David José Kohon

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David José Kohon

Born October 18, 1929 · Buenos Aires City, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Died October 30, 2004 · aged 75

David José Kohon was an Argentine film director and screenwriter. He directed and wrote for Argentine films between 1958 and 1982 directing films such as Así o de otra manera, Breve cielo, Con alma y vida and El Agujero en la pared. Breve cielo was entered into the 6th Moscow International Film Festival.

Known For

Brief HeavenBrief Heaven · 1969
Brief Heaven
6.31969
MovieDrama
A young middle-class man and a young girl who has left the slums to work as a prostitute meet by chance on the Plaza de los Ingleses, opposite the emblematic Retiro station in Buenos Aires.
Buenos AiresBuenos Aires · 1958
Buenos Aires
8.51958
MovieDocumentary
An urban documentary that explores economic inequality in Buenos Aires through the contrast between large mansions and skyscrapers that coexist with slums.
La flecha y un compásLa flecha y un compás · 1950
La flecha y un compás
5.01950
Movie
Che, Buenos AiresChe, Buenos Aires · 1966
Che, Buenos Aires
7.01966
Movie
Film made up of five short documentaries about the city of Buenos Aires made between 1958 and 1964: Good morning, Buenos Aires, The Anonymous, The First Foundation of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires and Buenos Aires in a T-shirt.
Three Times AnaThree Times Ana · 1961
Three Times Ana
7.41961
MovieDramaRomance
Three different love-related stories -all starring María Vaner as different "Anas". In "The Earth," Ana is a young and idealistic woman on the verge of adulthood when her first relationship with a clerk shatters her dreams of a romantic life. In "The Air," Ana is a rebellious, easy-living type among some beach bums whose sexual leanings tend to tip the scale at active promiscuity. In "The Cloud," Ana only exists in the imagination of an introverted man, who dreams of his ideal woman.
Prisioneros de una nochePrisioneros de una noche · 1962
Prisioneros de una noche
7.41962
MovieDrama
A man and a woman fall in love in the streets of a nocturnal Buenos Aires.
The Hole in the WallThe Hole in the Wall · 1982
The Hole in the Wall
5.51982
MovieDramaFantasy
In this modern retelling of the Faust legend, a freelance photographer meets the enigmatic Mefi, who leads him, through a hole in the wall, to a room where a disembodied voice predicts stock prices.
La madre MaríaLa madre María · 1974
La madre María
6.51974
MovieDrama
Based on the life of María Salomé Loredo, a figure famous for her healings and assistance to the poor of the late nineteenth and first half of the twentieth century.

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