Directing

Ricardo Becher

Born January 1, 1930 · Buenos Aires, Argentina

Died January 1, 2011 · aged 80

Ricardo Becher (1930–2011) was an Argentine film director, screenwriter and journalist. He directed twelve films between 1955 and 2006. His 1969 film Coup de Grâce was entered into the 19th Berlin International Film Festival. He worked as Leopoldo Torre Nilsson's assistant director on four films. During the 1970s he made a living in advertising and publicity. Since 1990 he made a career as a film…

Known For

The Friend

The Friend · 1960

This short features an unnamed shoeshine boy who works near a carnival. He dreams he befriends a middle-class boy one evening and gets a chance to spend time inside the carnival gate.

Crimen

MovieDramaMystery

A construction worker has some terrible thoughts on his break time.

Coup de Grace

Coup de Grace · 1969

MovieDramaComedy

During the day, a non-conformist young man and his friends try to make a living by doing odd jobs; at night, they sink at the Moderno Bar.

The Female: Seventy Times Seven

The Female: Seventy Times Seven · 1962

The Female: Seventy Times Seven

MovieDramaRomance

Cora is a Mexican prostitute with typically inconsiderate johns. She is troubled by a hole in the ceiling. The hole triggers flashbacks regarding how she got to where she is; she hooked up with a gringo and got involved in digging a well. A horse thief given up for dead gives them a hand.

The Players vs. Ángeles Caídos

The Players vs. Ángeles Caídos · 1969

The Players vs. Ángeles Caídos

An avant-garde theater troupe works through a series of unrelated episodes on en empty sound stage.

The Terrace

The Terrace · 1963

A group of young aristocrats lock themselves up, for fun, on a terrace in a wealthy building in Buenos Aires. Their parents try to get them out, but they threaten to jump down if any adults enter the terrace.

Racconto

Racconto · 1963

The romantic encounter and misunderstanding between an aristocratic model and an actor.

Detrás de la mentira

Detrás de la mentira · 1962

Detrás de la mentira

MovieDramaThriller

An industrialist's son becomes part of the communist party.

Filmography

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The Friend

The Friend · 1960

This short features an unnamed shoeshine boy who works near a carnival. He dreams he befriends a middle-class boy one evening and gets a chance to spend time inside the carnival gate.

Writer

Crimen

MovieDramaMystery

A construction worker has some terrible thoughts on his break time.

Producer

Coup de Grace

Coup de Grace · 1969

MovieDramaComedy

During the day, a non-conformist young man and his friends try to make a living by doing odd jobs; at night, they sink at the Moderno Bar.

Director

The Female: Seventy Times Seven

The Female: Seventy Times Seven · 1962

The Female: Seventy Times Seven

MovieDramaRomance

Cora is a Mexican prostitute with typically inconsiderate johns. She is troubled by a hole in the ceiling. The hole triggers flashbacks regarding how she got to where she is; she hooked up with a gringo and got involved in digging a well. A horse thief given up for dead gives them a hand.

Writer

The Players vs. Ángeles Caídos

The Players vs. Ángeles Caídos · 1969

The Players vs. Ángeles Caídos

An avant-garde theater troupe works through a series of unrelated episodes on en empty sound stage.

Él mismo en secuencia "La fiesta de los espíritus"

The Terrace

The Terrace · 1963

A group of young aristocrats lock themselves up, for fun, on a terrace in a wealthy building in Buenos Aires. Their parents try to get them out, but they threaten to jump down if any adults enter the terrace.

Writer

Racconto

Racconto · 1963

The romantic encounter and misunderstanding between an aristocratic model and an actor.

Writer

Detrás de la mentira

Detrás de la mentira · 1962

Detrás de la mentira

MovieDramaThriller

An industrialist's son becomes part of the communist party.

Second Unit Director

Prisioneros de una noche

Prisioneros de una noche · 1962

Prisioneros de una noche

A man and a woman fall in love in the streets of a nocturnal Buenos Aires.

Assistant Director

Venga a bailar el rock

Venga a bailar el rock · 1957

Venga a bailar el rock

MovieMusicComedy

A group of young people organizes a music festival.

La entrega

La entrega · 2002

MovieCrimeDrama

A wave of anonymous attacks will capriciously unite the stories, leading them towards an inexorable end.

Writer

The Gauchito Gil, Inocent blood

The Gauchito Gil, Inocent blood · 2006

The Gauchito Gil, Inocent blood

MovieActionDrama

A documentary crew, busy filming a movie about lumpenaje in the city, contact with their cameras and record the activities of a marginal tribe led by Gauchito whom be named for Gil Gauchito devotee, whose stories we refer to projections of life episodes of the legendary Antonio Gil Nunez. By following the example of his hero, the face Gauchito to power but, unlike the popular saint, achieved avoid their tragic fate.

Director