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Lisandro Alonso
Born June 2, 1975 · Buenos Aires, Argentina (age 51)
Lisandro Alonso (born 2 June 1975) is an Argentine film director and screenwriter. Recognized as a leading figure in slow cinema and the New Argentine Cinema movement, he is known for his minimalist, observational films that follow solitary figures moving through remote landscapes, blending elements of documentary and fiction. All seven of his feature films have premiered at the Cannes Film Festiv…
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Queer · 2024Queer
★ 6.52024
MovieDramaRomance
In 1950s Mexico City, William Lee, an American ex-pat in his late forties, leads a solitary life amidst a small American community. However, the arrival in town of Eugene Allerton, a young student, stirs William into finally establishing a meaningful connection with someone.
Jauja · 2014Jauja
★ 6.52014
MovieWesternDrama
A father and daughter journey from Denmark to an unknown desert that exists in a realm beyond the confines of civilization.
Los Muertos · 2004Los Muertos
★ 6.42004
MovieDrama
Vargas, a 54 year old man, gets out of jail in the province of Corrientes, Argentina. Once released, he wants to find his now adult daughter, who lives in a swampy and remote area. A deep mystery surrounds him.
Eureka · 2024Eureka
★ 6.22024
MovieDrama
A cowboy arrives in a town in search of his daughter, a native policewoman arrests various offenders in a snowy landscape, while her niece, a basketball coach, reunites with her grandfather for a decisive journey that will shape her future, and a bird flies through time and space and begins to enter the minds and dreams of a native tribe in the Amazon jungle.
Double Freedom · 2026Double Freedom
2026
MovieDrama
Misael works alone with his axe, cutting down trees in the woods. An unexpected responsibility upends his life, and the logic of his days fades away in a nature where human reason holds no meaning.
El bonaerense · 2002El bonaerense
★ 6.92002
MovieDramaCrime
Zapa is a locksmith in a remote and quiet little town, lost somewhere deep in the province of Buenos Aires. After getting involved in a crime, his uncle, a retired policeman, bails him out and gets him a spot to join the Provincial Police as an aspiring officer in the thick urban sprawl of Greater Buenos Aires' West Zone. Soon he will get involved in a new type of corruption.
The Future Ahead · 2017The Future Ahead
★ 5.92017
MovieDrama
From first love to first divorce, Romina and Flor experience different stages of their lives together, in Argentinian director Constanza Novick's exploration of friendship between women.
Untitled (Letter to Serra) · 2011Untitled (Letter to Serra)
★ 6.12011
MovieDrama
Lisandro Alonso returns to La Pampa, to the same locations of Freedom, to shoot his Carta para Serra (or Sin título), with a camera that seems to float among the vegetation. He has the company of Misael Saavedra, and yet instead of looking back (or making a tribute to his actors, because that was the subject in Fantasma) this movie seeks to be a prologue for his next one.
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