Mónica Galán

Acting

Mónica Galán

Born — Died

1950-10-16 — 2019-01-15

Place of birth

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Known for

Acting

Credits

48 titles

Mónica Galán is an actress.

Known for

Film credits

2010s · 5 titles

Argentino Vargas poster
NR

A retired boxer is willing to do anything to return to the ring and conquer the woman who never wanted to reciprocate him.

Argentino Vargas

2010

El derrotado poster
NR

Julio works for an accounting firm, at the beginning of the '50s. Celina, his wife, married him without knowing that he was addicted to gambling. This problem leads him to increasingly denigrating situations. Celina, who has lost contact with her upper-class world, meets a friend from the past again and meets Alberto, who seduces her. Little by little, Julio enters into an irreversible debacle.

El derrotado

2011

Wasteland poster
5.0

Brisa’s daily life alternates between the world of show business, appearances, and the stark reality presented by his son Hilario, who fell into poverty as a result of his addiction to drugs. The film portrays an intense fragment of Susana and Hilario’s story, the difficulties that arise when she tries to keep her professional commitments, the elegance with which she manages to avoid the low blows and her pain; but, fundamentally, the film reveals how this woman faces a difficult process without losing her dignity or sense of humor.

Wasteland

2019

The Mural of Siqueiros poster
5.9

David Alfaro Siqueiros, recognized Mexican muralist, travels to Argentina in the thirties with the purpose of giving a few conferences and paint a mural of revolutionary subject matter, which faces local political rejection. The press mogul head of the newspaper Critica, Natalio Botana, personal friend to the President of the Nation Agustín P. Justo, propose Siqueiros to collaborate in the cultural supplement of the diary and paint a mural in the basement of his Villa Los Granados. Siqueiros accepts and does that his wife the poet Blanca Luz Brum meets him, his arrival to Los Granados and his romance with Botana provokes the jealousies of his powerful anarchist wife Salvadora Medina Onrubia and Siqueiros himself, which turns the Villa almost in one of the scenes of the Ejercicio Plástico, how Siqueiros named his work.

The Mural of Siqueiros

2011

La otra piel poster
NR

Abril tries to find meaning in her own life. In the process, her perception changes; her skin transforms to the point of becoming a new one.

La otra piel

2018

2000s · 13 titles

Don't Look Down poster
5.7

A sexy Spanish siren named Elvira schools a young man in tantric lovemaking.

Don't Look Down

2008

A Less Bad World poster
6.3

A woman reunites with her husband, who vanished on her years ago.

A Less Bad World

2004

El jardín de las hespérides poster
7.0

The film narrates a particular love story starring Polo Evans, a paleontologist who studies dinosaurs, and Lilí, an actress who brings a Greek goddess show to Neuquén as part of a Women's Self-Esteem Program. Through our characters, a hilarious and bloody battle between the Myths and the Logos begins, to which only love can give truce.

El jardín de las hespérides

2005

Swim Alone poster
7.0

The film does not describe, rather it observes, in a distant manner, the world of Martin, a seventeen year old who feels he doesn’t belong anywhere, not at home, school, nor with his friends or members of his rock band. In search of some happiness, Martin takes off to the coastal town of Mar de Plata, where his older brother lives. Unglamorous, yet enchantingly addictive and refreshingly genuine, Acuña paints a confused and uncomfortable world, and makes us want revisit it over and over again.

Swim Alone

2003

Cicatrices poster
9.0

Three stories located in the decade of the 60 in the city of Santa Fe, Argentina. Juan José Saer paints typical characters of a city counties and depicts a time of political and cultural effervescence.

Cicatrices

2001

Campo Cerezo poster
NR

Guided by a fortune teller's revelation, Russian Countess Ivana Malova arrives in Argentina intending to raise beautiful Angora goats, animals not native to the area, on a small piece of land called "Campo Cerezo" (Cherry Field). There live Doña Juana Cerezo and her granddaughter Nucha, who has just been released from prison on parole for her involvement in a bank safe deposit box robbery. As the Countess weaves her web and advances her plan to take over Campo Cerezo, Nucha discovers that the jewels the police were never able to recover are buried there.

Campo Cerezo

2009

Hermanas poster
5.9

Argentinian sisters Elena and Natalia, who were separated, meet again in Texas in 1984.

Hermanas

2005

Who Says It's Easy? poster
5.8

A methodical man falls for a pregnant woman with a very particular life story.

Who Says It's Easy?

2007

Tiger Head poster
8.2

In the aftermath of the May Revolution, which sparked the end of Spanish colonial rule and the establishment of the first independent government in Buenos Aires, revolutionary leader Juan José Castelli is given the order to oversee the execution of former viceroy Santiago de Liniers. This pushes Castelli into a deep moral conflict, forcing him to confront the tension between revolutionary justice and personal conscience, as well as the human cost of political change.

