Directing
Ricardo Larraín
Born — Died
1957-04-27 — 2016-03-21
Place of birth
Santiago de Chile, Chile
Known for
Directing
Credits
10 titles
Ricardo Larraín was a Chilean film editor and director. His 1991 film "The Frontier" won the Silver Bear for an outstanding single achievement at the 42nd Berlin International Film Festival. In addition to producing and directing several films and documentaries, he served as executive producer on the TV-series "Piel canela", and as director and editor of the miniseries "Héroes" and produced more than eight hundred commercials for Chilean and foreign markets. In 2001 he oversaw the drama department of the academic TV channel "Corporación de Televisión de la Universidad Católica" and worked as a teacher at a journalism school. In 2004 he founded the Chilean Director and Screenwriter associati…
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Noche de ronda
1993
A film by Ricardo Larraín, about the importance of Raúl Silva Henríquez in the history of Chile.
Raúl Silva Henríquez. Cardenal.
1997
9.0Alberto, a young law student struggles to realize his ultimate dream: to follow the call of his priestly vocation.
Alberto: ¿Quién sabe cuánto cuesta hacer un ojal?
2005
6.1A Chilean teacher, Ramiro, is sentenced to internal exile in a southern town where tidal waves often appear. He falls for a woman, Maite, whose father asks him to take her away. Although he gets his freedom he doesn't leave and when the water rises, Maite and her father die, and Ramiro flees to the hills.
The Frontier
1991
4.5A man’s enthusiasm turns into greed and causes trouble for his family.
Enthusiasm
1998
4.3The businessman who sends the first Chilean astronaut into outer space can't quite come up with the money to bring the adventurer back.
Chile Can Do It
2008
Series credits
Behind the camera
A film by Ricardo Larraín, about the importance of Raúl Silva Henríquez in the history of Chile.
Raúl Silva Henríquez. Cardenal.
1997
9.0Alberto, a young law student struggles to realize his ultimate dream: to follow the call of his priestly vocation.
Alberto: ¿Quién sabe cuánto cuesta hacer un ojal?
2005
9.0Alberto, a young law student struggles to realize his ultimate dream: to follow the call of his priestly vocation.
Alberto: ¿Quién sabe cuánto cuesta hacer un ojal?
2005
6.1A Chilean teacher, Ramiro, is sentenced to internal exile in a southern town where tidal waves often appear. He falls for a woman, Maite, whose father asks him to take her away. Although he gets his freedom he doesn't leave and when the water rises, Maite and her father die, and Ramiro flees to the hills.
The Frontier
1991
6.1A Chilean teacher, Ramiro, is sentenced to internal exile in a southern town where tidal waves often appear. He falls for a woman, Maite, whose father asks him to take her away. Although he gets his freedom he doesn't leave and when the water rises, Maite and her father die, and Ramiro flees to the hills.
The Frontier
1991
4.5A man’s enthusiasm turns into greed and causes trouble for his family.
Enthusiasm
1998
4.5A man’s enthusiasm turns into greed and causes trouble for his family.
Enthusiasm
1998
4.3The businessman who sends the first Chilean astronaut into outer space can't quite come up with the money to bring the adventurer back.
Chile Can Do It
2008
At the dawn of February 27, 2010, an 8.8 earthquake and tsunami devastated the central zone of Chile. That day, the history of Constitución -a small coast and forestall city- changed forever. Its tragedy turned the city into the centre of international news and its people, the Mauchos, into the protagonists of a difficult process of reconstruction. This is the story of how the Mauchos started to reform their lives and returned to the sea.
Mauchos
2011