Acting
Daniel Fanego
Born March 30, 1955 · Buenos Aires, Argentina
Died September 19, 2024 · aged 69
Daniel Fanego (Buenos Aires, born March 30, 1955) is an Argentine theatre, film, and television actor.
Known For
Vergel · 2017Vergel
★ 4.92017
MovieDrama
A sudden mourning brings a woman to the edge of madness. Funeral procedures, heat and a neighbor that comes to water the plants, come together in an emotional journey where it is impossible to distinguish the real from the unreal.
Zenitram · 2010Zenitram
★ 5.92010
MovieComedyScience Fiction
Set in a decaying Buenos Aires, a poor Argentine (Minujin) wrestles with his newly discovered superpowers.
Gemini · 2005Gemini
★ 5.52005
MovieDrama
An incestuous love affair. Meme and Jeremias are the younger children in a typical bourgeois family. Their mother Lucia is the dominant force in the household, but her fixation on upholding the niceties of upper middle class life has prevented her from seeing what is going on under her roof. When the siblings’ older brother and his fiancee arrive home for their wedding, it seems inevitable that the concealment will be impossible to sustain. But equally it becomes apparent that if Lucia were to find out about the affair, there would be catastrophic consequences.
Inmortal · 2021Inmortal
★ 5.32021
MovieThrillerScience Fiction
Ana returns to Buenos Aires to claim her inheritance. She meets her father's close friend Dr. Benedetti, a scientist, where he has discovered a doorway to another dimension which allows Ana to reconvene with the dead.
The German Friend · 2012The German Friend
★ 5.42012
MovieDramaRomance
It’s the late 1950s, and in an affluent and quietly respectable part of Buenos Aires, young Sulamit Löwenstein strikes up a friendship with her next-door neighbour Friedrich over the whereabouts of her family dog. She is the daughter of German-Jewish immigrants to Argentina, he is the son of a senior SS officer, a tragic political legacy from whose shadow both characters struggle to escape over the next three decades. Following the teenaged Friedrich to Germany, Sulamit finds him caught up in the radical politics of late-1960s student life; and she’s forced to make important decisions about her attitude to her homeland when Friedrich returns to Argentina to join the fight against the military junta.
Salamander · 2008Salamander
★ 5.52008
MovieDrama
Writer-director Pablo Agüero's feature debut follows Inti (Joaquin Aguila), a 6-year-old boy caught up in the madness of post-"Dirty War" Argentina. Upon her release from prison, Inti's mother, Alba (Dolores Fonzi), a former dissident, whisks him away from his grandmother's care. Still unsure of her own direction in life, Alba takes Inti to live in a hippie commune in Patagonia. Velvet Underground founder John Cale co-stars.
Betibú · 2014Betibú
★ 5.52014
MovieCrime
Once Pedro Chazarreta found murdered in the wonderful gated, El Tribuno newspaper hires retired detective novelist Nurit Iscar/Betibù that is installed in the area and a series of newspaper columns about the case. Along with the Chief of police of the newspaper, Mariano Saravia, and a veteran journalist, Jaime Breña, Betibù starts to investigate the murder. Using an old photo of the adolescence of Chazarreta, which shows him with fellow high school, the Group discovers an apparent connection between this murder and a succession of apparently trivial deaths of members of the photo. At the same time, Betibù must face its past emotional with the editor of the newspaper, Lorenzo Rinaldi, who seeks to restore the relationship.
Weser · 2025Weser
2025
MovieDocumentaryDrama
In a small coastal town, a group of people isolated during the COVID quarantine seek solace and meaning in poetry in the face of death, while clinging to the fantasy of rebuilding their shattered lives. The film intertwines reality and dreams, exploring cinema as a refuge and reflecting on human nature and the power of art to transcend despair.
Movies
Vergel · 2017Vergel
★ 4.92017
MovieDrama
A sudden mourning brings a woman to the edge of madness. Funeral procedures, heat and a neighbor that comes to water the plants, come together in an emotional journey where it is impossible to distinguish the real from the unreal.
Zenitram · 2010Zenitram
★ 5.92010
MovieComedyScience Fiction
Set in a decaying Buenos Aires, a poor Argentine (Minujin) wrestles with his newly discovered superpowers.
