Pablo Trapero

Directing

Pablo Trapero

Born

1971-10-04 (54)

Place of birth

San Justo, Argentina

Known for

Directing

Credits

41 titles

Pablo Trapero was born in San justo, Argentina in 1971. In 1999 he directed his first feature, Mundo Grua, which won the Critics Prize at Venice. In 2002, he opened his production company, Matanza Cine, that produces films for fellow filmmakers, as well as his own. His second feature, El Bonaerense (2002) premiered at Cannes, Familia Rodante (2004) at Venice, and Nacido y Criado (2006) at Toronto. In 2008, Leonera, presented in Competition at Cannes, revealed the talent of Martina Gusman, muse, actress and producer of the cineaste. He returned to Cannes with Carancho (2010) and Elefante Blanco (2012), both in Un Certain Regard. His films have covered the most important festivals, receiving …

Known for

Venice 70: Future Reloaded poster
5.0

Made for the Venice Film Festival's 70th anniversary, seventy filmmakers made a short film between 60 and 90 seconds long on their interpretation of the future of cinema.

Venice 70: Future Reloaded

2013

& Sons poster
6.0

A world-renowned but reclusive novelist, believing he is about to die, summons his estranged sons to his home. But instead of seeking forgiveness for their shattered family, he tells them a wild and unbelievable secret that could rewrite their past.

& Sons

2026

The Clan poster
6.8

In Argentina, between 1982 and 1985, the Puccios, a well-established family of San Isidro, an upper-class suburb of Buenos Aires, kidnap several people and hold them as hostages for a ransom.

The Clan

2015

Gemini poster
5.4

An incestuous love affair. Meme and Jeremias are the younger children in a typical bourgeois family. Their mother Lucia is the dominant force in the household, but her fixation on upholding the niceties of upper middle class life has prevented her from seeing what is going on under her roof. When the siblings’ older brother and his fiancee arrive home for their wedding, it seems inevitable that the concealment will be impossible to sustain. But equally it becomes apparent that if Lucia were to find out about the affair, there would be catastrophic consequences.

Gemini

2005

The Quietude poster
6.0

Against the backdrop of a military dictatorship, Eugenia is reunited with her estranged family following her father’s stroke and is forced to confront dark secret.

The Quietude

2018

7 Days in Havana poster
5.6

A lesbian, an aspiring actor, an aspiring singer, a low-class marriage, a neighborhood community and 2 renowned directors have memorable less-than-24-hour-long experiences while living in/visiting the capital of Cuba.

7 Days in Havana

2012

Film credits

Behind the camera

Venice 70: Future Reloaded poster
5.0

Made for the Venice Film Festival's 70th anniversary, seventy filmmakers made a short film between 60 and 90 seconds long on their interpretation of the future of cinema.

Venice 70: Future Reloaded

2013

& Sons poster
6.0

A world-renowned but reclusive novelist, believing he is about to die, summons his estranged sons to his home. But instead of seeking forgiveness for their shattered family, he tells them a wild and unbelievable secret that could rewrite their past.

& Sons

2026

& Sons poster
6.0

A world-renowned but reclusive novelist, believing he is about to die, summons his estranged sons to his home. But instead of seeking forgiveness for their shattered family, he tells them a wild and unbelievable secret that could rewrite their past.

& Sons

2026

& Sons poster
6.0

A world-renowned but reclusive novelist, believing he is about to die, summons his estranged sons to his home. But instead of seeking forgiveness for their shattered family, he tells them a wild and unbelievable secret that could rewrite their past.

& Sons

2026

The Clan poster
6.8

In Argentina, between 1982 and 1985, the Puccios, a well-established family of San Isidro, an upper-class suburb of Buenos Aires, kidnap several people and hold them as hostages for a ransom.

The Clan

2015

The Clan poster
6.8

In Argentina, between 1982 and 1985, the Puccios, a well-established family of San Isidro, an upper-class suburb of Buenos Aires, kidnap several people and hold them as hostages for a ransom.

