Directing

José Luis Sepúlveda

Filmmaker, with studies at Universidad Arcis and at the School of San Antonio de los Baños in Cuba. His first feature film is "El Pejesapo" (2007), which becomes a true milestone of Chilean independent cinema, being exhibited at the Locarno Film Festival. His work is characterized by a marked militancy for the resistance and social cinema, approaching topics such as poverty, marginality and the …

Known For

Harley QueenHarley Queen · 2019
Harley Queen
6.12019
MovieDocumentary
A woman yearns to find her identity through her character:a supervillain, dancer and mother, in the Mena sector, or what they call "the largest ghetto in Chile", in Puente Alto, Santiago.
Chronicle of a CommitteeChronicle of a Committee · 2014
Chronicle of a Committee
6.32014
MovieDocumentary
Chronicle of a solidarity-political committee formed after the death of Manuel Gutiérrez, a 16-year-old boy who was shot by a the Chilean police during a night of protest in 2011.
Armed HandArmed Hand · 2002
Armed Hand
2002
MovieDocumentary
The psychology of crime inside prisons is collected through conversations with prisoners, who provide shocking testimonies and stark confessions, and with psychologists and lawyers who specialize in the material, in a critical view of the judicial system.
The FrogFishThe FrogFish · 2008
The FrogFish
5.72008
MovieDramaMystery
Daniel SS is a maladjusted man whom, after a failed suicide attempt, tries to restart his life from Río Maipo to the centre of Santiago, on a journey in which he finds no reason not to kill himself.
El destapadorEl destapador · 2012
El destapador
2012
MovieDrama
Survival in a collective space becomes hard in times when social manifestations can generate their own individuality.
Ojos VolteadoresOjos Volteadores · 2004
Ojos Volteadores
2004
MovieDrama
A man raised in a circus of drag performers recalls the dramas of his childhood at every turn. He wants his wife to die, travels to his past, and from there begins to live out that desire.
The ClubThe Club · 2015
The Club
6.92015
MovieDramaMystery
In a secluded house in a small seaside town live four unrelated men and the woman who tends to the house and their needs. All former priests, they have been sent to this quiet exile to purge the sins of their pasts, the separation from their communities the worst form of punishment by the Church. They keep to a strict daily schedule devoid of all temptation and spontaneity, each moment a deliberate effort to atone for their wrongdoings.
MitómanaMitómana · 2009
Mitómana
2009
MovieDrama
Nora Diaz is an actress obsessed with acting and lying sick. She travels towards her obsessions by testing her characters in reality, on the street. Through them, she observes and listens to the conscious and unconscious inventions of a society, the Chilean one, where truth and lie are confused.

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