Tiger Head

2001

Un amor de Borges poster
7.0

Estela Canto and Jorge Luis Borges meet in 1944. She is an intelligent and beautiful woman. He, still an unknown writer, is shy and very attached to his mother. They fall in love, or at least Borges does.

Un amor de Borges

2000

On Each Side poster
4.2

Evocative and lyrical, On Each Side follows the interconnected lives of several characters who are affected by the building of the Rosario-Victoria Bridge in Argentina - a gargantuan, modern undertaking that links two Argentinean cities. On Each Side is the story of a bridge that not only traverses a river but spans the traditional and the modern, the past and the future.

On Each Side

2007

Manuel de Falla, músico de dos mundos poster
NR

A portrait of the life of the celebrated Spanish composer Manuel de Falla, whose final years were spent in Alta Gracia (Córdoba, Argentina). Mónica Galán plays a researcher whose thesis focuses on the musician's involvement in the conflict between Republicans and Francoists. Luis Luque portrays Ulises, a journalist who helps reconstruct Manuel de Falla's story.

Manuel de Falla, músico de dos mundos

2009

Celo poster
NR

A young man gets involved with a girl and begins an intense sexual relationship with her. A high school friend reappears in his life, and his sinister gaze begins to taint the couple's intimate life, foreshadowing a fatal outcome.

Celo

2008

1990s · 8 titles

The Dark Side of the Heart poster
7.3

Oliveiro is a young poet living in Buenos Aires where sometimes he has to sell his ideas to an advertising agency to make a living or exchange his poems for a steak. In Montevideo, he meets a prostitute, Ana, with whom he falls in love. Back in Buenos Aires, he accepts a contract with a publicity agency to get the money for three days of love with her. Will he get what he's searching for when his ideal of love's pleasure is literally going in levitation while making love?

The Dark Side of the Heart

1992

The Impostor poster
4.7

This drama is based on a novel and incomplete screenplay by the late Maria Luis Bemberg. In 1930s Argentina, wealthy Sebastian (Antonio Birabent) leaves his Buenos Aires home for the family estate on the pampas. His family, concerned for his physical and mental health, arranges for Sebastian's childhood friend Juan (Walter Quiroz) to check on Sebastian's situation. Juan finds the highly erratic Sebastian caught in a doomed relationship with the Danish daughter of religious sect members. Unfortunately, Juan also becomes obsessed with the young woman, and Sebastian's suspicions increase.

The Impostor

1997

Under Flag poster
5.7

Argentina: 1969: Major Molina has been sent to a military outpost in southern Patagonia to investigate the brutal murder of soldier Lito. The harsh weather conditions of Patagonia reflect the strict and cruel way in which the Colonel Hellman and his officers direct the garrison. Gradually comes to light that Lito was drugged by a fellow, Reppeto, and therefore was unable to participate in an unexpected military exercise at night. For his "disobedience", Lito was beaten to death. Molina seeks justice, aided by the deceased's family and the village priest. However, he is forced to abandon the case when the military forces take the power in Buenos Aires. Years later, with democracy finally restored in Argentina, the case will be reopened causing the abolition of military service and the military justice system.

Under Flag

1997

Little Miracles poster
5.5

Rosalía is a cashier at a supermarket. She lives alone, loves reading fairy tales and hides in a magic fantasy world in order to survive living in the real one. She thinks she is a fairy who came on a mission and got caught in this world. She travels by bus every day. At the bus-stop, there is a "web camera" which records images and puts them into the Internet. Santiago is a scientist who works in an international research project to detect signs of extraterrestrial intelligence. He is a lonely man who lives with his dog and his computer. Rosalía finds she has some extra-sensory powers and thinks three young women she knows are fairies. They will remarkably influence her life. She also feels the need to meet her father, whom she has not seen since she was 8.

Little Miracles

1997

Don't Die Without Telling Me Where You're Going poster
6.5

A lonely film projectionist through a series of odd events, discovers that he is the reincarnation of one of the inventors of cinema, and that a woman he sees in his dreams is his eternal companion on a trip through centuries.

Don't Die Without Telling Me Where You're Going

1995

¿Dónde estás amor de mi vida... que no te puedo encontrar? poster
7.4

A woman and a man known through a radio program dedicated to unite in their lone pairs listeners.

¿Dónde estás amor de mi vida... que no te puedo encontrar?

1992

No artwork available
9.0

Feature film that appeals to the memory of the last military dictatorship in Argentina.

El beso del olvido

1991

Tangos Are for Two poster
5.9

A woman's voice says she was wife to Renzo Franchi and Carlos Gardel (1890-1935), Argentina's great tango singer. People say she's crazy. Her story unfolds. Buenos Aires, 1933: Juana Romero, a seamstress who lives for the music of Gardel, dumps her boyfriend Gustavo for Renzo, a singer who looks like Gardel. She insists that his trio performs Gardel's tangos, which leads to Renzo recording a Ford commercial when Gardel himself is overbooked. The trio, with Joanna in tow, goes on an ill-fated tour of points north. The couple breaks up: she goes home and he tries to get to New York. Fate steps in, and once again he's called upon to pose as Gardel. Then, legend and a bracelet take over. Written by

Tangos Are for Two

1998

1980s · 7 titles

Murder in The Senate poster
5.2

Historical film that focuses on political and social events took place in Argentina during the beginning of the 30s. Santafecino Deputy Lisandro de la Torre complaint in Congress Argentine meat business with England.