The Clan

2015

The Clan poster
6.8

In Argentina, between 1982 and 1985, the Puccios, a well-established family of San Isidro, an upper-class suburb of Buenos Aires, kidnap several people and hold them as hostages for a ransom.

The Clan

2015

Gemini poster
5.4

An incestuous love affair. Meme and Jeremias are the younger children in a typical bourgeois family. Their mother Lucia is the dominant force in the household, but her fixation on upholding the niceties of upper middle class life has prevented her from seeing what is going on under her roof. When the siblings’ older brother and his fiancee arrive home for their wedding, it seems inevitable that the concealment will be impossible to sustain. But equally it becomes apparent that if Lucia were to find out about the affair, there would be catastrophic consequences.

Gemini

2005

The Quietude poster
6.0

Against the backdrop of a military dictatorship, Eugenia is reunited with her estranged family following her father’s stroke and is forced to confront dark secret.

The Quietude

2018

The Quietude poster
6.0

Against the backdrop of a military dictatorship, Eugenia is reunited with her estranged family following her father’s stroke and is forced to confront dark secret.

The Quietude

2018

The Quietude poster
6.0

Against the backdrop of a military dictatorship, Eugenia is reunited with her estranged family following her father’s stroke and is forced to confront dark secret.

The Quietude

2018

7 Days in Havana poster
5.6

A lesbian, an aspiring actor, an aspiring singer, a low-class marriage, a neighborhood community and 2 renowned directors have memorable less-than-24-hour-long experiences while living in/visiting the capital of Cuba.

7 Days in Havana

2012

Negocios poster
10.0

In a car parts business, Rulo and Martín survive amid money problems, clients, rats and loneliness. Immediate antecedent of "Mundo Grúa" (1999)

Negocios

1995

Negocios poster
10.0

In a car parts business, Rulo and Martín survive amid money problems, clients, rats and loneliness. Immediate antecedent of "Mundo Grúa" (1999)

Negocios

1995

Rolling Family poster
6.3

A wedding invite from an estranged sibiling inspires a grandmother to assemble her family and embark on a roadtrip in a broken down caravan.

Rolling Family

2004

Rolling Family poster
6.3

A wedding invite from an estranged sibiling inspires a grandmother to assemble her family and embark on a roadtrip in a broken down caravan.

Rolling Family

2004

Rolling Family poster
6.3

A wedding invite from an estranged sibiling inspires a grandmother to assemble her family and embark on a roadtrip in a broken down caravan.

Rolling Family

2004

Carancho poster
6.7

Sosa is a lawyer who haunts hospital waiting rooms hoping to represent the victims of traffic accidents in insurance claims. When he falls in love with ambulance medic Luján, he tries to leave this dark business but the shady law firm that he works for won’t let him off that easily.

Carancho

2010

Carancho poster
6.7

Sosa is a lawyer who haunts hospital waiting rooms hoping to represent the victims of traffic accidents in insurance claims. When he falls in love with ambulance medic Luján, he tries to leave this dark business but the shady law firm that he works for won’t let him off that easily.

Carancho

2010

Carancho poster
6.7

Sosa is a lawyer who haunts hospital waiting rooms hoping to represent the victims of traffic accidents in insurance claims. When he falls in love with ambulance medic Luján, he tries to leave this dark business but the shady law firm that he works for won’t let him off that easily.

Carancho

2010

Nómade poster
6.0

Tonelec, a young descendant of Tobas, is knowledgeable about his traditions, his history, his legacy and his language, but acts as a member of a Ranquel community, in a film set in 1810 that celebrates the Bicentennial. He, the other actors and the technicians working on the set try to overcome so much confusion.

Nómade

2010

Nómade poster
6.0

Tonelec, a young descendant of Tobas, is knowledgeable about his traditions, his history, his legacy and his language, but acts as a member of a Ranquel community, in a film set in 1810 that celebrates the Bicentennial. He, the other actors and the technicians working on the set try to overcome so much confusion.

Nómade

2010

Lion's Den poster
6.3

Julia, a 25 year-old university student, two weeks pregnant, with no criminal record, is sent to prison. Julia murdered the father of her child. This story addresses maternity, jail and Justice; confinement, guilt and solitude; but above all it deals with Julia and her son, Tomas, born inside an Argentinean prison.

