Juan Acosta
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: La Matanza, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Birthday: January 15, 1957
Adult: No
Gender: Male
Popularity:
Known For:
Poor Butterfly
Overview: A turbulent era in Argentine politics is highlighted in this well-wrought drama, set in Buenos Aires at the end of 1945, about Clara (Graciela Borges), a young, half-Jewish woman awakening to the reasons behind the political conflicts of her time and place. Clara's father was a Communist who fought the Nazis in Argentina and possessed a list of the top Nazi exiles and their contacts. Through a former lover, Clara -- a successful broadcast journalist -- begins to see her Jewish roots (and the leftists) in a whole new light. Meanwhile, the political storms sweeping through Argentina are setting the stage for the Peronist government to come.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1986-06-02
Popularity:
Más que un hombre
Overview: The Argentine dictatorship kidnapped people who where thought to be part of communist guerrillas. This one in particular is the story of Telmo, a homosexual tailor living in a small town with his mother, whose house is suddenly invaded by one of these supposed guerrilla fighters, which he names Olaf to disguise his real identity. Turns out Telmo helps this guy hide from the military but it all gets complicated because he's currently working on the wedding dress of the daughter of the general who is chasing Olaf.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2007-10-04
Popularity:
The Angry Toy
Overview: A 16-year-old young man, is fond of weapons and the manufacture of explosives. He participates in robberies and is persecuted by the Police, so his group of friends dissolves and he goes to live in another neighborhood and starts working in a bookstore. Dissatisfied, without expectations and full of resentment, Silvio tries to set the place on fire and flees through the city
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1998-09-10
Popularity:
Waiting for the Hearse
Overview: 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?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1985-05-06
Popularity:
Gato negro
Overview: The film tells the life of Tito Pereyra since his childhood in a town of Tucuman (with an absent father) until the 1980 s in Buenos Aires, when democracy was restored. During that period he makes decisions that will change his life forever.It shows a human being with both bright and dark aspects, whose contrasts seem to determine his destiny.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2014-04-10
Popularity:
Amapola
Overview: A romantic reimagining of William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream set against the turbulent backdrops of the 1962 Argentinian military coup and the 1982 war for the Falkland Islands.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2014-06-05
Popularity:
Cien veces no debo
Overview: A comedy about a young girl who gets pregnant on a traditional Argentinean family.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1990-05-03
Popularity:
Waiting for the Hearse 2: The Party is Over
Overview: Nora and Antonio organize a prestigious celebration and invite their humble relatives.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2009-04-02
Popularity:
Olaf
Overview: A story of adventures, solidarity and love for nature for the whole family, with beautiful landscapes of Patagonia Argentina that will lead Carlos and Cristina to find their destiny from an event that will change their lives.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2022-07-21
Popularity:
Redemption of a Broken Mind
Overview: Fausto is destined to live the suicide of his beloved wife. After this tragic event, he’s inexplicably given the opportunity to travel back in time and change the faith of the woman who he loves.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2017-06-23
Popularity:
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
Popularity:
The Journey
Overview: A young man living in a cold southern village in South America, decides to start a trip looking for his father. By doing this he discovers unexpected facts about his Latin American essence.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1992-04-30
Popularity:
Dos Ilusiones
Overview:
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2004-08-12
Popularity: