Juan Carlos Gené

Acting

Juan Carlos Gené

Born — Died

1929-11-06 — 2012-01-31

Place of birth

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Known for

Acting

Credits

19 titles

Juan Carlos Gené was best known for being an Argentine actor and playwright. He died in Argentina in 2012

Known for

Film credits

1960s · 5 titles

Series credits

Behind the camera

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In a tiny town in an unnamed Latin American country in the 1930s, a young telegraph operator helps link the small, repressed community to the outside world, against the will of the powerful colonel who rules the village like a dictator.

La pluma del arcángel

2002

Thanks for the Fire poster
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The failure of Budiño Ramon, who plans first murder of his father and is recognized after unable to carry it out, is due largely to the general attitude of a society that tolerates no dramatic gestures. However, the inadequacies of radical class, beliefs, feelings, profession and memory also plays a leading role in the drama.

Thanks for the Fire

1984

Knocks at My Door poster
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A fugitive bursts into the home of two Catholic nuns. In an attempt to save his life, they hide him from the marauding military patrols, despite the danger they face if they are caught.

Knocks at My Door

1994

Crab poster
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Commissioner Leon (Miguel Angel Landa) of the Technical Judicial Police is assigned to the kidnapping of a child of the upper class of Caracas. The details of the kidnapping the attention of Leon, as there is no evidence of violence in the child's home, or witnesses to the abduction. Based on that Leon believes that the hijackers knew the boy and soon begins to suspect several young people from wealthy families of Caracas.

Crab

1982

La Raulito poster
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The film tells the story of a real life fan of Boca Juniors football club, Mary Esher Duffau, who as a teenage girl adopted the identity of a man in order to survive on the streets of Buenos Aires. The film shows the teenage Raulito wandering between a reformatory for juvenile offenders, prison and psychiatric hospital. Raulito manages to escape, and finds work at Constitución railway station in Barrio Constitución. Raulito meets up with another street child and they become close friends. They both eventually manage to escape to Mar del Plata.

La Raulito

1975