Murder in The Senate

1984

Condemned to Hell poster
4.4

Silvia is incarcerated in a corrupt women prison and forced to participate in drug distribution. When she refuses she is punished and her sister murdered. She will try to get free and get her revenge.

Condemned to Hell

1984

Te amo poster
8.0

A single pregnant teenager goes to live with her uncle, a mediocre entertainer in a seedy cabaret.

Te amo

1986

Los días de junio poster
9.0

An actor exiled by the dictatorship, back to his country again and is reunited with his friends.

Los días de junio

1985

Last Days of the Victim poster
7.4

Mendizábal, a hit man, its ordered by his anonymous clients to murder a man. But in the precise and obsessive persecution, he will discover that he is only part of a game that doesn't belong to him, a web at the service of greater interests.

Last Days of the Victim

1982

Sinfín (La muerte no es ninguna solución) poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Sinfín (La muerte no es ninguna solución)

1988

Blue-Eyed poster
10.0

In this suspense story, the main character, Johann Neudorff, immigrated to Argentina from Germany after World War Two, and has become a successful businessman there. He is unconcerned with the nature of the government there, which at the time of this film (1978) is a military dictatorship. His comfortable existence is disrupted when he discovers that his beloved daughter Laura has become the lover of a political activist who is on the military's hit list. When his daughter is kidnapped, Johann attempts to use his government connections to free both her and her lover. However, his son Alfredo undermines his efforts, and Johann himself is incarcerated in a military prison, but not before he discovers that his daughter and her lover are both dead, killed by the regime.

Blue-Eyed

1989

Series credits

Antonella poster
6.7

The story stars Antonella (Andrea Del Boca), a young woman who wants to be an actress. Working as an entertainer for children's parties, characterizing the clown Plin-Plin, she meets Nicolás (Gustavo Bermúdez) who is actually her sister Natalia's lover. Before long, Natalia appears dead. Although it is believed that it was a suicide, Antonella thinks that he murdered her, and seeking revenge, he infiltrates the world of high society.

Antonella

1991

Zíngara poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Zíngara

1996

Manuela poster
5.8

No synopsis available yet.

Manuela

1991

Killer Women poster
6.0

Anthology series, in which every episode introduces fictionalized versions of real cases about women who, for different reasons, ended up committing murder.

Killer Women

2005

Los simuladores poster
8.7

A small team of con artists for hire use their skills to solve common people's life problems.

Los simuladores

2002

Tiempo final poster
5.4

No synopsis available yet.

Tiempo final

2000

Malparida poster
4.2

Malparida is a 2010 Argentine telenovela aired by Channel 13 in the prime time. It run from April 2010 to February 2011. It is protagonized antagonistically by Renata, a cold and scheming woman seeking revenge against a man that had caused the death of her mother. The term "Malparida" denotes in Spanish a woman of questionable reputation.

Malparida

2010

No artwork available
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Lobo

2012

Hermanos y detectives poster
8.3

An administrative police officer, Franco Montero, receives as an inheritance the care of a half-brother that he did not know. Lorenzo Montero, a child prodigy with an IQ of 200 who changes his way of life and his work. The eleven-year-old's intelligence puts Franco and his assistant Gustavo Mansilla in charge of the homicide division. By deducing and exploring the three, they solve the most striking cases.

Hermanos y detectives

2006

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Santos y pecadores

2013

Conflictos modernos poster
NR

The series proposes a new look at the human bonds of the new century. Each of the chapters develops a unique story. They are focused on the conflicts that their characters face in the face of the resistance of a society that often does not fully accept new realities, a product of the transformations that are currently being experienced.

Conflictos modernos

2015

Celeste, siempre Celeste poster
7.5

"Celeste, siempre Celeste" is the sequel of "Celeste". It begins with Franco, Celeste and their baby son Lucas finally together and happily preparing their wedding. They marry and leave for a honeymoon. Meanwhile, Franco's mother, Teresa, who hates everyone, especially Celeste (who Teresa still thinks of as a servant although Celeste inherited half of what Teresa considers her fortune), plans Celeste's kidnapping and murder. Celeste is kidnapped but escapes. During

Celeste, siempre Celeste

1993

Gigantes poster
NR

This series narrates the events that a series of characters experience around different spaces that have been emblematic at a certain moment in history and that are currently forgotten. It combines documentary with fiction to show the neglect produced by abandonment and how it affects the lives of the characters. Each episode deals with a different place.

Gigantes

2011

El árbol azul poster
8.5

No synopsis available yet.

El árbol azul

1991