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Jorge Acha

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Jorge Acha

Born November 10, 1946 · Miramar, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Died October 12, 1996 · aged 49

Jorge Luis Acha (November 10, 1946, Miramar, Buenos Aires, Argentina - October 12, 1996, Miramar, Buenos Aires, Argentina) was an Argentine plastic artist, writer, screenwriter, photographer, and filmmaker. He studied at the "Prilidiano Pueyrredón" National School of Fine Arts in Buenos Aires where he graduated as a drawing teacher and painting teacher. Between 1975 and 1989, he had several indi…

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Producciones ArenaProducciones Arena · 1976
Producciones Arena
★ 10.01976
Movie
Life in a circus. As of today, this short film is considered to be lost.
Habeas CorpusHabeas Corpus · 1986
Habeas Corpus
★ 4.81986
MovieDrama
Shows four days in the life of a man clandestinely kept in captivity. The images of his naked body alternate with those of a happy moment on a beach and with those of his captor, who spends his time looking at bodybuilding magazines.
StandardStandard · 1990
Standard
★ 4.71990
MovieHistoryComedy
Five bricklayers work to construct and subsequently demolish a monument under the direction of a pseudo-architect. As they toil, the workers succumb to distractions and base desires, effectively dismantling the myths of national identity and cultural foundations.
El diabloEl diablo · 1963
El diablo
1963
MovieHorrorMystery
Two friends find a mysterious black-cloaked figure on the beach
ImpasseImpasse · 1969
Impasse
★ 10.01969
MovieDrama
Short film by Jorge Acha filmed in 16mm, about two young men who share the memory of a woman.
GustavoGustavo · 1963
Gustavo
1963
MovieDocumentary
A little boy walks around the seaside town of Miramar in Argentina
EmboscadaEmboscada · 1963
Emboscada
1963
MovieThrillerCrime
A man runs through a forest with a shotgun
Mburucuyá: Portraits of NatureMburucuyá: Portraits of Nature · 1991
Mburucuyá: Portraits of Nature
★ 10.01991
Movie
Posthumous film by Jorge Acha, whose narrative axis focuses on the journey undertaken by Alexander von Humboldt and Aimée Bonpland along with three indigenous people in the Orinoco basin and which will be told in the book by the German botanist entitled Viaje a los equinocciales del Ecuador. The male body is seen as a locus onto which social aggression is reflected and accumulated.Bodies that are virile and youthful yet tragically powerless.

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