Gemini · 2005Gemini
★ 5.52005
MovieDrama
An incestuous love affair. Meme and Jeremias are the younger children in a typical bourgeois family. Their mother Lucia is the dominant force in the household, but her fixation on upholding the niceties of upper middle class life has prevented her from seeing what is going on under her roof. When the siblings’ older brother and his fiancee arrive home for their wedding, it seems inevitable that the concealment will be impossible to sustain. But equally it becomes apparent that if Lucia were to find out about the affair, there would be catastrophic consequences.
Inmortal · 2021Inmortal
★ 5.32021
MovieThrillerScience Fiction
Ana returns to Buenos Aires to claim her inheritance. She meets her father's close friend Dr. Benedetti, a scientist, where he has discovered a doorway to another dimension which allows Ana to reconvene with the dead.
The German Friend · 2012The German Friend
★ 5.42012
MovieDramaRomance
It’s the late 1950s, and in an affluent and quietly respectable part of Buenos Aires, young Sulamit Löwenstein strikes up a friendship with her next-door neighbour Friedrich over the whereabouts of her family dog. She is the daughter of German-Jewish immigrants to Argentina, he is the son of a senior SS officer, a tragic political legacy from whose shadow both characters struggle to escape over the next three decades. Following the teenaged Friedrich to Germany, Sulamit finds him caught up in the radical politics of late-1960s student life; and she’s forced to make important decisions about her attitude to her homeland when Friedrich returns to Argentina to join the fight against the military junta.
Salamander · 2008Salamander
★ 5.52008
MovieDrama
Writer-director Pablo Agüero's feature debut follows Inti (Joaquin Aguila), a 6-year-old boy caught up in the madness of post-"Dirty War" Argentina. Upon her release from prison, Inti's mother, Alba (Dolores Fonzi), a former dissident, whisks him away from his grandmother's care. Still unsure of her own direction in life, Alba takes Inti to live in a hippie commune in Patagonia. Velvet Underground founder John Cale co-stars.
Betibú · 2014Betibú
★ 5.52014
MovieCrime
Once Pedro Chazarreta found murdered in the wonderful gated, El Tribuno newspaper hires retired detective novelist Nurit Iscar/Betibù that is installed in the area and a series of newspaper columns about the case. Along with the Chief of police of the newspaper, Mariano Saravia, and a veteran journalist, Jaime Breña, Betibù starts to investigate the murder. Using an old photo of the adolescence of Chazarreta, which shows him with fellow high school, the Group discovers an apparent connection between this murder and a succession of apparently trivial deaths of members of the photo. At the same time, Betibù must face its past emotional with the editor of the newspaper, Lorenzo Rinaldi, who seeks to restore the relationship.
Weser · 2025Weser
2025
MovieDocumentaryDrama
In a small coastal town, a group of people isolated during the COVID quarantine seek solace and meaning in poetry in the face of death, while clinging to the fantasy of rebuilding their shattered lives. The film intertwines reality and dreams, exploring cinema as a refuge and reflecting on human nature and the power of art to transcend despair.
Neither God, Nor Master or Husband · 2010Neither God, Nor Master or Husband
2010
Movie
In 1896, Virginia Bolten, a well known thirty years old anarchist, arrives in Buenos Aires where she meets her friend Matilda, along with other women working in the mill Volpon Genaro, under the harsh conditions of the time.
El Angel · 2018El Angel
★ 7.42018
MovieDramaCrime
Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1971. Carlos Robledo Puch is a 19-year-old boy with an angelic face, but a vocational thief as well, who acts ruthlessly, without remorse. When he meets Ramón, they follow together a dark path of crime and death.
Las nubes · 2024Las nubes
★ 10.02024
MovieThriller
Kill the Jockey · 2024Kill the Jockey
★ 6.72024
MovieComedyCrime
Remo's self-destructive behavior overshadows his talent. Abril, an upcoming jockey, is pregnant with Remo's baby and has to decide between the child or continuing to race. They both race for Sirena, a businessman who saved Remo's life in the past but now is determined to find him, dead or alive.
