Leopoldo Torre Nilsson

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Leopoldo Torre Nilsson

Born May 5, 1924 · Buenos Aires, Argentina

Died September 8, 1978 · aged 54

Leopoldo Torre Nilsson (5 May 1924 – 8 September 1978), also known as Leo Towers and as Babsy, was an Argentine film director, producer and screenwriter. Born as Leopoldo Torres Nilsson (he later changed his paternal surname from Torres to Torre) was the son of Argentine pioneer film director Leopoldo Torres Ríos, with whom he collaborated between 1939 and 1949. He debuted in 1947 with the short …

Known For

OrcaOrca · 1942
Orca
★ 7.01942
MovieDramaComedy
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 woman, also desired by the local commissioner.
El derrotadoEl derrotado · 2011
El derrotado
2011
MovieDrama
Julio works for an accounting firm, at the beginning of the '50s. Celina, his wife, married him without knowing that he was addicted to gambling. This problem leads him to increasingly denigrating situations. Celina, who has lost contact with her upper-class world, meets a friend from the past again and meets Alberto, who seduces her. Little by little, Julio enters into an irreversible debacle.
The Female: Seventy Times SevenThe Female: Seventy Times Seven · 1962
The Female: Seventy Times Seven
★ 6.11962
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 DependentThe Dependent · 1969
The Dependent
★ 7.01969
MovieDrama
Fernandez is a lonely man leading a lonely life. All he does is work for an old man in a hardware store. But all that changes, when he meets the girl of his dreams... and her family.
The House of the AngelThe House of the Angel · 1957
The House of the Angel
★ 7.21957
MovieDrama
A young teen has been raised by a despotic mother overcome with religious zeal and a father who rules over the household with a heavy, iron hand. Forcibly kept innocent of the sexual nuances of some adult relationships, she is not too clear on her rights, his intentions, or the consequences when her father's best friend starts to lust after her.
Güemes, la tierra en armasGüemes, la tierra en armas · 1971
Güemes, la tierra en armas
★ 8.01971
MovieDramaHistory
The story of the wars of independence in Northern Argentina during the 19th Century.
La caídaLa caída · 1959
La caída
★ 6.61959
MovieDrama
A university student comes to stay with a bedridden woman and her four children. Helping out around the house, she soon grows fond of the mother and children. An attorney falls for the student, but the couple experiences problems when she declines to leave what he refers to as "that lunatic asylum."
Monday's ChildMonday's Child · 1967
Monday's Child
★ 5.41967
MovieDrama
The daughter of an American marriage in Puerto Rico forces her parents to find a doll that her father mistakenly sent in a box of aid during a flood.

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