Fernando Ayala

Directing

Fernando Ayala

Born — Died

1920-07-02 — 1997-09-11

Place of birth

Gualeguay. Entre Ríos, Argentina

Known for

Directing

Credits

42 titles

Fernando Ayala (2 July 1920 – 11 September 1997) was an Argentine film director, screenwriter and film producer of the classic era. He is widely considered one of the most important Argentine film directors and producers in the history of the cinema of Argentina. Demicheli initially began as a trainee assistant director in 1942, in El Viaje, and within two years he had become an assistant director. By 1949 he had obtained his first job as director, and from 1958 he also served as producer for the films he directed and some others. Between 1950 and 1987 he was involved in the direction and production of well over 40 films, such as Ayer fue primavera in 1955 and Argentinísima and Argentinísim…

Known for

Night of the Pencils poster
7.0

The Night of the Pencils was a series of kidnappings and forced disappearances, followed by the torture, rape, and murder of a number of young students during the last Argentine dictatorship (known as the National Reorganization Process). The kidnappings took place over the course of several days beginning on September 16, 1976.

Night of the Pencils

1986

Love's Successes poster
6.5

Leonor Capulletti and Quique Monteschi, fanatics of the same club, love each other in a passionate as well as conflictive courtship, because their respective families are allied in opposing and irreconcilable factions.

Love's Successes

1979

The Slowness poster
7.1

A typical office employee decides one day rebelling against its routine and not going to work because it has a "lazy". His family, friends and colleagues are trying to dissuade him unsuccessfully at the beginning. But as time passed his situation complicated emotional and economically. These circumstances thwart his rebelliousness.

The Slowness

1969

The Boss poster
6.2

The head of a criminal gang has all the power among his men until one decides to testify against him.

The Boss

1958

The Money poster
7.5

Stories whose common denominator is the lack of money: a young man who wants to capture a ticket, a boy-scout who dreams of singing the lottery jackpot, a frustrated self-robbery and a playboy who marries the daughter of a butcher.

The Money

1970

Paula Cautiva poster
6.7

An Argentine who emigrated to the United States finds himself by chance in Argentina for business. There he hires a woman, Paula, who is from a traditional but poor family, and he finds himself falling in love with her.

Paula Cautiva

1963

Film credits

Behind the camera

Night of the Pencils poster
7.0

The Night of the Pencils was a series of kidnappings and forced disappearances, followed by the torture, rape, and murder of a number of young students during the last Argentine dictatorship (known as the National Reorganization Process). The kidnappings took place over the course of several days beginning on September 16, 1976.

Night of the Pencils

1986

Love's Successes poster
6.5

Leonor Capulletti and Quique Monteschi, fanatics of the same club, love each other in a passionate as well as conflictive courtship, because their respective families are allied in opposing and irreconcilable factions.

Love's Successes

1979

The Slowness poster
7.1

A typical office employee decides one day rebelling against its routine and not going to work because it has a "lazy". His family, friends and colleagues are trying to dissuade him unsuccessfully at the beginning. But as time passed his situation complicated emotional and economically. These circumstances thwart his rebelliousness.

The Slowness

1969

The Slowness poster
7.1

A typical office employee decides one day rebelling against its routine and not going to work because it has a "lazy". His family, friends and colleagues are trying to dissuade him unsuccessfully at the beginning. But as time passed his situation complicated emotional and economically. These circumstances thwart his rebelliousness.

The Slowness

1969

The Boss poster
6.2

The head of a criminal gang has all the power among his men until one decides to testify against him.

The Boss

1958

The Boss poster
6.2

The head of a criminal gang has all the power among his men until one decides to testify against him.

The Boss

1958

The Boss poster
6.2

The head of a criminal gang has all the power among his men until one decides to testify against him.

The Boss

1958

The Money poster
7.5

Stories whose common denominator is the lack of money: a young man who wants to capture a ticket, a boy-scout who dreams of singing the lottery jackpot, a frustrated self-robbery and a playboy who marries the daughter of a butcher.

The Money

1970

The Money poster
7.5

Stories whose common denominator is the lack of money: a young man who wants to capture a ticket, a boy-scout who dreams of singing the lottery jackpot, a frustrated self-robbery and a playboy who marries the daughter of a butcher.

The Money

1970

Paula Cautiva poster
6.7

An Argentine who emigrated to the United States finds himself by chance in Argentina for business. There he hires a woman, Paula, who is from a traditional but poor family, and he finds himself falling in love with her.

Paula Cautiva

1963

Paula Cautiva poster
6.7

An Argentine who emigrated to the United States finds himself by chance in Argentina for business. There he hires a woman, Paula, who is from a traditional but poor family, and he finds himself falling in love with her.

Paula Cautiva

1963

Las vacaciones del amor poster
NR

A group of high school students make their end-of-year trip to Bariloche. The excursion is complicated when it is discovered that the travel agency that takes them has scammed them

Las vacaciones del amor

1981

Sweet Money poster
6.9

A man meets a former military service buddy who offers him a good deal. Money starts pouring in, but things change from one day to the next.

Sweet Money

1982

Open Day and Night poster
6.6

A motel that is open all day specializes in beautiful women, and a couple of men decide to visit their rooms.

Open Day and Night

1981

Open Day and Night poster
6.6

A motel that is open all day specializes in beautiful women, and a couple of men decide to visit their rooms.

