Armando Robles Godoy

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Armando Robles Godoy

Born February 7, 1923 · New York City, New York, USA

Died August 10, 2010 · aged 87

Armando Robles Godoy (February 7, 1923 – August 10, 2010) was a Peruvian film director. He was son of the Peruvian composer Daniel Alomía Robles and Carmela Godoy. His 1967 film En la selva no hay estrellas won the Golden Prize at the 5th Moscow International Film Festival in 1967. In 1971 he was a member of the jury at the 7th Moscow International Film Festival. Director of Espejismo, so far the …

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MirageMirage · 1972
Mirage
7.01972
MovieDramaMystery
A young man inherits a broken down estate at the edge of the Peruvian desert, with no explanation about the former owners or what had become of the once thriving house.
Sonata soledadSonata soledad · 1987
Sonata soledad
7.01987
MovieDrama
Three stories. A middle-aged man remembering his childhood, a couple living in a ghostly world, and a parody of filmmaking.
Impossible LoveImpossible Love · 2003
Impossible Love
4.82003
MovieDramaRomance
It is the legend of several stories. A journalist who hates a guy who's on TV, you have to interview him, then ends up making love to this again and again, in the end both are separated from love. Another story is that of an old man who teaches at a beautiful piano melody to a very young child, in turn this man sees everywhere a very beautiful girl who happens to be a past love, she is a ghost that embodies in the body of every woman he sees. The child learning piano has a grandfather who loves him and conceited enough, yet the mother of the child does not like to go out with Grandpa because the child very rare note. The last story is about a woman from planet you want San Antonio grant him the miracle that an altar boy to notice her and she later marries her.
The Green WallThe Green Wall · 1970
The Green Wall
5.81970
MovieDramaRomance
A young couple forsakes their urban existence for life in the exciting but dangerous Peruvian jungle.
El Cóndor PasaEl Cóndor Pasa · 1971
El Cóndor Pasa
1971
MovieDocumentary
Robles Godoy narrates the childhood of his father Daniel Alomía Robles and the birth of his melody "El cóndor pasa".
Himno al SolHimno al Sol · 1974
Himno al Sol
1974
MovieDocumentary
Life and work of the composer Daniel Alomía Robles (1871-1942).
Cemetery of the ElephantsCemetery of the Elephants · 1974
Cemetery of the Elephants
1974
MovieDrama
A man returns to a hacienda, lost in time and history, where, as a child or teenager, in his budding career as a writer, he left a typewriter stored away as a symbolic object. He goes to find it and unearth it. A return to the lost childhood in which his first creative impulses took root.
Ganarás el panGanarás el pan · 1965
Ganarás el pan
10.01965
MovieDrama
A young man from Lima with a dissipated life will receive an inheritance, but a testamentary clause imposes a condition: he must travel all over Peru. He starts a long journey of two years which takes him through all the regions of the country. He observes agriculture, industry, mining, retail and gets to know the many ways in which his compatriots earn their living.

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Impossible LoveImpossible Love · 2003
Impossible Love
4.82003
MovieDramaRomance
It is the legend of several stories. A journalist who hates a guy who's on TV, you have to interview him, then ends up making love to this again and again, in the end both are separated from love. Another story is that of an old man who teaches at a beautiful piano melody to a very young child, in turn this man sees everywhere a very beautiful girl who happens to be a past love, she is a ghost that embodies in the body of every woman he sees. The child learning piano has a grandfather who loves him and conceited enough, yet the mother of the child does not like to go out with Grandpa because the child very rare note. The last story is about a woman from planet you want San Antonio grant him the miracle that an altar boy to notice her and she later marries her.

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