Patricio Contreras
Biography: Patricio Alejandro Contreras Pavez, is a Chilean film, theater and television actor, based since the 1970s in Argentina, where he developed his acting career.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: December 15, 1947
Deathday: N/A
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Known For
Sex with Love
2003-03-27
Sex with Love
Overview: In Santiago, Chile, the schoolteacher Luisa proposes a debate about sex with the parents of her students with the intention of giving classes about sex education to the youngsters.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2003-03-27
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Pleasure cruise
1980-03-20
Pleasure cruise
Overview: Two married men make a short trip to relax
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1980-03-20
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Sin querer
1997-07-24
Sin querer
Overview: The romance of an engineer who plans the construction of a highway that will cross a town in Patagonia and the conflict with the powerful
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1997-07-24
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Old Gringo
1989-09-13
Old Gringo
Overview: A writer forms a triangle with a schoolmarm and a Mexican general on the run.
Genres: Action Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-09-13
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The Escape
2001-05-24
The Escape
Overview: In the summer of 1928, several inmates from the National Penitentiary in Buenos Aires managed to escape. The film narrates the fate of each of these runaways in search of their destiny - tough men with their own ethical codes and ready to do anything not to return to prison. Some of them will suffer violent deaths, while others manage de disappear. Sordid and moving stories, not excluding tenderness and love, mercy or horror sealed with a pact of prison love that will remain in the heart of Buenos Aires, as witness of the yearned-for freedom.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2001-05-24
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De la misteriosa Buenos Aires
1981-09-10
De la misteriosa Buenos Aires
Overview: Three stories based on tales of the book by Manuel Mujica Lainez, ("El hambre", "La pulsera de cascabeles" y "El salón dorado".).) On scripts for the directors themselves and the collaboration of Ernesto Schoo.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1981-09-10
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Después de la tormenta
1991-06-06
Después de la tormenta
Overview: A couple with two children, living in the suburbs of Buenos Aires, suffering economic hardship. The father returns to his birthplace, the field, but there is his father and brother out of work, so they decided to return to the city with his family.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1991-06-06
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El decimo infierno
2012-12-06
El decimo infierno
Overview: Alfredo, is the lover of Griselda, Antonio's wife. Then Alfredo, after a furtive encounter, asks Griselda if they should kill Antonio.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2012-12-06
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Sun City
2003-10-23
Sun City
Overview: To the surprise suicide of his mother, Manuela, a 23-year-old decides to unravel the mystery that led her to take such a decision, discovering a past carefully muted. .
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2003-10-23
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The Frontier
1991-10-25
The Frontier
Overview: A 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.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1991-10-25
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Palabra por palabra
2008-04-10
Palabra por palabra
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2008-04-10
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Funny Dirty Little War
1983-09-22
Funny Dirty Little War
Overview: A small revolution breaks out in a small Argentine town, as one group of Peronists calls they newly elected peronist a communist. The newly elected official enlists the aid of allies ranging from the town drunk to young peronists to help hold his post. What follows is a slapstick war with a serious message.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1983-09-22
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The Passion of Michelangelo
2013-01-29
The Passion of Michelangelo
Overview: An intense religious drama set during the Pinochet regime and based on a true story.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2013-01-29
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Una muerte silenciosa
2025-01-09
Una muerte silenciosa
Overview:
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2025-01-09
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Las nubes
2024-12-01
Las nubes
Overview:
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2024-12-01
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Sal
2012-05-17
Sal
Overview: A screenwriter travels to Northern Chile to research his script for a Western thriller but ends up getting more than he bargained for.
Genres: Western Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2012-05-17
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Of Love and Shadows
1994-05-10
Of Love and Shadows
Overview: Irene is a magazine editor living under the shadow of the Pinochet dictatorship in Chile. Francisco is a handsome photographer and he comes to Irene for a job. As a sympathizer with the underground resistance movement, Francisco opens her eyes and her heart to the atrocities being committed by the state.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-05-10
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No toquen a la nena
1976-08-05
No toquen a la nena
Overview: A man becomes overprotective of his daughter as a friend of his son comes to live at the family home.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1976-08-05
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Dracula must be Killed
1968-01-01
Dracula must be Killed
Overview: Argentinian television horror movie from 1968.