Open Day and Night

1981

La gran ruta poster
6.0

A group of boys decides to rob a hotel accommodation for seeking advice which an old offender. In parallel, we see different couples as they arrive at the same hotel and that there be at the time of the assault.

La gran ruta

1971

La gran ruta poster
6.0

A group of boys decides to rob a hotel accommodation for seeking advice which an old offender. In parallel, we see different couples as they arrive at the same hotel and that there be at the time of the assault.

La gran ruta

1971

En mi casa mando yo poster
10.0

Tormented by the messy and frivolous life of his family, a father is forced to move away from home.

En mi casa mando yo

1968

En mi casa mando yo poster
10.0

Tormented by the messy and frivolous life of his family, a father is forced to move away from home.

En mi casa mando yo

1968

Grandma poster
7.4

The story about a family that must maintain an insatiable grandmother.

Grandma

1979

Rebellion in Patagonia poster
7.6

In 1920, workers from Patagonia, in Southern Argentina, gather around an anarcho-syndicalist society and go on strike, demanding better working conditions. When the situation turns unsustainable, President Yrigoyen sends Lieutenant Colonel Zavala to impose order.

Rebellion in Patagonia

1974

Rebellion in Patagonia poster
7.6

In 1920, workers from Patagonia, in Southern Argentina, gather around an anarcho-syndicalist society and go on strike, demanding better working conditions. When the situation turns unsustainable, President Yrigoyen sends Lieutenant Colonel Zavala to impose order.

Rebellion in Patagonia

1974

Funny Dirty Little War poster
6.7

A small revolution breaks out in a small Argentine town, as one group of Peronists calls they newly elected peronist a communist. The newly elected official enlists the aid of allies ranging from the town drunk to young peronists to help hold his post. What follows is a slapstick war with a serious message.

Funny Dirty Little War

1983

Saturday Night, Cinema poster
6.3

The attitudes of different people to the fact of going to the movies.

Saturday Night, Cinema

1960

Saturday Night, Cinema poster
6.3

The attitudes of different people to the fact of going to the movies.

Saturday Night, Cinema

1960

Saturday Night, Cinema poster
6.3

The attitudes of different people to the fact of going to the movies.

Saturday Night, Cinema

1960

Las locas del conventillo poster
7.3

The neighborhood of La Boca, in Buenos Aires, is divided in two sectors: one is where decent people live under the tutelage of Magdalena, in the other, Manuel,ir responsible of a nightclub. Among decent people live Manolo, the milkman, awaiting the arrival of a Spanish woman to marry her. At the same time, the villain of Manuel also hopes for a Spanish nightclub. Women Arrivals weapon confusion.

Las locas del conventillo

1966

Las locas del conventillo poster
7.3

The neighborhood of La Boca, in Buenos Aires, is divided in two sectors: one is where decent people live under the tutelage of Magdalena, in the other, Manuel,ir responsible of a nightclub. Among decent people live Manolo, the milkman, awaiting the arrival of a Spanish woman to marry her. At the same time, the villain of Manuel also hopes for a Spanish nightclub. Women Arrivals weapon confusion.

Las locas del conventillo

1966

Con gusto a rabia poster
8.0

A bourgeois lady has an affair with a revolutionary and idealistic young medical student who participates in the assault on a hospital.

Con gusto a rabia

1965

Con gusto a rabia poster
8.0

A bourgeois lady has an affair with a revolutionary and idealistic young medical student who participates in the assault on a hospital.

Con gusto a rabia

1965

The Bitter Stems poster
7.1

Buenos Aires, Argentina. A failed reporter teams up with a Hungarian immigrant to set up a fake correspondence journalism school.

The Bitter Stems

1956

Argentinísima poster
7.5

Consists of musical performances, mostly Argentine folklore, many of which are accompanied by dancing. Several sequences were filmed in scenic locations throughout the country.

Argentinísima

1972

El año del conejo poster
8.0

Upon turning 55, Pepe, a bank manager, feels bored with his life. He abandons his family, quits his job, takes a woman younger than him as a lover, and becomes associated with a moneylender.

El año del conejo

1987

No Exit poster
4.8

The Valet enters a hotel room with Joseph Garcin in tow. The windowless room has a single entrance and no mirrors. Two women, Inès Serrano and Estelle Rigault, are then led in; afterwards, the Valet leaves and locks the door. Realising that they are in hell, the trio expects to be tortured; however, no torturer is forthcoming. While waiting, they strike up a conversation and discuss each other's sins, desires, and unpleasant memories. Adaptation of the play by Jean-Paul Sartre.

No Exit

1962

The Candidate poster
8.5

An old politician is claimed by his party to be a candidate in the next elections.

The Candidate

1959

The Candidate poster
8.5

An old politician is claimed by his party to be a candidate in the next elections.

The Candidate

1959

Days of Delusion poster
5.3

A woman and her daughter live in the unreality of a fantasy life, but soon this magic is interrupted by the disappearance of the mother.

Days of Delusion

1980

The Arrangement poster
7.1

Luis is a righteous man who begins a struggle and a moral debate with his family, neighbors and close friends when a corrupt municipal official offers a very convenient "arrangement".

The Arrangement

1983

Discotheque of love poster
6.4

Music execs find out their songs are being pirated, so a detective and his assistant are hired to catch the culprits.

Discotheque of love

1980

God Raises Them poster
4.0

Angel lives with his mother and has homosexual inclinations. One day he meets Mirna, a prostitute who has a son. The three try to form a strange family.

God Raises Them

1991