Luis Brandoni

Acting

Luis Brandoni

Born 1940-04-18 · Buenos Aires City, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Luis "Beto" Brandoni (1940-2026) was one of Argentina's most renowned and significant actors. He was born in Dock Sud, a port community east of Avellaneda. He debuted on the stage in 1962, on television in 1963, and on film in 1966. He joined the National Comedy Theater in 1964 under the direction of Luisa Vehil. Politically active in the centrist Radical Civic Union (UCR), he served as cultural policy adviser for President Raúl Alfonsín (1983-89), and was elected to the Argentine Chamber of Deputies in 1993, where he served until 2001. He was an unsuccessful Argentine Senate candidate for the UCR in 2005, and for Vice Governor of Buenos Aires Province, with nominee Ricardo Alfonsín, in 2007. He was married to actress Marta Bianchi, and in 2007 married Monica Lopez. An actor with extensive film, television and theatre credits, he portrayed leading roles in acclaimed pictures such as La tregua (1974), Juan que reía (1976), Darse cuenta (1984), Esperando la carroza (1985), Made in Argentina (1986), Cien veces no debo (1990), Convivencia (1993), Una sombra ya pronto serás (1994), De mi barrio con amor (1995), and Los pasos perdidos (2001). His career remained strong during 2011: among his notable theatre credits was his portrayal of former President Arturo Illia; and his notable television credits included a starring role in the Telefé; sitcom, El Hombre de tu vida. He earned three Martín Fierro Awards (1970, 1990, and 1993); and an Argentine Film Critics Association Silver Condor awards for Best Actor for his roles in Made in Argentina and Convivencia. Brandoni also served in numerous actors' guilds, including the International Federation of Actors (IFA) as its Vice President between 1974 and 2004.

Acting credits

Strangers in the Park poster
6.5

A former communist militant and a "live and let live" man form an unlikely friendship on a park bench, sharing their life stories with humor and heart.

Strangers in the Park

2026

Heroic Losers poster
7.6

In a town in the Northwest of the province of Buenos Aires, a group of neighbors is organized to recover the economy of the area, but when the corralito is implemented in the country and they suffer a fraud, their hopes disappear. Now, they will unite to recover the lost money and give the blow of their lives to their greatest enemy.

Heroic Losers

2019

Juan que reía poster
7.3

Juan Libonatti, a seller of fine wines, like up in the company where he works. His car, a brand new Citroen, will be an essential tool to sell more wine in less time and be able to move up. But one day it is stolen and he had not paid the insurance fee. That will be the beginning of a tragedy that will lead to self-destruction.

Juan que reía

1976

The Money poster
7.5

Stories 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

Tute Cabrero poster
7.0

Three colleagues must decide which one of them will be fired when the company they work for starts a downsizing process.

Tute Cabrero

1968

Seré cualquier cosa, pero te quiero poster
8.3

No synopsis available yet.

Seré cualquier cosa, pero te quiero

1986

4x4 poster
6.3

Buenos Aires, Argentina. A luxurious van is parked on the sidewalk. A man enters with the purpose of stealing whatever he can find, but when he wants to leave, he cannot. The doors do not open, the control panel does not respond: the van has become an armored box and he is trapped like a mouse.

4x4

2019

My Masterpiece poster
7.2

Arturo, the successful owner of an art gallery, and Renzo, a talented but decadent painter, are old friends who cannot stop bickering. One day, Arturo comes up with a solution to all their problems, but the plan they concoct turns out to be crazier and riskier than they originally expected.

My Masterpiece

2018

San Pugliese poster
NR

Osvaldo Pugliese transcended the world, created his own style in tango and became a saint against bad luck for musicians. In the film, his daughter, granddaughter, musicians and fans retrace his steps to unveil this mystery.

San Pugliese

2024

Living Together poster
6.3

Two single men in their late forties spend regular weekends in a semi-derelict house on the Paraná river delta near Buenos Aires. However, when a girl asks for shelter from a storm, both men are forced to re-evaluate their lives and their friendship.

Living Together

1994

Acto de posesión poster
4.3

Raquel's not able to have children, so she and her boyfriend manipulate another young woman into bearing his child.

Acto de posesión

1977

The Damned Rib poster
6.0

Four women decide to go together to have fun at a men's strip show. On the trip, the taxi driver pays attention to their conversation where each one tells the others her ideal of a man. Since then, he decides to pass himself off as the ideal man.

The Damned Rib

1999

The Weasel's Tale poster
7.5

A group of old actors and filmmakers tries to resist the efforts of a young couple to kick them out of their mansion.

The Weasel's Tale

2019

You Only Live Once poster
5.7

Leo is the wrong man in the wrong place at the wrong time. After taping a murder and keeping the evidence he runs away to stay alive and, in order to survive, he has to cover up himself. Under a new identity he will become an orthodox Hasidic Jew. A french ruthless killer, Duges and his associates López and Harken will hunt Leo. Their nonstop chase has only one exhilarating speed: all- out. Time is running out and his enemies are getting closer. Now Leo a ragtag bunch of misfits will face the biggest challenge of their lives.

You Only Live Once

2017

Tokio poster
5.5

The story of two strangers who decide to overcome distance and loneliness, turning a casual meeting into an opportunity for a new beginning.

Tokio

2015

Felicitas poster
4.5

Buenos Aires at the outskirts of XIX century. A society rigid in patriarchal rules. A war between brothers of Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay. Two young and very much in love youngsters, fight for their right to be together. Obeyance and fear sets them apart along more than ten years. When they are finally reunited, will they be able to overcome the pain and tragedy that haunts them?

Felicitas

2009

Alone poster
10.0

A separated woman faces her future and revises her goals.

Alone

1976

Karakol poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Karakol

2020

Made in Argentina poster
6.9

Osvaldo and Mabel, an Argentine couple exiled for political reasons in the United States, travel to their country of origin after ten years to reconnect with their family and friends, including Mabel's brother and his wife. Mabel offers her brother the possibility of working in New York in order to improve their economic situation, but his wife is opposed to that idea.

Made in Argentina

1987

Carroceros poster
8.0

A documentary about the fans of "Waiting for the Carriage", the Argentine film classic directed by Alejandro Doria, and which investigates the obvious and hidden reasons for this phenomenon.

Carroceros

2021

I Don't Owe 100 Times poster
6.4

A comedy about a young girl who gets pregnant on a traditional Argentinean family.

I Don't Owe 100 Times

1990

El verso poster
7.0

Between farce and grotesque, John, who has lost his job, in a collective versea values ​​of a knife sharpener, can not against debts contracted or can with his family, wife and two kids. One day, the woman left, runs out of credit and Juan is left with only his dream of being a radio announcer.

El verso

1996

Maternidad sin hombres poster
8.0

The story of several women who reach motherhood in difficult conditions.

Maternidad sin hombres

1968

Waiting for the Hearse poster
8.1

Mama Cora, who is almost eighty years old, has three sons and a daughter. She lives with one of them, who has serious financial problems. The family meets one day to celebrate an anniversary meal, and that is when the problem arises: which of them will take care of her?

Waiting for the Hearse

1985