Genres: TV Movie Horror
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1968-01-01
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The Official Story
1985-04-03
The Official Story
Overview: Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1983. In the last and turbulent days of the military dictatorship, Alicia, a high school history teacher, begins to ask uncomfortable questions about the dark origins of Gaby, her adopted daughter.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1985-04-03
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Resurrection
2016-01-07
Resurrection
Overview: A young priest travels to Buenos Aires in order to help sick people during the 1871 yellow fever epidemic.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2016-01-07
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Sleepwalker
1998-09-24
Sleepwalker
Overview: In a dystopian society, a government uses therapy and dreams to recover, or perhaps implant, memories to those lacking them.
Genres: Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1998-09-24
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Made in Argentina
1987-08-12
Made in Argentina
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1987-08-12
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Kill Them All
2007-12-09
Kill Them All
Overview: A story set in Uruguay in 1993. It revolves around an investigation by a law court lawyer, Julia. She's looking into the possibility that a chemist named Eugenio Barrios is being secretly sheltered in Uruguay by right-wing political powers.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2007-12-09
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Operación México, un pacto de amor
2016-11-17
Operación México, un pacto de amor
Overview:
Genres: Drama History Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2016-11-17
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The Eyes of the Scissors
1995-10-12
The Eyes of the Scissors
Overview: Close-up to a man who censored films during the military dictatorship in Argentina, slightly inspired by the infamous Miguel Paulino Tato.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1995-10-12
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Dry Martina
2018-06-21
Dry Martina
Overview: Martina was a famous singer in Argentina during the late 90s, who's become completely frigid and disenchanted with love. The arrival of a so-called sister, alongside her attractive boyfriend, compel Martina to go to Chile with one objective in mind: getting back her libido.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2018-06-21
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Fiestapatria
2007-04-26
Fiestapatria
Overview: As two families celebrate the engagement of their children, one of the lovers unearths a family secret.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2007-04-26
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Broken Panties
2018-06-21
Broken Panties
Overview: The imminent death of a matriarch forces her whole family to reunite. From her dying confession, other hidden episodes will come to light. Each of the family members will face what they would prefer remained buried. Nobody is free of killing for love.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2018-06-21
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Cachimba
2004-09-30
Cachimba
Overview: A man takes his insecure, overweight paramour to a seaside resort to consummate their relationship, but there he stumbles onto an artistic discovery that will change his life.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2004-09-30
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Cuarteles de invierno
1984-09-06
Cuarteles de invierno
Overview: A boxer and a singer are hired by the Armed Forces to entertain the people of a small town. When their personalities and principles get them in trouble with the authorities, they support each other as they face their destiny.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1984-09-06
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Last Round
2018-12-06
Last Round
Overview: Rudy, son of victims of the dictatorship in Argentina, and Maru, daughter of the perpetrator, are inheritors of a tragic and bloody history that separates them, but the destiny seems to be determined to unite them.
Genres: Drama Crime Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2018-12-06
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Tríada
2016-10-13
Tríada
Overview: Julia, an aspiring artist, turns thirty and is alone and without prospects; she meets Matías and her life seems to change. That same summer Matías invites her to move into his house. However, the appearance of Rodrigo, Matías' best friend, will introduce Julia to a state of confusion between these two men.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2016-10-13
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Dad must be crazy!
2005-06-02
Dad must be crazy!
Overview: On their scond honeymoon, a couple travels to the beaches of the Dominican Republic to reignite their marriage
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2005-06-02
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Banderas, the Tyrant
1993-11-19
Banderas, the Tyrant
Overview: In Santa Fe de Tierra Firme, an imaginary Latin American country, the indigenous dictator Santos Banderas rules with an iron fist. A group of rebels trying to seize power by force while some liberals try a change of government legally.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1993-11-19
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Spider Thieves
2017-05-18
Spider Thieves
Overview: Three teenage girls from a Santiago shanty town set in motion a plan to climb buildings and break into the apartments of the wealthy side of the town.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2017-05-18
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Sotto Voce
1996-01-01
Sotto Voce
Overview: Telma (Norma Pons) is concerned when her father Salerno dies of a heart attack in a movie theater while watching a film of two thugs beating another man. She believes that there is something more to it, and seeks the help of Deganis (Patricio Contreras), a forensic psychiatrist. Deganis, having found out the names of the two actors doing the beating onscreen, looks one of them up. His name is Walensky (Lito Cruz), and he is looking for Smith (Martin Adjemian), the other actor.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1996-01-01
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What's Autumn?