Lion's Den

2008

Lion's Den poster
6.3

Julia, a 25 year-old university student, two weeks pregnant, with no criminal record, is sent to prison. Julia murdered the father of her child. This story addresses maternity, jail and Justice; confinement, guilt and solitude; but above all it deals with Julia and her son, Tomas, born inside an Argentinean prison.

Lion's Den

2008

Lion's Den poster
6.3

Julia, a 25 year-old university student, two weeks pregnant, with no criminal record, is sent to prison. Julia murdered the father of her child. This story addresses maternity, jail and Justice; confinement, guilt and solitude; but above all it deals with Julia and her son, Tomas, born inside an Argentinean prison.

Lion's Den

2008

El bonaerense poster
6.8

Zapa is a locksmith in a remote and quiet little town, lost somewhere deep in the province of Buenos Aires. After getting involved in a crime, his uncle, a retired policeman, bails him out and gets him a spot to join the Provincial Police as an aspiring officer in the thick urban sprawl of Greater Buenos Aires' West Zone. Soon he will get involved in a new type of corruption.

El bonaerense

2002

El bonaerense poster
6.8

Zapa is a locksmith in a remote and quiet little town, lost somewhere deep in the province of Buenos Aires. After getting involved in a crime, his uncle, a retired policeman, bails him out and gets him a spot to join the Provincial Police as an aspiring officer in the thick urban sprawl of Greater Buenos Aires' West Zone. Soon he will get involved in a new type of corruption.

El bonaerense

2002

Mi mejor enemigo poster
7.4

After losing their bearings, a group of Chilean soldiers learns some lessons about their enemy's humanity in this dark comedy set during the 1970s war between Chile and Argentina. Digging in where they are, the troop soon discovers a nearby Argentinean platoon. Unsure how to handle the situation, the two groups start passing notes via a stray dog, and eventually achieve a wary camaraderie.

Mi mejor enemigo

2005

Born and Bred poster
5.4

In Patagonia, a successful interior designer's life falls apart after he suffers a horrific accident.

Born and Bred

2006

Born and Bred poster
5.4

In Patagonia, a successful interior designer's life falls apart after he suffers a horrific accident.

Born and Bred

2006

Born and Bred poster
5.4

In Patagonia, a successful interior designer's life falls apart after he suffers a horrific accident.

Born and Bred

2006

Crane World poster
6.1

The portrait of a man and his attempts to make things up with life after losing his job.

Crane World

1999

Crane World poster
6.1

The portrait of a man and his attempts to make things up with life after losing his job.

Crane World

1999

Stories on Human Rights poster
2.2

20 short films about human rights.

Stories on Human Rights

2008

The Paris Trap poster
NR

A young American woman on a visit to Paris becomes the victim of mistaken identity. Caught up in a secret international government operation, she must play the part to save her own life.

The Paris Trap

Di buen día a papá poster
4.8

Starting in La Higuera in 1967, where Ernesto Che Guevara's body is secretly buried, *Say Good Morning to Dad* revisits this place every ten years, focusing on the impact of the event on three generations of women.

Di buen día a papá

2005

Sightseeing poster
5.3

As laid-off factory worker Marcos pins his hopes for a new life on completing his long-unfinished one-man play, he contacts his estranged friend Martín, now a television writer, for help. But can their collaboration transcend an uneasy past? As the men come together in the creative process, they're offered a chance to rebuild their abandoned friendship.

Sightseeing

2010

No artwork available
NR

The story follows Milo Weaver, an agent in the secret branch of the CIA that specializes in black ops with the code name “The Tourists.”

The Tourist

Mocoso malcriado poster
10.0

Two children, victims of a controlling and violent stepfather, organize a plan to get their mother to abandon him.

Mocoso malcriado

1993

Mocoso malcriado poster
10.0

Two children, victims of a controlling and violent stepfather, organize a plan to get their mother to abandon him.

Mocoso malcriado

1993