Leopoldo Torre Nilsson Movies

Leopoldo Torre Nilsson, at the age of 22, made his directorial debut with this little-known auteur short film, based on one of his short stories,...

A workers' strike provokes acts of violence and the death of the town's commissioner.

A famous football player faces retirement, but his son is still his most faithful fan.

Documentary of the phenomenonal band Sui Géneris in its farewell tour at Luna Park on September 5, 1975.

A singer takes possession of a ranch and receives the mission to avenge his ancestor Santos Vega, that legendary payador, and defeat Juan Sin Ropa.

This is the story of a suburb in Buenos Aires, its neighborhood, and how they live together in poverty, conjoined by the games of the children, and...

A shy man invents in front of his friends a love affair with a singer but circumstances will lead him to conquer her.

A gaucho flees from justice for murdering a man with whom his girlfriend was betraying him. He settles in a place where he falls in love with a...

A young man pretends to be his friends' aunt to solve certain problems.

The relationship between a suffered gauchito and a foal.

A man pretends to be dead and his dying wish causes his wife to marry a drifter and lose her inheritance.

A young woman criticized by her family for her dissipated life embarks on a new path.

Aspects of the life of Juan Facundo Quiroga, a caudillo who for many years ruled the province of La Rioja in Argentina and was assassinated in 1835.

Documentary about the life of Leopoldo Torre Nilsson, one of Argentina's most influential directors. Narrated by his son and director of the film,...

A bitter postcard of the town of the Buenos Aires countryside that Argentinean writer Manuel Puig (1932-90) portrayed with singular mastery, based on...