Leonor Benedetto

De cara al cielo

Life in a Neuquén fort during the Conquest of the Desert.

A Place in the World

Mario and Ana, in voluntary exile from Buenos Aires, live in a remote Argentine valley with their 12-year-old son Ernesto. Mario runs a school and a wool cooperative; Ana, a doctor, heads a clinic with Nelda, a progressive nun. Into this idealistic family comes Hans, a jaded Spanish geological engineer -- surveying the land for the local patron, to see if it can be dammed for hydro-electric power, which would drive the peasants from the land into the cities.

Amapola

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.

Proxima salida

The stories of five railroad workers who have been sacked as a consequence of the economic crisis.

Secretos compartidos

Vicente Duarte commits his first crime. The victim is a young, attractive woman whom the criminal had never met. From his initial foray into the world of crime, Duarte feels a kind of inner serenity, which will drive him to continue committing more crimes.

Condemned to Hell

Silvia is incarcerated in a corrupt women prison and forced to participate in drug distribution. When she refuses she is punished and her sister murdered. She will try to get free and get her revenge.

The Power of Darkness

A man becomes convinced that he is being persecuted by a conspiracy of blind people.

El fantástico mundo de la María Montiel

A girl and her fantasy universe in the brick ovens.

The Knight of the Sword

The life story of Argentine independence hero Jose de San Martin.

Bajo el signo de la patria

Aspects of the life of General Manuel Belgrano since he took command of the Army of the North until, together with his men, he defeated the enemy in the battle of Salta in February 1813.

El gordo de América

To celebrate his promotion, a manager (Javier Portales) decides to summon his brother from the field, but as he did not stop making disasters he sends him back. His brother (Jorge Porcel) is not convinced and dazzled by an advertisement decides to set up an investigation office.

Las locas

Those interned in a psychiatric establishment are involved in a police issue.

Time's Up!

An Argentinian psychiatrist, who fled her country under the most dire circumstances to assume a new life in New York City, struggles in a search for her identity while carrying the burden of her past and that of her strong dedication to her new patients.

Rosa de lejos

A young woman from a rural area travels to Buenos Aires to try her luck working as a maid. She will face obstacles and problems in the big city.

Lola Mora

The life story of Argentine sculptress Lola Mora.

Proceso a la infamia

The disputes between two leaders, set in 1930s Cuidad de Buenos Aires.