1977-05-05
What's Autumn?
Overview: An award-winning architect struggles to find work, love, and a purpose in life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1977-05-05
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Nowhere
2002-05-17
Nowhere
Overview: In a country (alluded to be Chile) under dictatorship, a police night raid comes up with a few usual anti-regime suspects. They are sent to a camp in the middle of nowhere. Their friends on the outside start to plan their escape.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2002-05-17
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El salto de Christian
2007-08-30
El salto de Christian
Overview: Lucia is a girl of about 30 years, vital, attractive and successful. Live intensely all day despite not having a very happy past. One morning, in the midst of a busy day, receives a mysterious letter. Mindful of the received and true to their character and desires, thinks it's time to leave and start the fundamental quest of her life.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2007-08-30
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The Lion's Share
1978-10-03
The Lion's Share
Overview: Story of a ordinary human being who, by chance, take possession of the money that was stolen from a bank, thinking that will solve all his problems.
Genres: Crime Drama Action
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1978-10-03
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No toquen a la nena
1976-08-05
No toquen a la nena
Overview: A man becomes overprotective of his daughter as a friend of his son comes to live at the family home.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1976-08-05
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Alicia
2018-10-24
Alicia
Overview: Jotta, a young atheist and militant, is disarming the house of his dead mother after a long cancer. On the way to the fight against violence so that she could die with dignity in that house. Also your search for answers in religion, science and politics.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-10-24
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Pacto de Fuga
2020-01-23
Pacto de Fuga
Overview: During the last years of Pinochet's military regime, a group of militants from the "Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic Front" plan a prison break of political prisoners, through a tunnel that will take them 18 months to dig.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2020-01-23
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Gerónima
1986-11-27
Gerónima
Overview: Gerónima was a real "Mapuche" Indian woman that lived in Argentinian Patagonia. She lived with her four sons in a poor little house in the dry lands her family had owned for generations. In 1976, during the military dictatorial government that disappeared 30.000 people, she and her four sons were visited by social workers. Worried about Geronima's poor conditions of existence, including health, they took the whole family to the hospital "to help them", with unexpected tragic consequences. The film that reconstruct Geronima's story is based in a interview realized by a physician while she was at the hospital. The main actress, Luisa Calcumil is also a real "Mapuche" woman, as well as Aimé Painé, the singer that interprets the authentic "Mapuche" songs the film includes.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1986-11-27
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Surviving the 70's
2015-11-02
Surviving the 70's
Overview: A disgruntled book editor is about to commit suicide when he is interrupted by a woman, who threatens to do the same if he does not read her book.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2015-11-02
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Inmortal
2021-12-02
Inmortal
Overview: Ana returns to Buenos Aires to claim her inheritance. She meets her father's close friend Dr. Benedetti, a scientist, where he has discovered a doorway to another dimension which allows Ana to reconvene with the dead.
Genres: Thriller Science Fiction
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2021-12-02
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El seductor
2004-01-01
El seductor
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Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2004-01-01
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Asesinato a distancia
1998-02-12
Asesinato a distancia
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Genres: Thriller
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1998-02-12
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S.O.S Gulubú
1996-07-18
S.O.S Gulubú
Overview: Gulubú, a fantasy world territory habited by the studious Cow, the Witch and other characters from María Elena Walsh's stories and songs.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1996-07-18
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La última siembra
1991-06-13
La última siembra
Overview:
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1991-06-13
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Che, la eterna mirada
2005-11-18
Che, la eterna mirada
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2005-11-18
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