who rule the school. Julia is now a misfit who will have to earn her new friends' affection in order to survive.

Misfit

2021

The Summit poster
5.9

At a summit for Latin American presidents in Chile where the region's geopolitical strategies and alliances are in discussion, Argentine president Hernán Blanco endures political and family drama that will force him to face his own demons.

The Summit

2017

Tan distintos poster
2.0

Its not about secrets, is hiding them.

Tan distintos

2016

Algoritmo poster
NR

Trajano and his daughter Valeria live apart in the midst of the divorce and alimony proceedings with Úrsula, but they always find fun ways to meet and spend time together. Meanwhile, they must fight against a transnational company that intends to introduce a subcutaneous chip to the market. Father and daughter will find a way to move forward together.

Algoritmo

2020

Lucía poster
3.0

Ricardo arrives a little late for his appointment with Lucía, who does not understand anything about what is happening to him.

Lucía

2021

Human poster
7.0

David is a journalist who has just entered the “Human Homosexual Rehabilitation Center”. He is responsible for reporting on Julio, the first rehabilitated homosexual, in the interview, David recognizes Julio as a human being and decides to help him escape.

Human

2019

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

EL SKETCH

The invention of Soledad poster
7.0

Soledad is trapped in quarantine with a new partner she has recently been dating. The objects of his old relationship still flood his house and denounce a presence that has not disappeared. One night, the memory of the ex-boyfriend materializes in Soledad's bed and the three of them wake up in a bizarre and uncomfortable situation. From that moment they cannot free themselves from the memory and the three end up living in confinement together and trying to support each other.

The invention of Soledad

2022

How Much Further poster
7.0

A cynical college student and an optimistic tourist, stranded on a bus by a national strike, form an unlikely bond as they decide to hitchhike together to reach their individual destinations, discovering shared lessons and unexpected friendship along the way.

How Much Further

2006

Si llamas, ganas poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Si llamas, ganas

2022

NO ENCIENDAS LA LUZ poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

NO ENCIENDAS LA LUZ

Enchufe sin visa poster
7.9

Six Latinos traveling to the United States for different reasons soon find themselves immersed in the most ridiculous and embarrassing situations. From an inexperienced boy traveling as an exchange student to a naive actress trying to make it in Hollywood, each of them will experience unexpected adventures that will make them question whether leaving their country was the best decision.

Enchufe sin visa

2016

Open Wound poster
4.0

Jorge, a young Ecuadorian, is unexpectedly in the middle of the jungle as an inexperienced soldier. At first, Jorge is confident that military experience makes you a recognized and respected man. But he finds out that the reality is very different; as the private may face neglect, hunger, death and nature, especially human nature. Captive in an enemy camp, Jorge must discover who he has become as he recovers from his injuries and struggles to escape with his fellow prisoner Hugo or stay there under the care of the Peruvian nurse Dolores. Difficult decisions ... beyond the target and border that divides them are abound.

Open Wound

2013

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Todo lo que muere

Un roto para un descosido poster
7.0

Two lonely characters wanting to find a partner, a romantic blind date, a decadent Russian restaurant... The New Year’s Eve could't be more promising until the dinner for two becomes a crazy dinner for four: them and their ghosts. And the main course is still to come.

Un roto para un descosido

2020

A Secret in the Box poster
6.0

The life and works of Ecuadorian writer Marcelo Chiriboga, a key figure of the Latin American literature and member of the “boom” generation. Through interviews, visits to different cities, archival footage and his most important book, a puzzle is woven that blurs the boundaries between reality and fiction.

A Secret in the Box

2017

1809-1810: mientras llega el día poster
6.5

1809-1810: mientras llega el día is a 2004 Ecuadorian historical-dramatic film, directed by Camilo Luzuriaga and starring Marilú Vaca, Aristides Vargas and Gonzalo Gonzalo. The plot is based on the book by Juan Valdano, and revolves around the events that took place in the city of Quito between August 10, 1809, when the First Cry of Independence took place in the Spanish colony of the Presidency of Quito, and on August 2, 1810, when the Massacre of the Próceres occurred in the hands of the peninsular authorities.

1809-1810: mientras llega el día

2004

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