Acting
Ricardo Espalter
Born April 14, 1924 · Montevideo, Uruguay
Died March 10, 2007 · aged 82
Born in Montevideo in the 14th of April, 1924, Ricardo Espalter was a Uruguayan actor and comedian, who started his long career in television in the 1960's. Espalter was very cherished by the public of Uruguay and Argentina, he was notable for his expressive facial gestures.
Known For
The Airship · 1994The Airship
★ 5.51994
MovieDramaHistory
A French woman arrives in Montevideo, to meet poet Juan Carlos Onetti and investigate the story of the city. She is intrigued by the photograph of the day when president Bordaz was killed and a zeppelin flew above the city at the turn of the century. She is helped by a photographer and both fall into a police intrigue.
Maldita Cocaína · 2001Maldita Cocaína
★ 4.32001
MovieThrillerCrime
A father searches for the drug dealer responsible for his daughter's death. He kidnaps who he believes is the girlfriend of one of the thugs; the woman turns out to be an undercover agent of the DEA, who will help him carry out her revenge.
La Raya Amarilla · 1962La Raya Amarilla
1962
MovieComedy
A group of Montevidean workers split up to paint the yellow line in the center of the streets.
La película · 1975La película
★ 7.71975
MovieComedy
A photographer shoots a documentary film in a small town in Argentina (Uribelarrea) about the filming that a foreign producer is doing on the spot.
Los taxistas del humor · 1987Los taxistas del humor
★ 10.01987
MovieComedy
Three stories in which one of the protagonists is a metered car driver.
Toto Paniagua (rey de la chatarra) · 1980Toto Paniagua (rey de la chatarra)
★ 10.01980
MovieComedy
Toto is a scrap metal dealer who became rich by a stroke of luck. Having fallen in love with a woman from a higher social class, he decides to take etiquette classes so he can get closer to her.
La pandilla aventurera · 1990La pandilla aventurera
★ 9.01990
MovieComedyFamily
In 1969, excited by the arrival of man on the Moon, a group of boys devised a rocket.
In This Tricky Life · 2001In This Tricky Life
★ 5.42001
MovieDrama
Montevideo, Uruguay. In this comedic drama, Elisa, 27, dreams of opening her own hairdressing salon in one of the rich districts of the Uruguayan capital. A bit of a rebel, one day Elisa moves out of her mother's house with her two children and breaks up with Garcia, her boss and lover who has infuriated her by not wanting to get married. So, in the space of twenty-four hours, Elisa finds herself without a roof over her head, without a man, without a job and without money. Her best friend Loulou finds her a job - in the brothel run by Dona Jacqueline. And without really being aware of it, Elisa slides into prostitution, which leads her to Barcelona. She falls in love, she is exploited, she gets involved in transvestite gang wars, and meanwhile just dreams of earning enough money for her little beauty salon back home.
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