
Directing
Fernando Ayala
Born 1920-07-02 · Gualeguay. Entre Ríos, Argentina
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 Argentinísima II in 1972 and 1973 respectively. In 1963 he was a member of the jury at the 13th Berlin International Film Festival.[1] His 1983 film The Deal was entered into the 13th Moscow International Film Festival where it won a Special Diploma. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Acting credits
Behind the camera
6.2The head of a criminal gang has all the power among his men until one decides to testify against him.
The Boss
1958
6.2The head of a criminal gang has all the power among his men until one decides to testify against him.
The Boss
1958
6.2The head of a criminal gang has all the power among his men until one decides to testify against him.
The Boss
1958
7.5Stories 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
7.5Stories 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
8.5An old politician is claimed by his party to be a candidate in the next elections.
The Candidate
1959
8.5An old politician is claimed by his party to be a candidate in the next elections.
The Candidate
1959
7.1A 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
7.1A 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
4.0Angel 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
6.7An 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
6.7An 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
6.6A 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
6.6A 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
7.0The 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
6.9A 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
7.5Consists 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
7.1Buenos Aires, Argentina. A failed reporter teams up with a Hungarian immigrant to set up a fake correspondence journalism school.
The Bitter Stems
1956
6.0A 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
6.0A 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
4.8The 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
6.5Leonor 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
8.0In a boring marriage a model-photographer attracts the husband and a young man to the woman.
Triangle of Four
1975
8.0In a boring marriage a model-photographer attracts the husband and a young man to the woman.
Triangle of Four
1975