Hostage of an Illusion · 2012Hostage of an Illusion
★ 3.82012
MovieDramaRomance
Pablo is being pursued by what seems like a mob of fans. However, the truth soon emerges that his assailants are actually the cast of characters from his books who are angry that he won’t continue to write their lives. When Laura, a former student, turns up on Pablo’s doorstep soon after with plans for romance, the two fall into a passionate love affair. But when she starts showing signs of paranoia, Pablo questions whether she may in fact be one of his literary creations.
Casi no nos dimos cuenta · 1990Casi no nos dimos cuenta
★ 8.01990
MovieDramaRomance
A woman describes to her psychoanalyst the details of how she met her partner until the moment of their separation.
Initials S.G. · 2019Initials S.G.
★ 5.92019
MovieDramaComedy
An aging, Argentine, Serge Gainsbourg wannabe struggles to deal with a career he can't seem to get on track, an affair he doesn't want, and a crime he didn't mean to commit.
El Fausto criollo · 1979El Fausto criollo
★ 10.01979
MovieDrama
An old gaucho tells his young friend about a time in the big city when he went to the Opera, and narrates to him the whole plot of Gounod's Faust. His young friend reimagines the story he's hearing, with himself in the central role.
Foolish Heart · 1998Foolish Heart
★ 4.91998
MovieDrama
Living with his parents, 17-year-old Juan hangs out with several intellectuals who would like to photograph the human soul. The girlfriend of the group's financier is Ana, and Juan is attracted to her, despite the knowledge that she spent two years at a clinic because she was "crazy." Juan sees Ana when he can and trains as a door-to-door salesman, but when the German photographer on the soul project gives him a viewfinder, it changes his life, putting him on the path to his later success as a Hollywood director.
Coven · 2020Coven
★ 6.72020
MovieDramaHistory
French Basque Country, year 1609. The men of a small fishing village have gone to sea. Judge Rostegui, who has been charged by the king with ridding the country of the devil's wiles, arrests Ana and her friends and accuses them of witchcraft.
Everybody Has a Plan · 2012Everybody Has a Plan
★ 4.82012
MovieDramaThriller
Pedro, a humble beekeeper who lives in the mysterious Argentinian region of the Delta del Tigre, travels to Buenos Aires to visit his twin brother Agustín, a successful but troubled pediatrician with marital issues, to give him bad news and ask him for a favor hard to fulfill, a unexpected arrival which will change Agustín's life forever.
Necronomicon – The Book of Hell · 2018Necronomicon – The Book of Hell
★ 5.32018
MovieHorrorThriller
A librarian founds a copy of the fabled Necronomicon, only unleash hell on earth.
Moon of Avellaneda · 2004Moon of Avellaneda
★ 7.22004
MovieDramaRomance
The story of a social and sports club in a Buenos Aires neighborhood and of those who try to save it from being closed.
Deserter · 2019Deserter
★ 5.52019
MovieDrama
Corporal Marquez bears the disgrace of having a deserting father. The arrival of Colonel Santos's regiment and the appearance of an old backpack, bring back the ghosts of the Cape. Marquez, upon discovering that his father was assassinated, rushes into the mountains to avenge his father's death and clear his name.
The Accused · 2018The Accused
★ 6.62018
MovieThrillerDrama
Dolores lived the life of a higher-class student until her best friend was found brutally murdered. Two years later, she’s the only indicted suspect for a crime that attracts a lot of media attention and has placed her in the center of the public eye. Dolores spends her days preparing for the trial, secluded in her house as her parents work as a team ready to do anything to defend their daughter. The best lawyer is not enough, they obsessively control around her: how she looks, what she does, eats and who she sees. But as the trial moves forward and pressure grows, suspicion and secrets emerge within the family. Cornered, increasingly isolated and just when any mistake could prove disastrous, Dolores puts the entire strategy at risk.
Yo soy Mika de Frankfurt · 2026Yo soy Mika de Frankfurt
2026
Movie
TV Shows
Killer Women · 2005Killer Women
★ 6.02005
SeriesDramaCrime
Anthology series, in which every episode introduces fictionalized versions of real cases about women who, for different reasons, ended up committing murder.
Resistiré · 2003Resistiré
★ 6.62003
SeriesDramaMystery
Resistiré is a 2003 Argentine telenovela. This serial features a gorgeous woman torn between her terrorist fiancee and a handsome tailor. It starred Pablo Echarri, Celeste Cid, Carolina Fal and Fabián Vena.
Resistiré was a major hit on Argentinian television. It dared to introduce new elements in the genre of telenovela and was well accepted by the audience, setting a new standard in TV. In 2004, the telenovela won the Martín Fierro Award as the best show of the year, along with many other awards.
In 2006, two remakes debuted. MyNetworkTV produced an American version in English titled Watch Over Me. In addition, Televisa unveiled Amar Sin Limites for Mexican viewers.
The Bronze Garden · 2017The Bronze Garden
★ 7.42017
SeriesDramaCrime
Architect Fabián Danubio desperately tries to find his daughter, who has inexplicably disappeared leaving no trace.
Epitaphs · 2004Epitaphs
★ 7.12004
SeriesDramaCrime
Epitafios is a 2004 13-episode, Argentinian crime fiction TV mini-series with the tagline: El Final Está Escrito ... The End Is Written. The series, which takes place in an unnamed South American city, was shot in Buenos Aires.
The series was produced by HBO Latin America and Argentinian TV/film company Pol-Ka Producciones. It was written by Marcelo Slavich and Walter Slavich and directed by Alberto Lecchi and Jorge Nisco. Although all of the actors were Argentinian, a neutral Spanish was used instead of the local Rioplatense Spanish, avoiding colloquialisms such as the local vos in favor of the more common tú.
The series debuted in Australia on SBS in May 2007 under the title If The Dead Could Speak. It premiered in Poland on Cinemax on November 6, 2008. In Germany, it premiered on November 6, 2009 on pay TV channel FOX under the title Epitafios - Tod Ist Die Antwort.
The Kingdom · 2021The Kingdom
★ 7.42021
SeriesCrimeDrama
After his running mate's murder, a controversial televangelist becomes Argentina's presidential candidate. But nothing about him is as holy as he seems.
Los siete locos y los lanzallamas · 2015Los siete locos y los lanzallamas
2015
SeriesDramaCrime
Todos Contra Juan · 2008Todos Contra Juan
★ 8.72008
SeriesComedy
Hand in hand with Gaston Pauls, Todos contra Juan is a series that aired in 2008 on the America channel. The story deals with the life of Juan Perugia, who was very famous during his adolescence for participating in the most successful youth soap opera in the 1990s.
El deseo · 2004El deseo
★ 5.32004
SeriesDramaMystery
El Deseo is a small town that has healing hot springs, but also a swamp that everyone prefers to avoid. As in any small town there are passions, secrets and mysteries. Its inhabitants revolve around the Spa and the hotel owned by Dalmiro Bernal and his wife Mercedes. Due to various circumstances, Carmen and Javier arrive at the town. Carmen is a variety artist without much luck in her work who hopes to make money to emigrate. Javier goes to fulfill a job and leave. But The Wish holds them back. They both stay and their lives change forever.
23 pares · 201223 pares
2012
SeriesDramaComedy
Carmen and Elena Iturrioz are sisters and partners in a laboratory inherited from their parents. Both carry out the cases that reach the laboratory, together with a team of collaborators. Each episode will stage a new story that arrives at the laboratory at the hands of characters seeking to find out their identity, recognize a son or a brother, gain access to an inheritance or identify a genetic disease, among others. they will reveal who they are; they will get closer to their own personal and family identity.
El primero de nosotros · 2022El primero de nosotros
★ 5.52022
SeriesDramaComedy
An unexpected diagnosis forces a group of friends to rethink their life priorities.
El legado · 2014El legado
★ 4.52014
SeriesDrama
Volver a nacer · 2012Volver a nacer
★ 5.02012
SeriesMystery
After revealing that he was born in a clandestine detention center and had a twin gem of which was separated, Soledad launched himself into a complex and painful search for recovering his identity and meeting with Pilar, his sister.
El elegido · 2011El elegido
2011
SeriesCrime